NAME	AREA OF EXPERTISE	INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE	CURRENT PROJECTS (COUNTRIES)
ABAWI, GEORGE PROFESSOR, PLANT PATHOLOGY, GENEVA EXPERIMENT STATION	Major responsibilities and interests deal with the ecology and biology of fungal and nematodal soilborne pathogens and the integrated management of their resultant root diseases. Commodity responsibility at Cornell includes vegetable and food legume crops. Special interest is in the development of Soil-IPM programs as a component of sustainable management of soil health and quality.	Mexico Honduras Costa Rica Columbia Peru Uganda Nepal Bangladesh India	Nepal Bangladesh Honduras Columbia
AGNELLO, ARTHUR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, ENTOMOLOGY, GENEVA EXPERIMENT STATION	Responsibilities are primarily oriented toward the fruit extension program. Application of new sampling techniques for insect population monitoring and assessment of control options. Evaluates pheromone mating disruption as a tactic for the control of leafrollers. Expanded use of petroleum oil sprays for the management of phytophagous mites in apples. Pesticide application technology.	Chile Romania Brazil Argentina	None
ALDWINCKLE, HERB PROFESSOR, PLANT PATHOLOGY, GENEVA EXPERIMENT STATION	Diseases of fruit crops, especially apple; disease resistant varieties of apple; genetic engineering; germplasm exploration and evaluation; coffee biotechnology.	Brazil Chile Colombia Australia China Korea Indonesia Hungary Czech Republic Slovakia Russia Kazakstan Tajikistan Uzbekistan France Italy Turkey	Australia
ARNESON, PHIL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, PLANT PATHOLOGY	Integrated pest management.	Costa Rica Honduras	None
BEER, STEVEN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, PLANT PATHOLOGY	Physiology and biochemistry of plant disease and responsibility for work on diseases of tree fruit have evolved to emphasize molecular genetic studies of phytopathogenic bacteria, particularly the fire blight pathogen, Erwinia amylovora.
BELLINDER, ROBIN PROFESSOR,  FRUIT & VEGETABLE SCIENCE	Weed management.	Finland India Nepal	India Nepal Pakistan
BERGSTROM, GARY PROFESSOR, PLANT PATHOLOGY	The goal of my research/extension program is to improve the management of crop diseases affecting food grain and forage production systems. Educational programs are aimed at increasing the plant pathology expertise of extension educators and certified crop advisors, and ultimately, field crop producers. I also conduct fundamental research on the biology and epidemiology of leaf, ear, and stem diseases of corn and small grain cereals.	None	Brazil
BLOSSEY, BERND ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, NATURAL RESOURCES	Biological control of invasive plants in natural areas. We are using insects as control agents and work closely with CABI Bioscience Center in Switzerland.	Germany Switzerland Denmark Sweden Finland France Austria	Germany Switzerland
BOOR, KATHRYN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, INSTITUTE OF FOOD SCIENCE	Protection of food quality and safety, focusing on exclusion of spoilage and pathogenic bacteria from food intended for human consumption. My research program has two inter-related foci: (i) identification of factors linking the ability of bacteria to survive under various conditions, including in foods and in food processing environments, with bacterial ability to cause human and animal disease; and (ii) rapid identification and tracking of spoilage and pathogenic bacteria in food systems. Commodity focus is raw and processed milk and dairy products.	Kenya	China
BOWMAN, DWIGHT	Focuses on the transmission of soil and water borne parasites. Maintain program in general veterinary parasitology with research on chemotherapeutics, preventatives, and control.
