Charles S. Johnson

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Professor

Southern Piedmont Agricultural Research and Extension Center
2375 Darvills Road
Blackstone, VA 23824

Phone: (434) 292-5331
Fax: (434) 292-5623
E-Mail: spcdis at vt.edu

Education| Interests| Research Support| Awards| Experience| Selected Publications

Education

  • Ph.D., North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1985
  • M.S., North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1982
  • B.S., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1979

Research and Extension Interests

  • Biology and management of tobacco cyst nematodes (Globodera tabacum solanacearum).
  • Management of tobacco diseases, particularly blue mold (Peronospora tabacina), black shank (Phytophthora parasitica var. nicotianae), collar rot (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum), and damping-off/sore shin (Rhizoctonia solani).
  • Management of problem weeds in Virginia tobacco fields.

Selected Research Support

  • Virginia Bright Flue-Cured Tobacco Board
  • Virginia Dark-Fired Tobacco Board
  • Burley Stabilization Corporation, Agrichemical Industry
  • Philip Morris USA

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Awards

  • Virginia representative in class 7 (1998) of the ESCOP/ACOP Leadership Development Program.

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Experience

  • Professor and Extension Plant Pathologist, Southern Piedmont Agricultural Research and Extension Center and Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, 2000 to present.
  • Associate Professor and Extension Plant Pathologist, Southern Piedmont Agricultural Research and Extension Center and Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1991 to 2000.
  • Assistant Professor and Extension Plant Pathologist, Southern Piedmont Agricultural Research and Extension Center and Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1985 to 1991.
  • Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695.

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Selected Publications

  1. Wang, J., C. S. Johnson, J. D. Eisenback, and T. D. Reed. 1999. Effects of tobacco cyst nematode on growth of flue-cured tobacco. Journal of Nematology 31(3):326-333.
  2. Rideout, S.L., C. S. Johnson, J. D. Eisenback, and C. A. Wilkinson. 2000. Development of selected tobacco cyst nematode isolates on resistant and susceptible cultivars of flue-cured tobacco. Journal of Nematology 32: in press.
  3. Johnson, C. S., and S. L. Rideout*. 1999. Control of blue mold on burley tobacco in Virginia, 1998. Fungicide and Nematicide Tests 54:426.
  4. Clarke, C. T., C. S. Johnson, and S. L. Rideout*. 1999. Fumigation and flue-cured tobacco cultivar NC 71 to control tobacco cyst nematodes in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, 1998. Fungicide and Nematicide Tests 54:295.
  5. Johnson, C. S., B. G. Jones, and S. L. Rideout*. 1999. Broadcast vs. in-row fumigation to control tobacco cyst nematodes on flue-cured tobacco in Lunenburg County, Virginia, 1998. Fungicide and Nematicide Tests 54:296.
  6. Johnson, C. S., W. B. Wilkinson, and S. L. Rideout*. 1999. Fungicidal control of black shank on burley tobacco in Virginia, 1998. Fungicide and Nematicide Tests 54:425.
  7. Clarke, C. T., C. S. Johnson, and S. L. Rideout*. 1999. Controlling Granville wilt with host resistance, Virginia results, 1998. Biological and Cultural Tests 14:37.
  8. Johnson, C. S., W. B. Wilkinson, and S. L. Rideout*. 1999. Virginia test for black shank resistance in burley tobacco, 1998. Biological and Cultural Tests 14:30.
  9. Johnson, C. S. 1998 Dark-Fired Tobacco Production Guide. Disease Control. Publ. 436-049. Revised 1997.
  10. Johnson, C. S. 1998 Dark-Fired Tobacco Production Guide. Weed Control. Publ. 436-049.
  11. Johnson, C. S. 1998 Flue-Cured Tobacco Production Guide. Disease Management. Publ. 436-048.
  12. Johnson, C. S. 1998 Flue-Cured Tobacco Production Guide. Weed Management. Publ. 436-048.
  13. Johnson, C. S. 2000 Pest Management Guide for Field Crops. Diseases of tobacco. Publ. 456-106.
  14. Johnson, C. S. 2000 Pest Management Guide for Field Crops. Weed control in tobacco. Publ. 456-106.

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