AURORA June, 1986

SPOREALIS

Department of Plant Pathology University of Minnesota St. Paul, Minnesota

LETTER FROM THE DEPARTCQNT HEAD

Dear Fr iends :

We a g a i n b r i n g g r e e t i n g s t o you f r o m a1 1 o f us i n t h e Department o f P l a n t Pathology a t the U n i v e r s i t y o f Minnesota. Since becoming Department Head, I have become i n c r e a s i n g l y aware o f t h e impor tance o f Au ro ra S o r e a l i s i n b r i n g i n g +-- together a1 1 who have shared i n the success and h i s t w t IS Department. It a l s o p r o v i d e s a means o f f u r n i s h i n g i n f o r m a t i o n t o o u r new f r i e n d s abou t t h e p e r s o n a l i t i e s and opera t ion o f the Department. For the pas t severa l years, the key f i g u r e i n p u t t i n g t h i s pub1 i c a t i o n together has been Dr. Car l Eide. Once again, we thank C a r l f o r t h e tremendous c o n t r i b u t i o n t h a t he has made i n c o o r d i n a t i n g t h e p u b l i c a t i o n o f the 1986 vers ion o f the Aurora Sporeal is.

We a r e now w e l l s e t t l e d i n t o ou r new f a c i l i t i e s i n B o r l a u g H a l l . As you may remember, we now a1 so occupy a1 1 o f t h e P l a n t Sc iences Bu i 1 d ing. The a d d i t i o n a l space and equipment have been marvelous add i t i ons t o the Department and a1 low us t o do many o f t h e t h i n g s t h a t we p r e v i o u s l y c o u l d n o t accompl i s h i n t e a c h i n g and research. We have a1 so been a b l e t o r e p a i n t a l a r g e p o r t i o n o f t h e i n t e r i o r o f Stakman H a l 1. I n t h e p a s t few weeks, we have r e t i l e d and r e p a i n t e d t h e o l d P l a n t Pathology Seminar Room, which w i l l now serve as a lounge and co f fee break area f o r s tuden ts , f a c u l t y , and s t a f f . A1 so, t h e new t e a c h i n g greenhouse f a c i 1 i t i e s a r e n e a r l y completed. We w i l l share these f a c i l i t i e s w i t h the Department o f Agronomy and P l a n t Genetics. These f a c i 1 i t i e s w i 1 1 increase our abi 1 i t y t o grow and use 1 i ve p l a n t ma te r i a l s i n our courses.

Some high1 i g h t s o f t h i s year would i n c l u d e the establ ishment o f an endowment t o support a c o l l a b o r a t i v e research p r o j e c t between the U n i v e r s i t y o f Minnesota and the U n i v e r s i t y o f Te l A v i v on disease res is tance breeding i n cerea l crops. We have a l s o formed a 15 member a d v i s o r y commit tee t o t h e Department wh ich i n c l u d e s r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s f r o m c r o p c o n s u l t i n g companies, seed companies, g r a i n buyers, a p l a n t b io techno l ogy company, and p l an t pes t regu l a to ry agencies. We w i 1 1 be 1 ooking t o t h i s group t o p rov ide us advice on the re levancy o f our teaching, research, and e x t e n s i o n programs and f o r h e l p on f u n d - r a i s i n g and s t u d e n t r e c r u i t m e n t , among o ther a c t i v i t i e s .

A very recent new venture i s the s ign ing o f a memorandum o f agreement w i t h the c r o p c o n s u l t i n g s u b s i d a r y o f Land O'Lakes, Inc., i n t h e Twin C i t i e s , and a b i o t e c h n o l o g y company, A g r i - D i a g n o s t i c s Assoc ia tes , t o p r o v i d e equipment and a d d i t i o n a l he lp f o r expansion o f the P l a n t Disease C l i n i c . One o f the features o f the C l i n i c w i l l be the use o f immunological procedures on a r o u t i n e bas is f o r p l a n t d i s e a s e d iagnos i s . We be1 i e v e t h i s agreement w i 1 1 a1 l o w us t o b e t t e r s e r v e Minnesota a g r i c u l t u r e w i t h rapid, accurate disease diagnosis. It w i 1 1 a1 so a1 1 ow our undergraduate and graduate students t o p a r t i c i p a t e i n and l e a r n about disease d i a g n o s i s and t o t e s t new d i a g n o s t i c p rocedures t h a t a r e deve loped. We w i 1 1 cont inue t o l ook t o the p r i v a t e sector f o r support i n t h i s endeavor.

I hope t h a t you t h o r o u g h l y e n j o y t h i s i s s u e o f t h e Auro ra S o r e a l i s . I a1 so hope t h a t you w i 1 1 cont inue t o make an e f f o r t t o keep i n touch WI 47- t the Department and t o come and v i s i t us whenever you can. Our s i n c e r e s t b e s t w ishes t o each of you i n the coming year.