BURR, THOMAS J. PROFESSOR, PLANT PATHOLOGY, GENEVA EXPERIMENT STATION	Bacteriology and Mycology.	Italy Hungary Turkey	Hungary Turkey
COFFMAN, RONNIE ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR RESEARCH	Responsibilities include plant breeding activities related to international agriculture; maintaining a liaison with national and international agencies, foundations and centers and arranging for students to conduct research abroad in cooperation with appropriate institutions.	Philippines Mexico Bangladesh Costa Rica Egypt India Indonesia Ivory Coast Malawi Pakistan Syria Thailand Colombia Honduras Kenya Korea Nepal Nigeria Peru Senegal Sierra Leone Sri Lanka Uganda Botswana Brazil Burma Cameroon Dominican Republic Ethiopia Guatemala Lebanon Liberia Mali Niger Morocco China Poland Russia Sudan Turkey Vietnam Zimbabwe	None
DILLARD, HELENE PROFESSOR & DEPARTMENT CHAIR, PLANT PATHOLOGY, GENEVA EXPERIMENT STATION	Major focus of research program has been to gain a better understanding of the biology of fungal and bacterial pathogens of vegetable crops, to identify key factors that promote disease development, and to seek vulnerable areas where the disease cycle can be broken. Goal of the extension program has been to disseminate timely and useful educational information on the etiology, epidemiology, and control of fungal and bacterial diseases of vegetables, and develop integrated and sustainable management strategies.	Australia Brazil China Holland Honduras Lebanon Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe Lebanon China
ESNARD, JOSEPH SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, PLANT PATHOLOGY	Research is focused on 1) Nematode-microbe interactions (biological control), and 2) Nematodes as bioindicators of soil health which falls under biologically based pest and crop management, and soil health issues Bacterial pathogens (such as Pasteuria penetrans) are being studied for control of plant parasitic nematodes (especially root-knot nematodes). Other research include efforts in characterizing the effects of organic and inorganic compounds/amendments on free living and plant parasitic nematodes and on their microbial interactions. Areas of teaching are in Plant Nematology.	Puerto Rico St. Lucia (Caribbean)	None
FRY, WILLIAM PROFESSOR, PLANT PATHOLOGY	Epidemiology and management of potato and tomato late blight and early blight including disease forecasting; use of simulation models of disease and of fungicide deposition and distribution; integration of host resistance and fungicides; dispersal of Phytophthora infestans; incorporation of weather forecasts into disease forecasts; and discovery and management of fungicide resistant pathogen populations. Genetics and population genetics of P. infestans.	Mexico Ecuador Peru Kenya Uganda Dominican Republic Russia Poland Brazil Japan Korea The Netherlands	Mexico
GHIORSE, WILLIAM	Research focuses on basic problems in microbial physiology, microbial ecology and biogeochemistry. The goal is to understand the structure and function of microbial communities in natural systems.
GONSALVES, DENNIS PROFESSOR, PLANT PATHOLOGY, GENEVA EXPERIMENT STATION	Plant virology research with the goal of controlling virus diseases of fruits and vegetables. Development of rapid indexing methods for viruses, control of plant viruses by classical cross protection, control of plant viruses by pathogen-derived resistance, implementation of virus control measures on international scale through effective transfer of technology, and a quarantine facility for importation of grapevines into US.	Ecuador Uruguay Colombia Guatemala Brazil Venezuela Honduras Jamaica Thailand Indonesia Slovenia South Africa China Taiwan American Samoa Tonga Fiji Zimbabwe	Thailand Brazil Venezuela Jamaica Slovenia South Africa
GRAY, STEWART ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, PLANT PATHOLOGY	Research program focuses on understanding the relationships between plant viruses and their insect vectors. Specifically we work on luteoviruses and their aphid vectors. Research projects range from the mechanisms of aphid-virus interactions to epidemiology and disease management strategies.	Mexico United Kingdom France	United Kingdom
HAJEK, ANN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, ENTOMOLOGY	Research centers around fungal pathogens of insects, with emphasis on Entomophaga maimaiga, a fungal pathogen of gypsy moth and use of fungal pathogens for control of Asian longhorned beetle. Studies are concentrated on the general pathology, host specificity and disease epizootiology.	China Japan	China Bulgaria (collaboration)
HOFFMAN, MIKE DIRECTOR & ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, NY-IPM & ENTOMOLOGY DEPT	Research program is directed at improving our understanding of pest biology and ecology in vegetable crop systems and applying that information to develop practical, cost-effective, and environmentally sensitive pest management tactics. Program includes the development and implementation of several integrated pest management tactics including host plant resistance, biological control, behavior-modifying chemicals, and cultural control.	China	None
JAHN, MOLLY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, PLANT BREEDING	Vegetable Breeding.	Indonesia Zimbabwe Ethiopia Egypt Israel China Philippines	China Indonesia Egypt Israel Philippines
KOELLER, WOLFRAM ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR,  PLANT PATHOLOGY, GENEVA EXPERIMENT STATION	Major responsibilities and interests deal with the mechanisms and management strategies of fungicide resistance. Commodity responsibility includes apples.	Costa Rica Honduras Brazil Argentina	None
LANDERS, ANDREW SPECIALIST, PESTICIDE APPLICATION TECHNOLOGY	The application of technology to pesticide application with particular reference to reducing environmental pollution and reducing operator contamination.	United Kingdom Sweden Germany Bulgaria China	United Kingdom
LORBEER, JAMES PROFESSOR, PLANT PATHOLOGY	Nature and management of diseases of vegetables and the biology of fungal pathogens of plants. Research activities (past and present) have focused on studies that range from basic (biology of the pathogens and the diseases they cause) to applied (control procedures for vegetable diseases under field conditions). Teaching activities have involved courses in mycology, phytomycology, and diseases of vegetable crops.	Netherlands Egypt Taiwan Argentina Australia Turkey Uruguay	Turkey Uruguay
McCOUCH, SUSAN	Focus of research program is to develop and apply molecular tools for rice improvement. Constructed a high density molecular map of rice based on RFLP's and microsatellite markers and we are using these tools to identify regions of chromosomes containing genes for disease and insect resistance, plant morphological characteristics, and for adaptation to specific environmental niches.
