Plant Pathology: Personnel
Hunt Sanders
Public Service Assistant
Horticulture Building
4604 Research Way
Tifton GA 31793
Phone: (229) 386-7495
hsanders@uga.edu
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
M.S., Biological Sciences, Georgia Southern
B.S., Biological Sciences, Georgia Southern
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND CURRENT EFFORTS
Appointment: 100% Extension
CURRENT MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL AND HONORARY SOCIETIES
Georgia Association of County Agricultural Agents
Georgia Association of Plant Pathologists
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Nischwitz, C., R. Gitaitis, H. Sanders, D. Langston, B. Mullinix, R. Torrance, G. Boyhan, and L. Zolobowska. 2007. Use of fatty acid methyl ester profiles to compare copper-tolerant and copper sensitive strains of Pantoea ananatis. Phytopathology 97:1298-1304.
Sconyers, L.E., R.C. Kemerait, Jr., J.H. Brock, R.D. Gitaitis, F.H. Sanders, Jr., D.V. Phillips and P.H. Jost. 2006. First report of Phakopsora pachyrhizi, the causal agent of soybean rust, on Florida beggarweed in the United States. Plant Dis. 90:972.
Edens, D.G., R.D. Gitaitis, F.H. Sanders, Jr., and C. Nischwitz. 2006. First report of Pantoea agglomerans causing a leaf blight and bulb rot of onions in Georgia. Plant Dis. 90:1551.