AURORA SPOREALIS

Volume 56 June Number 1 1986

Carl J. Eide, Editor

Contributors Kira Bowen

Howard Bissonnette Clyde Christensen

Sue Grayden Kenneth Johnson Thor Kommedahl

Philip Larsen Monte Miles

Jane OfLaughlin Mary Sortland Richard Zeyen

Photography Gilbert Ahlstrand

Linda Treeful

Typing Marguerite Clemens

Business Manager Conrad Buhr

The NEW LIBRARY

The cover picture shows Eric Biever, Librarian, a t the loan desk of the new Plant Pathology Library in Boriaug Hall, situated opposite the main entrance on the third floor of Borlaug Hall, it is convenient for students of all ages.

The library is about 2,400 square feet-about four times the area of the old library in Stakman Hall (now the herbarium). There is a n annex that can be used for study, classes or meetings. Besides the tables in the reading area, there are individual carrels along to t

walls, providing freedom from interruption.

At present there are about 7,000 volumes in the library, and about 86 periodicals are received. The seminar Library, which used to occupy shelves in the old seminar room in Stakman Hall, is also in the new library and much safer. A security system has been installed to prevent a s much a s possible loss from theft.

Instead of card files, library users now search for books on microfische records using a microfiche reader, with either the Dewey Decimal system for older books and the Library of congress numbers for newer volumes. A computer system is being planned for location of books not only in the plant Pathology Library but in other libraries on campus.

Air conditioning makes library use pleasant in attractive surroundings.

Volume 56, Number 1 AURORA SPOREALIS June, 1986

OLD TIMERS

Jane O'Laughl i n encoun te red Lau ra S c h i c k l i , MS 1984, on t h e M e t r o i n Washington, D.C. and l e a r n e d t h a t L a u r a became mother o f a boy i n October, 1985. Laura l e f t Minnesota i n August, 1984 and 1 i v e d i n New York w h i l e her husband took an advanced degree i n 1 aw a t New York U n i v e r s i t y . I n 1985 t h e y moved t o W a s h i n g t o n w h e r e h e r h u s b a n d i s associated w i t h a law f i r m .

T imo thy Power i s now o p e r a t i n g a n u r s e r y i n Has t i ngs , MN. He l e f t t h e D e p a r t m e n t i n 1 9 8 5 a n d c o n t i n u e d r e s e a r c h on h i s M S t h e s i s b u t was d i s c o u r a g e d when deer a t e h i s p l o t s i n 1985.

J e f f r e y T a t e t r a n s f e r r e d t o t h e C o l l e g e o f B i o l o g i c a l Sciences, U o f M where he c o m p l e t e d work f o r t h e PhD i n b o t a n y i n 1985. He i s now a p o s t doc i n t h e I n s t i t u t e f o r Advanced S t u d i e s i n B i o l o g i c a l Process Technology, C. B. S.

Cheng-Guo Wang l e f t i n August 1985 and now i s a c a n d i d a t e f o r t h e PhD i n b i o l o g y a t t h e P e n n s y l v a n i a S t a t e Un i v e r s i t y , C a l i f o r n i a , PA. Wang was V i s i t i n g S c i e n t i s t i n t he Department i n 1983-85, working w i t h Dr. B lanchet te on D i p l o d i a and g a l l r u s t o f pine.

L o u i s P a l m e r , PhD 1968, a n d c u r r e n t l y employed by DuPont, i s Farm Manager o f 80 a c r e s a t Madera, CA, a p o s i t i o n s i m i l a r t o one he had i n Bras i 1 f o r t h e same f i r m . O f t h e 80 acres, 17 a r e i n f r u i t s and g r a p e s and t h e

Geno Saar i brought us up t o date on the careers o f Minnesotans i n CIMMYT:

Bobby Renfro, PhD 1960, has served i n I n d i a , Tha i 1 and and, s i n c e January, 1 9 8 5 , i n M e x i c o . H i s p r i n c i p a l respons ib i 1 i t y i s r e s e a r c h on d i s e a s e s o f maize.

Jon M. ( M i k e ) P r e s c o t t , PhD 1970, i s head o f t h e seed h e a l t h p rogram i n Mexico s ince about 1981. Karnal bunt o f wheat i s a recent and d e s t r u c t i v e pest.

Bent Skovmand, PhD 1976, has been i n Ankara, Tu rkey s i n c e 1984. Bent i s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r a1 1 phases o f wheat research and produc t ion under t h e CIMMYT p rog ram. B e f o r e g o i n g t o T u r k e y he worked on T r i t i c a l e i n Mexico.

S a a r i says he s t a r t e d h i s f o r e i g n c a r e e r i n I n d i a i n 1962, s e r v e d i n Lebanon , 1973-75; E g y p t , 1976-80; T h a i l a n d , 1980-84 and s i n c e 1984 i n Mexico. I n t h e fa1 1 o f 1986 he w i 1 1 go t o Turkey. Geno's work c o v e r s d i s e a s e s o f whea t , b a r l e y and t r i t i c a l e , e s p e c i a l l y rus t s .

