Elizabeth Bush

Research Associate 101G Price Hall (0331) Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061 Phone: (540) 231-8020 Fax: (540) 231-7477 E-Mail: ebush at vt.edu

Education| Interests| Position Profile| Professional Activities| Support| Websites| VCE Publications| Selected Publications

Education

• Master of Science in Life Sciences: Plant Pathology, Virginia Tech
• B.S. Horticulture, Virginia Tech

Interests

• Agricultural biosecurity
• Integrated pest management (IPM)
• New and emerging plant pathogens
• Outreach education
• Traditional and molecular plant diagnostics

Position Profile

• 100% extension appointment
• Co-manage and diagnose plant samples in the Plant Disease Clinic
• IPM programs ( Virginia soybean rust monitoring program, Virginia soybean rust spore monitoring program, USDA-PIPE)

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Professional Activities and Service

• Diagnostics Committee Chair, Southern Plant Diagnostic Network
• PPWS representative to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Editorial Board
• American Phytopathological Society, member
• National Plant Diagnostic Network, member

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Support

• Southern Plant Diagnostic Network
• Southern IPM Center
• USDA-CSREES

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Websites

• IPM in the Department of PPWS
• Plant Problem Image Gallery
• Virginia Asian Soybean Rust
• Virginia IPM

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Numbered VCE Publications

• Asian Soybean Rust--Frequently Asked Questions: I, II, III, IV, V, VI
• Plant Disease Factsheets

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Publications

• Bush, E. A., Stromberg, E. L., Hong, C., Richardson, P. A., and Kong, P. 2006. Illustration of key morphological characteristics of Phytophthora species identified in Virginia nursery irrigation water. Online. Plant Health Progress doi:10.1094/PHP-2006-0621-01-RS.
• Bush, E.A., Hong, C.X., Stromberg, E.L. 2003. Fluctuations of Phytophthora and Pythium spp. in components of a recycling irrigation system. Plant Disease 87: 1500-1506.
• Hong, C.X., Richardson, P.A., Kong, P., Bush, E.A. 2003. Efficacy of chlorine on multiple species of Phytophthora in recycled nursery irrigation water. Plant Disease 87: 1183-1189.

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