McGRATH, BETH ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, PLANT PATHOLOGY	IPM for diseases of vegetable crops is the focus of my research/extension program. My research includes evaluating management practices, monitoring pathogen sensitivity to fungicides, developing fungicide resistance management programs, and improving our understanding of the pathogen's life cycle and conditions favoring disease development. I have worked on powdery mildew and Phytophthora blight of cucurbits, white rust of spinach, early blight and powdery mildew of tomato, bacterial spot of pepper, and black rot of crucifers.	None	None
MERVIN, IAN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR,  POMOLOGY & INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURE	Integrated management of weeds, cover crops, soil, nutrition and nematodes in tree-fruit orchards.	Hungary Romania Spain Ecuador Guatemala	Hungary
MILGROOM, MICHAEL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, PLANT PATHOLOGY	Biological control of fungi with fungal viruses, specifically hypovirulence and biocontrol of chestnut blight; Population biology of fungi and fungal viruses.	China Japan Italy Macedonia	Italy Macedonia
MUTSCHLER, MARTHA PROFESSOR, PLANT BREEDING	Plant breeding and genetics, working with tomato and onion. Current tomato projects deal with resistance to a broad spectrum of insects (aphid, leafminer, fruitworm, pinworm, armyworm, whitefly) and to late blight. Current onion projects include development of pungent and mild storage onions, tolerance to onion maggot, resistance to Botrytis leaf blight, and use of onion haploids to accelerate onion improvement.	Mexico Taiwan	Mexico
NELSON, ERIC ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, PLANT PATHOLOGY	Goal of the research program is to understand the nature of microbe-microbe and microbe-plant interactions that lead to reduced competitiveness and pathogenicity of seed- and root-infecting oomycete plant pathogens in the genus Pythium. Seek to understand the mechanisms by which root-infecting fungal pathogens and other root-associated bacteria respond to plants and plant exudates.
NYROP, JAN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, ENTOMOLOGY,  GENEVA EXPERIMENT STATION	Population ecology of arthropod pests of horticultural crops and their natural enemies. Specific areas include: The dynamics of arthropod predator-prey and parasitoid/host systems, the distribution and movement of arthropods within and between host crops, and the development of accurate and efficient systems for making pest management decisions.	Brazil	None
OBENDORF, RALPH	Our seed biology research emphasizes regulation of seed and embryo growth, maturation, and germination in vitro and in planta; somatic embryogenesis, desiccation tolerance, and seed water relations; pectin methyl esterase purification, characterization; cell well polysaccharides in seeds; role of sugars, cyclitols and methanol in seed deterioration and germplasm preservation; regulation of seed set in buckwheat; molecular structure and biosynthesis of galactosyl cyclitols; enzymes and genes regulating pathways of soluble carbohydrate biosynthesis and degradation in seeds.
RAMAN, K. V. PROFESSOR & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CEEM & PLANT BREEDING DEPT	Integrated pest management in root and tuber crops. Have developed many IPM control components for application and use in potato, sweet potato pest management. Plant biotechnology transfer to developing countries. Assist with regulatory protocols, plant health and inspection services. Current commodity interests are with potatoes.	Mexico Peru Colombia Bolivia Costa Rica Argentina Brazil Poland Russia India Bangladesh Thailand China Kenya South Africa	Mexico Peru Poland Russia India
REISSIG, HARVEY PROFESSOR,  ENTOMOLOGY, GENEVA EXPERIMENT STATION	Develop practical, integrated management programs for insect and mite pests of apples and pears. Developing improved sampling and monitoring programs, optimizing chemical control programs, evaluating biorational pesticides, identifying economic threshold levels for foliar pests, monitoring insecticide and acaricide resistance in representative orchards, and developing improved biological control in commercial orchards. I also have some experience in IPM systems for rice in Southeast Asia.	Brazil Chile Romania Hungary China Philippines Thailand Indonesia	None
ROELOFS, WENDELL LIBERTY HYDE BAILEY PROFESSOR, ENTOMOLOGY, GENEVA EXPERIMENT STATION	Develop new tactics for monitoring and controlling insect pests of fruits, vegetables, and turf, and develop basic information on insect chemical communication systems, including the characterization of sex pheromone blends, how they are genetically and hormonally controlled and biosynthesized, how they are perceived by the male insect receiver, and how the behavioral thresholds of male response are mediated in the central nervous system.	New Zealand Sweden Spain China	New Zealand
ROSENBERGER, DAVID PROFESSOR,  PLANT PATHOLOGY, GENEVA EXPERIMENT STATION	Diseases of tree fruits with emphasis on managing fungal diseases of apples in the field and postharvest.	Hungary	None
SCHAEFERS, GEORGE PROFESSOR EMERITUS, ENTOMOLOGY	Continuing interests in the international arena involve the development of pest and pesticide management strategies which are suited to the social, economic, and environmental constraints of developing countries in the tropics.