M i k e Grisham, PhD 1978, i s now Research P l a n t P a t h o l o g i s t a t t h e U.S. Sugar Cane F i e l d ~ a b o r a t o r ~ a t Houma, L o u i s i a n a , w o r k i n g on s u g a r cane d i s e a s e s . He l e f t T e x a s A & M i n November 1985, whe re he had been A s s i s t a n t P r o f e s s o r s i n c e he l e f t Minnesota.

rema inde r i n a1 f a 1 fa, c o t t o n , wheat, P a t t i Sebesta a s e c r e t a r y i n t h e r i c e and vegetable crops. Depar tment , 1982-83, w r o t e i n October ,

1985 t h a t she, Steve and daughter Ashley B i l 1 M a c h e e l , M. Agr., 1984, ( b o r n J u l y 10, 1 9 8 5 ) w e r e g e t t i n g

d i r e c t s Peace Corps a c t i v i t i e s i n Zaire. s e t t l e d i n Fargo, ND where S t e v e i s He fo rmer ly served i n the Peace Corps i n s u n f l o w e r b reede r f o r C a r g i 11, I nc . Swazi 1 and and he1 d a p o s t b r i e f l y i n P a t t i and Steve l i v e d i n F o r t C o l l i n s , Chad s ince graduat ing from Minnesota. Col orado before moving t o Fargo.

The last regular issue of Aurora Sporealis was Volume 55, Number 1,dated June, 1985

He1 en Boosal i s won t h e Democra t i c p r i m a r y May 13, 1986 and w i 1 1 be a c a n d i d a t e f o r Gove rno r o f Nebraska i n t h e f a 1 1 e l e c t i o n s . Her Republ i c a n opponent i s a l s o a woman, Kay Orr, now s t a t e t r e a s u r e r . He1 en was Mayor o f L i n c o l n , NE f r o m 1975 t o 1983, a f t e r s e r v i n g 16 y e a r s on t h e L i n c o l n C i t y Counci l . Some o f the newspaper accounts m e n t i o n t h a t h e r husband i s M i c h a e l G. Boosal is, PhD 1951, and f o r m e r l y Head o f t h e Depar tment o f P l a n t P a t h o l ogy, U n i v e r s i t y o f Nebraska. Boo cont inues as Professor.

L e i f Sundheim, PhD 1964, p l a n s t o spend h i s sabbat ic l e a v e year, 1986-87, w i t h A1 E l 1 ingboe a t t he U n i v e r s i t y o f Wisconsin.

Thomas N i c o l son, who was a Research F e l l o w i n t h e Depar tment , 1955-1956, r e t i r e d r e c e n t l y from h i s p o s i t i o n w i t h t h e Uni v e r s i t y o f Dundee i n S c o t 1 and. Tom p l a n s t o v i s i t t h e U.S.A. i n May 1987 t o a t t e n d t h e N o r t h A m e r i c a n Mycological Conference i n F lo r i da .

Myron E. (Mike) Tumbleson, MS 1961, r e c e n t 1 y became A s s o c i a t e Dean f o r Research i n t h e Co l 1 ege o f V e t e r i n a r y M e d i c i n e and A s s i s t a n t D i r e c t o r o f t h e A g r i c u l t u r a l Exper iment S t a t i o n a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f I 1 1 i no i s . A f t e r t a k i n g an MS i n p l a n t phys io logy under Professor Kommedahl, M i k e t r a n s f e r r e d t o an ima l husbandry, and t o o k a PhD i n an ima l n u t r i t i o n and b iochemist ry a t t he U o f M i n 1964. He came t o t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f I 1 1 i no i s from the Uni v e r s i t y o f M issour i - C o l umbia , C o l 1 ege o f V e t e r i n a r y Med ic ine , where he was P r o f e s s o r o f B i o m e d i c a l S c i e n c e s a n d R e s e a r c h P r o f e s s o r o f t h e S i n c l a i r Comparat i ve Medicine Research Farm.

James A. Kolmer, MS 1982, completed t h e r e q u i r e m e n t s f o r t h e PhD degree a t N o r t h C a r o l i n a S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y . He i s now Research Associate a t the Uni v e r s i t y o f Wisconsin, working w i t h O l d Timer A1 E l l ingboe on the genet ics o f P i r i c u l a r i a oryzae .

NEWS FROM CORNELL

John T y l e r , PhD 1934, i s Chairman o f a committee o f 10 respons ib le f o r the Cornel 1 P l a n t Pathol ogy News l e t t e r . H.D. T h u r s t o n , PhD 1958 i s a l s o on t h e committee. From a r e c e n t i s s u e o f t h a t e x c e l 1 e n t pub1 i c a t i o n we r e p o r t t h e f o l 1 o w i n g c o n c e r n i n g M i n n e s o t a O l d Timers :

Freeman Weiss d ied January 27, 1985 (See Ob i tuar ies , t h i s issue) .

K a r l Fezer, A s s i s t a n t P r o f e s s o r 1956-63, i s now t e a c h i n g b i o l o g y a t Concord Col 1 ege, Athens, West V i r g i n i a . He a l s o e d i t s a C r e a t i o n / E v o l u t i o n news le t te r .

