Plant Pathology and Entomology
Research Interests
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- Development of effective disease management in trees, such as: apples, peaches and nectarine, grapevines, cherry, and mango.
- Epidemiology and development of disease management for foliar diseases of apple such as: apple scab, powdery mildew, Alternaria fruit rot, and moldy core.
- The use of decision support systems (DSS) in disease management.
- Population biology and genetics of Erysiphe necator causing grape powdery mildew.
- Resistance of fungi to fungicides, and integration of bio-fungicides and macro/micronutrients in disease management in order to reduce fungicide usage and resistance risk.
- Integration of new technologies to control foliar diseases.
- Elicitors of induced-resistance against fungal plant pathogens.