SHELTON, TONY PROFESSOR,  ENTOMOLOGY, GENEVA EXPERIMENT STATION	Insect pest management strategies for selected vegetable crops with emphasis on insect population dynamics, insect movement, biological control, plant resistance, insecticide control and resistance, and plant productivity and marketability as a function of insect infestations.	China Mexico Indonesia Malaysia Australia Holland Zimbabwe Nicaragua Honduras	Honduras Mexico China
SMITH, MARGARET ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR & PROFESSOR, CCE & PLANT BREEDING	Objectives of developing elite early maturing varieties, incorporating high levels of resistance to important disease and insect pests into agronomically useful germplasm, and assessing the potential for improving varietal performance under sustainable production systems.	Costa Rica Mexico Honduras Malawi Kenya Zimbabwe China	Mexico Kenya Zimbabwe
SORRELLS, MARK PROFESSOR, PLANT BREEDING	SamII grains breeding and genetics	Brazil Syria United Kingdom	Syria United Kingdom
TANKSLEY, STEVEN	Developing a map-based strategy for cloning genes known only by phenotype. Development of new breeding methodologies based on molecular genetics.
THURSTON, H. DAVID PROFESSOR EMERITUS, PLANT PATHOLOGY	Traditional and indigenous practices for managing plant diseases, tropical plant pathology, disease resistance, potato diseases, cassava diseases, sustainable agriculture.	Costa Rica Panama Guatemala Canada Bangladesh Mexico Puerto Rico United Kingdom Honduras Peru Thailand Dominican Republic Colombia Spain	None
TINGEY, WARD. M PROFESSOR, ENTOMOLOGY	Insect pest management, vegetables and field crops.	Nigeria Mexico Peru Colombia Bolivia Chile Brazil Poland Russia	Brazil Chile
TRUTMANN, PETER COORDINATOR,  INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IIPM)	Coordination of International Integrated Pest Management. Networking. Management of common bean, tropical pasture and soil-borne diseases. Screening for disease resistance. Inter-phase between biological and social aspects of IPM: traditional and local knowledge in management and perceptions of plant disease, understanding traditional crop management practices, participatory research and education. Issues in sustainable agriculture and poverty alleviation.	Rwanda Burundi Zaire Benin Egypt Morocco Niger Nigeria Cameroon Kenya Senegal Tanzania Togo Zimbabwe Colombia Brazil Costa Rica Guatemala Peru Australia China Malaysia Thailand Bhutan India Switzerland Syria Jordan
UPHOFF, NORMAN DIRECTOR,  CORNELL INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE for FOOD, AGRICULTURE & DEVELOPMENT (CIIFAD)	Participatory approaches to development.	Sri Lanka Nepal Ghana Indonesia Madagascar China	Madagascar
VILLANI, MIKE PROFESSOR,  ENTOMOLOGY, GENEVA EXPERIMENT STATION	Soil insect pest management, soil health.	Honduras	Mexico
WATKINS, CHRIS B. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, FRUIT & VEGETABLE SCIENCE	Postharvest Physiology.	New Zealand England Zimbabwe China	New Zealand China
WIEN, H. CHRIS PROFESSOR, FRUIT & VEGETABLE SCIENCE	Cultural practices for vegetables, physiology of vegetable crops, including physiological disorders, coordinator, CIIFAD/Zimbabwe program on smallholder horticulture.	Tanzania Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe
WILCOX, WAYNE PROFESSOR,  PLANT PATHOLOGY, GENEVA EXPERIMENT STATION	Biology and integrated control of diseases of deciduous fruit crops, utilizing cultural practices, fungicide modes of action (physical), and fungicide resistance management. Commodities of expertise including grapes, apples, stone fruits, raspberries, and strawberries. Emphasis has been on fungal diseases of the fruit and foliage, and Phytophthora root rots.	Poland Romania Norway Chile Uruguay	Uruguay
WOROBO, RANDY ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, GENEVA EXPERIMENT STATION	Food safety of fruits and vegetables. Specific research interests include: non-thermal processing alternatives for fruit juices, pathogen survival in manure and manure amended soils, antimicrobial proteins produced by bacteria (bacteriocins).	Canada France	Canada France Egypt Brazil Turkey Korea
ZITTER, THOMAS PROFESSOR, PLANT PATHOLOGY	Focuses on the epidemiology and management of bacterial, fungal, and viral diseases of fresh market vegetable crops (esp. cucurbits, tomato, and pepper) grown in upstate New York.	Honduras Senegal Uruguay	None