George H u d l e r , MS 1973, r e c e i v e d t h e 1985 Award o f M e r i t f r o m t h e New York S t a t e A r b o r i s t s A s s o c i a t i o n f o r " h i s outstanding work and s e r v i c e i n the f i e l d o f a r b o r c u l t u r e . " George i s Associate Professor o f P 1 a n t P a t h o l ogy a t Cornel l .

R i c h a r d A. F r e d e r i c k s e n , PhD 1961, was a V i s i t i n g P r o f e s s o r i n t h e Department o f P l a n t Pathology, Cornel 1 f r o m September, 1985 t h r o u g h A p r i 1, 1986. D ick , who i s P r o f e s s o r a t Texas A & M, s t u d i e d t h e a p p l i c a t i o n o f b io techno logy t o the study o f hos t p l a n t res is tance t o disease.

D r . Roy E. Gaun t , a V i s i t i n g Professor a t Minnesota, v i s i t e d C o r n e l l a n d g a v e a s p e c i a l s e m i n a r o n "Phys io log i ca l approaches t o y i e l d l o s s assessment. '

Norman B o r l aug, PhD 1942, who i s Andrew D. Whi te P r o f e s s o r a t La rge a t Co rne l 1, was on t h e Corne l 1 Campus November 5-16, 1984. He c o n s u l t e d w i t h the s t a f f and gave several l ec tu res .

A1 E l 1 ingboe, PhD 1957, P r o f e s s o r a t the U n i v e r s i t y o f Wisconsin, v i s i t e d Corne l l September 25-27, 1984.

RETIREMENTS

R i c h a r d R. N e l s o n , PhD 1954, r e t i r e d May 1, 1985 f rom h i s p o s i t i o n as Evan Pugh Pro fessor o f P l a n t Patho logy a t Pennsy lvan ia S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y . D i c k ea rned an i n t e r n a t i o n a l r e p u t a t i o n f o r h i s r e s e a r c h i n t h e g e n e t i c s a n d e v o l u t i o n o f p l a n t pathogens. He was named Evan Pugh Pro fessor i n 1974 as one o f Penn S t a t e ' s m o s t d i s t i n g u i s h e d f a c u l ty. Before coming t o Penn S ta te he was p a t h o l o g i s t w i t h t h e USDA a n d P r o f e s s o r o f p l a n t p a t h o l o g y a t N o r t h Caro l i n a S ta te Uni v e r s i ty.

Oldtimars-Continued

S h i r l e y C o t t e r Tucker i s Pres iden t - E l e c t (1987) o f t he Bo tan i ca l Soc ie t y o f A m e r i c a . The e l e c t i o n was h e l d i n August , 1985 a t t h e a n n u a l m e e t i n g o f t h e S o c i e t y a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f F l o r i d a . S h i r l e y i s Boyd P r o f e s s o r o f Bo tany a t L o u i s i a n a S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y . She was an a s s i s t a n t i n t h e Depa r tmen t i n the 1960s.

J u l i o B i r d P., PhD 1956, i s A c t i n g Dean o f A g r i c u l t u r a l Sciences and A c t i n g D i r e c t o r o f t h e E x p e r i m e n t S t a t i o n and C o o p e r a t i v e E x t e n s i o n S e r v i c e a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f Pureto Rico.

Yong Sup Cho, PhD 1970, has been promoted f rom Dean t o V ice Pres iden t o f Seoul Na t i ona l U n i v e r s i t y i n Korea.

Ka ther ine Widin, PhD 1980, o f P l a n t Heal t h Associates, S t i 1 1 water, MN, gave an i n v i t a t i o n t a l k a t a p l a n t pa tho logy c o l l o q u i u m a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f W i s c o n s i n i n A p r i 1, 1985. The s u b j e c t was "Urban P l a n t Consu l t i n g " and she c o n f e r r e d w i t h s t u d e n t s i n t e r e s t e d i n careers as p l a n t consu 1 tan ts .

George Ha fs tad , MS 1933, r e t i r e d f r o m t h e W i s c o n s i n D e p a r t m e n t o f A g r i c u l t u r e i n 1967 and now 1 i v e s i n Rockda l e, W I ( p o p u l a t i o n 200). George s u f f e r e d a s t r o k e i n 1 9 8 3 a n d i s somewhat hand i capped " p h y s i c a l 1 y and menta l l y , b u t n o t s p i r i t u a l l y , I hope." Apparen t l y he can s t i l l type.

George N y l and r e t i r e d f r o m t h e Un i v e r s i t y o f Cal i f o r n i a , D a v i s , on December 31, 1984. George was a Research A s s i s t a n t i n the Department a t Minnesota d u r i n g t h e summer o f 1942, b u t l e f t t o j o i n t h e n a v y . He t o o k h i s PhD a t Washington S ta te U n i v e r s i t y i n 1948. A t Dav i s he had a b r i l l i a n t and p r a c t i c a l l y u s e f u l c a r e e r i n t h e s t u d y and c o n t r o l o f v i r u s and v i r u s - 1 i k e d i s e a s e s o f f r u i t s . He rece i ved many honors.

Dona1 d E. Munnecke r e t i r e d as an Emer i tus P ro fesso r f rom t h e Un i v e r s i t y o f C a l i f o r n i a a t R i v e r s i d e on O c t o b e r 31, 1985. He o b t a i n e d h i s PhD deg ree f rom t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f M i n n e s o t a i n 1950, a n d b e g a n h i s r e s e a r c h a n d t e a c h i n g c a r e e r a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f C a l i f o r n i a , Los Ange les , i n 1951. I n 1961 he t r a n s f e r r e d t o the U n i v e r s i t y o f Cal i f o r n i a campus a t R i vers ide, where he rema ined u n t i 1 r e t i r e m e n t . P r o f e s s o r Munnecke w i l l c o n t i n u e t o t e a c h t h e f i r s t cou rses i n P l a n t P a t h o l o g y a t R i v e r s i d e o n a n i n t e r i m b a s i s . ( P h y t o p a t h o l ogy News).

C l a r k H. L i v i n g s t o n , PhD 1966, r e t i r e d f r o m h i s p o s i t i o n as P r o f e s s o r o f P l a n t P a t h o l o g y a t C o l o r a d o S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , May 21, 1986. We have 1 i t t l e i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t h i s f u t u r e p l a n s b u t he i s t he i n v e n t o r o f an asep t i c c u t t e r f o r s e e d p o t a t o e s ( m a n u f a c t u r e d b y Fo rney I n d u s t r i e s , Inc., F o r t Co l 1 i n s , CO). T h i s , and p r o b a b l y o t h e r s i m i l a r a c t i v i t i e s , w i 1 1 no doubt keep him busy.

R o b e r t S k i 1 es, PhD 1952, r e s i g n e d r e c e n t l y f r o m h i s p o s i t i o n as D i r e c t o r o f t h e P o s t h a r v e s t I n s t i t u t e f o r Pe r i shab les a t t he Uni v e r s i t y o f Idaho, a c b o p e r a t i v e v e n t u r e between t h e U.S. Agency f o r I n t e r n a t i o n a l Deve 1 opment and U.I., wh i ch was e s t a b l i s h e d i n 1980. B e f o r e coming t o Idaho, Bob worked f o r t h e S t a u f f e r C h e m i c a l Company i n Cal i f o r n i a . He served s i x years i n South America w i t h the Rockefe l 1 e r Foundat ion du r i ng t he 1950s. Bob and Rosemary p l an t o remain i n Moscow, ID f o r the present .

HONORS

T h r e e OLD TIMERS w e r e e l e c t e d F e l l o w s o f t h e A m e r i c a n P h y t o p a t h o l o g i c a l S o c i e t y a t t h e 1985 annual meet ing i n Reno, NE. They are:

HARRY H. M U R A K I S H I , PhD 1948. Harry i s P r o f e s s o r a t M i c h i g a n S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y where he has been s ince 1955. B e f o r e t h a t he was on t h e s t a f f a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f Hawaii and Chairman o f the Depa r tmen t o f P l a n t P a t h o l o g y t h e r e , 1952-1955. He d e m o n s t r a t e d t h a t c e l 1 c u l t u r e s o f tomato and tobacco c o u l d be i n o c u l a t e d -- i n v i t r o w i t h tobacco mosaic v i r u s , p r o v i d i n g a means f o r f u r t h e r s t u d i e s on t h e e f f e c t o f t h e v i r u s on hos t c e l l s , t he i n t r o d u c t i o n o f f o r e i g n g e n e t i c i n f o r m a t i o n i n c u l t u r e d c e l 1 s and the app l i c a t i o n o f t i s s u e c u l t u r e t o p l a n t p a t h o l ogy and p l a n t breeding.

H a r r y r e c e i v e d a G u g g e n h e i m F e l 1 owsh ip i n 1955 and t h e A P S Ru th A l l e n Award i n 1980.

WALDEMAR E. SACKSTON, PhD 1949. Dr. Sackston i s an i n t e r n a t i o n a l a u t h o r i t y on s u n f 1 ower d i s e a s e s and produced, i n 1956, the f i r s t r u s t - r e s i s t a n t sun f lower c u l t i v a r i n N o r t h America. He was t h e f i r s t t o descr ibe V e r t i c i l l i u m w i l t o f s u n f l o w e r a n d showed i t was s e e d t r ansm iss ib l e .

Sackston became p ro fesso r o f p l a n t pa tho logy and chairman o f the department o f MacDonal d Col 1 ege, McGi 1 1 Uni v e r s i ty , i n 1960. He has s p e n t much t i m e o u t o f t h e c o u n t r y , o r g a n i z i n g a N a t i o n a l Research C e n t e r f o r O i l s e e d Crops i n C o r d o v a , S p a i n a n d c o n s u l t i n g a n d a d v i s i n g a b o u t s u n f l o w e r d i s e a s e s i n Europe, Sou th Amer ica and New Z e a l and. He h a s s e r v e d as p r e s i d e n t o f t h e Canad ian P h y t o p a t h o l o g i c a l Soc ie t y and has been t h e r e c i p i e n t o f n u m e r o u s honors and awards.

FRANCIS A. WOOD, PhD 1961. A1 was a n a u t h o r i t y o n t r e e d i s e a s e s , e p i d e m i o l ogy, a i r p o l 1 u t i o n e f f e c t s on p l a n t s a n d , m o r e r e c e n t l y , o n

b i o techno logy i n a g r i c u l t u r a l research. He was head o f t h e Depa r tmen t o f P 1 a n t Patho logy a t Minnesota, 1972-1977 a f t e r s e r v i n g a t Penn S ta te f rom 1961-1972. He l e f t M i n n e s o t a t o become D i r e c t o r f o r Research i n t h e I n s t i t u t e o f Food and A g r i c u l t u r e a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f F l o r i d a .

A1 was an o u t s t a n d i n g l e a d e r i n p l a n t p a t h o l ogy and organized e f f e c t i ve programs o f research i n s e v e r a l f i e l d s , i n c l u d i n g educat ion i n p l an t p a t h o l ogy. A t Minnesota he emphasized undergraduate t r a i n i n g and s t a r t e d a program i n P l a n t Hea l t h Technology.

AL WOOD was hono red w i t h t h e f i r s t Spec ia l A g r i c u l t u r a l S c i e n c e Award f o r " h i s l e a d e r s h i p and d e d i c a t i o n i n t h e b i o t e c h n i c a l r e s e a r c h p rogram f o r t h e U S D A and t h e S t a t e A g r i c u l t u r a l Experiment S t a t i o n System" i n F l or ida.

U n i v e r s i t y o f Nebraska p r o f e s s o r and M i n n e s o t a b l d T imer JOSEPH 'MIKE' DALY, M S 1947, r e c e i v e d t h e E. C. Stakman Award a t t h e N o r t h C e n t r a l D i v i s i o n m e e t i n g o f A P S a t L i n c o l n , 16 June 1986. He was c i t e d as a c r e a t i v e t h i n k e r a n d e x p e r i m e n t a l i s t i n t h e b iochemica l mechanisms o f p 1 a n t d isease i n c o n t r i b u t i n g t o our understanding o f the fundamentals o f p l a n t i n f e c t i o n and o f h o s t - s p e c i f i c t o x i n s . He was t h e f i r s t t o i d e n t i f y and c h a r a c t e r i z e a funga l host -spec i f i c t o x i n i n t he Un i t ed S t a t e s . D a l y , a C. P e t r u s P e t e r s o n R e g e n t s P r o f e s s o r a t Nebraska, was e l e c t e d e a r l i e r i n 1986 t o t he American Academy o f A r t s and Sc iences , and i n 1984, he was e l e c t e d t o membership i n t h e N a t i o n a l Academy o f Sc ience . I n 1982, he r e c e i v e d t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f N e b r a s k a O u t s t a n d i n g R e s e a r c h a n d C r e a t i v i t y A w a r d . M i n n e s o t a n s , e s p e c i a l l y , c o n g r a t u l a t e M i k e on h i s s i gna l achievements and honors.

Two M i n n e s o t a O l d T i m e r s w e r e j o i n t l y honored a t the summer meet ing of t h e N o r t h C e n t r a l D i v i s i o n m e e t i n g o f APS a t L i n c o l n , Nebraska. The D i v i s i o n

D i s t i n g u i s h e d S e r v i c e Award was presented t o MIKE BOOSALIS o f Nebraska, and t o TOM WYLLIE, bo th f o r teach ing and r e s e a r c h c o n t r i b u t i o n s i n s o i l b o r n e diseases o f crops.

WILLIAM Q. LOEGERING, PhD 1949, was honored a t t he annual meet ing o f t he APS Nor th Cen t ra l D i v i s i o n a t t h e Uni v e r s i t y o f M issour i , Columbia, June 24-26, 1985. The honor t o o k t h e f o r m o f a symposium e n t i t l e d "Genet ic i n t e r a c t i o n s between p l an ts and pathogens." A1 E l 1 ingboe, PhD 1957, was modera to r . L o e g e r i n g ' s t a l k was on " I n t e l 1 e c t u a l Schizophrenia."

A t t h e banque t ce remon ies a cash p resen ta t i on was made t o the Boy Scouts o f A m e r i c a i n t h e name o f W. Q. Loege r i ng . T h i s p l eased B i 1 1, who was Leader o f E x p l o r e r Troop 17 when he was i n S t . Paul.

MARTHA K. ROANE, M S 1946 , was awarded t h e S i 1 v e r Beave r May 30, 1986 a t an A n n u a l Boy S c o u t d i n n e r i n Blacksburg, VA. The S i 1 v e r Beaver i s the h i ghes t award made by B.S.A. t o an a d u l t vo lunteer .

A t a s p e c i a l m e e t i n g o f t h e Department i n October 1985, Dr. RICHARD J. ZEYEN was p r e s e n t e d w i t h a p 1 aque i n app rec ia t i on " f o r h i s g r e a t d e d i c a t i o n , e f f o r t and competence i n r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e Department throughout the p l anni ng, c o n s t r u c t i o n and occupancy o f B o r l aug H a l l ."

MARTY STAHLER won a " d i s e a s e - f r e e seed" c o n t e s t sponso red by Asgrow Seed Co.. The p r i z e was an Asgrow w a l l c lock .

Regen ts ' P r o f e s s o r E m e r i t u s CLYDE M . C H R I S T E N S E N r e c e i v e d t h e D i s t i n g u i s h e d S e r v i c e Award o f t h e M i n n e s o t a Chap te r o f Sigma X i a t t h e annual i n i t i a t i o n banquet May 15, 1986. The award was made i n r e c o g n i t i o n o f C l y d e ' s " d i s t i n g u i s h e d s e r v i c e i n f u r t h e r i n g s c i e n c e a n d s c i e n t i f i c research i n t he S ta te o f Minnesota."

A t t h e same o c c a s i o n HAMED K. ABBAS, PETER J. BEDKER, KENNETH D. JOHNSON and MARGUERITE A. PALMER, were i n i t i a t e d i n t o f u l l membership o f Sigma X i and MARY SORTLAND and MONTE MILES t o assoc ia te members h i p.

On February 18, 1986 between 50 and 60 f a c u l t y , s t a f f members, g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s and s p o u s e s m e t a t J a x r e s t a u r a n t i n M inneapo l i s t o eat, d r i n k a n d t o e x p r e s s a p p r e c i a t i o n t o P r o f e s s o r s E m e r i t u s C. M. CHRISTENSEN (80) and CARL J. EIDE (81 ) f o r " l o y z l and d e d i c a t e d s e r v i c e s , etc." P l aques w e r e p r e s e n t e d t e s t i f y i n g t o t h e s e sen t imen ts . The aged p r o f e s s o r s were impressed and somewhat bewi ldered. There was a c h o i c e o f p r i m e r i b s ($151 , c h i c k e n ($10) o r o range roughy ($111, p l u s cash bar.

DARROLL S K I L L I N G , PhD 1 9 6 8 , r e c e i v e d t h e Award o f M e r i t o f t h e M i n n e s o t a c h a p t e r o f Gamma Sigma D e l t a on A p r i l 24, 1986. D a r r o l 1 i s P r o j e c t Leader o f t h e P a t h o l o g i c a l P r o j e c t o f t h e N o r t h C e n t r a l F o r e s t E x p e r i m e n t S t a t i o n and A d j u n c t P r o f e s s o r i n t h e Department o f P l a n t Pathology, U o f M.

MONTE M I L E S was e l e c t e d t o membership i n Gamma Sigma De l ta .

Thomas French Award Rec ip i en t s

N O R A V I G (1985) and ROSS McQUEEN (19861, d o c t o r a l s t u d e n t s w i t h Drs. R o b e r t B r a m b l a n d N e i l A n d e r s o n , r e s p e c t i v e l y were r e c i p i e n t s o f t h e Thomas F rench Award. T h i s award was e s t a b l i s h e d t o s u p p o r t t r a v e l t o p r o f e s s i o n a l m e e t i n g s f o r g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s . Nora a t t e n d e d t h e Con fe rence a t C o l d S p r i n g H a r b o r , A u g u s t 2 1 - September 1, 1985 and Ross w i 1 1 a t t e n d t h e T h i r d I n t e r n a t i o n a l Symposium on M o l ecu 1 a r G e n e t i c s o f P 1 a n t - M i c r o b e I n t e r a c t i o n s i n M o n t r e a l , Canada,

OBITUARIES

MILTON FREDERICK KERNKAMP d i e d Ju 1 y 5, 1986, i n Sun C i ty , AZ. He i s s u r v i v e d by h i s w i f e , M a r j o r y . He was b o r n on a f a r m n e a r S t . P a u l , MN, September 16, 1911.

He r e c e i v e d t h e B.S. d e g r e e i n 1934, M.S. i n 1938, and PhD i n 1941, a1 1 f r o m t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f M inneso ta . I n 1 9 4 1 h e b e c a m e A s s i s t a n t P l a n t P a t h o l o g i s t w i t h t h e D i v i s i o n o f Sugar P 1 ants, USDA, i n Mer id ian, M i s s i s s i p p i .

From 1942 t o 1946 he s e r v e d as an o f f i c e r i n t h e U.S. Army, m a i n l y i n N o r t h A f r i c a a n d I t a l y . I n 1 9 4 6 he j o i n e d t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f P l a n t P a t h o l o g y , U. o f M., as A s s i s t a n t Professor, became Assoc iate Professor i n 1949, and Pro fessor i n 1956.

F rom 1 9 5 6 - 6 1 he was A s s i s t a n t D i r e c t o r o f t h e Minnesota Ag r i c u l t u r a l E x p e r i m e n t S t a t i o n . I n 1 9 6 1 he was a p p o i n t e d Head, Depa r tmen t o f P 1 a n t Pathology, U o f M, and con t inued as Head u n t i l 1972, when he s t e p p e d down t o resume teaching and research. He r e t i r e d i n 1977.

He was a c t i v e i n the a f f a i r s o f the APS, s e r v i n g on numerous committees and as A s s i s t a n t T r e a s u r e r - B u s i n e s s M a n a g e r , 1966 -67 , a n d T r e a s u r e r - B u s i n e s s Manage r , 1967 -70 . He was cha i rman o f t h e A P S b u i 1 d i n g commi t t e e r e s p o n s i b l e f o r p l a n n i n g a n d c o n s t r u c t i o n o f t h e A P S - A A C C headquarters b u i 1 d i n g i n S t . Pau 1.

-C. M. Chr is tensen

MATTHEW BOWIE MOORE was born A p r i 1 11, 1905 i n S t . P a u l , MN. He a t t e n d e d Mechanic A r t s High School f o r a year b u t completed h i s secondary educat ion i n t he School o f A g r i c u l t u r e o f t he U n i v e r s i t y on t h e S t . P a u l Campus. He g r a d u a t e d f r o m t h e C o l l e g e o f A g r i c u l t u r e , F o r e s t r y and Home Economics i n 1929 w i t h a major i n h o r t i cu 1 ture. He was awarded t he MS i n p l a n t patho logy i n 1934.

M a t t was an a s s i s t a n t (USDA) i n t he Department i n 1929. Later , as i n s t r u c t o r he t a u g h t b o t a n y i n t h e S c h o o l o f A g r i c u 1 t u r e . He rema ined on t h e p 1 a n t p a t h o l o g y f a c u l t y u n t i l he r e t i r e d i n 1973, e x c e p t f o r a y e a r s p e n t t e a c h i n g botany a t Lou is iana S ta te U n i v e r s i t y .

M a t t was an a u t h o r i t y on c e r e a l smuts, seed t rea tment and v i r u s diseases and crown r u s t o f oa t s . T y p i c a l l y h i s g e n i u s was e x p r e s s e d i n w o r k s , n o t words. He d e v i s e d and b u i l t a vacuum i n o c u l a t o r f o r smuts and a mu1 t i p l e i n o c u l a t o r f o r r us t s , a r od row p l a n t e r f o r f i e l d work and a s i m p l e d e v i c e t o d e t e r m i n e dew p o i n t . F o r p r a c t i c a l use he d e v i s e d a cheap seed g r a i n t r e a t e r t h a t c o u l d be made a t home.

H i s most famous i n n o v a t i o n was the b u c k t h o r n p l o t f o r t e s t i n g o a t s f o r r e s i s t a n c e t o c r o w n r u s t - - t h e a p p l i c a t i o n o f t h e p r i n c i p l e s o f e v o l u t i o n t h a t a n n o y e d many p l a n t p a t h o l o g i s t s and s c a r e d some o f them. S e v e r a l o a t v a r i e t i e s w i t h d u r a b l e res i s tance t o crown r u s t have come from t h i s p l ot-one named Moore.

M a t t was a n a t u r a l i s t , o b s e r v i n g c l o s e l y and seeking t o understand 1 i v i n g t h i n g s . He was e q u a l l y i n t e r e s t e d i n d e v i c e s , machines, gadgets , etc., and c o u l d u s u a l l y m a k e r e a s o n a b l e s u g g e s t i o n s f o r i m p r o v i n g them. T h i s c r i t i c a l a t t i t u d e was a p p l i e d as we1 1 t o p r a t i c a l l y e v e r y t h i n g he read o r heard p e o p l e say. He was e v e n known t o say, d i s g u s t e d l y , "Oh my God, S t a k " when t h e B i g Ch ie f would c a s t f o r t h a p e a r l M a t t cons i dered f 1 awed.

H i s d o u b t s a s we1 1 a s h i s c u r i o s i t y , coup 1 ed w i t h en thus iasm, h e l p e d t o make h i m a s u p e r l a t i v e t eache r , a f a c t t o wh i ch hundreds o f s t u d e n t s i n b e g i n n i n g p l a n t p a t h 0 1 ogy w i l l a t t e s t .

M a t t d i e d J u l y 1 0 , 1 9 8 5 o f a m y o t r o p h i c l a t e r a l s c l e r o s i s ( L o u Gehr ig 's Disease). He i s s u r v i v e d by h i s widow, Dorothy, and a son, Douglas.

F R A N C I S A L O Y S I U S WOOD was b o r n i n P e r r y v i 1 1 e, MO, November 12, 1932. He

. d i ed o f cancer i n G a i n e s v i l l e , F l o r i d a August 22, 1985.

A1 h e l d t h e BS (1955) i n f o r e s t r y and t h e MS (1956) i n b o t a n y f r o m t h e Un i v e r s i t y o f M i s s o u r i . A f t e r s e r v i n g w i t h the army a t Ft. De te r i ck , Maryland, 1957-58, he came t o M i n n e s o t a and was awarded t h e PhD i n p l a n t p a t h o l o g y i n 1961.

A1 became A s s i s t a n t P r o f e s s o r i n f o r e s t pa tho logy a t Pennsy l v a n i a S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y i n 1962 , a d v a n c i n g t o Professor i n 1972, when he accepted the p o s i t i o n o f Head o f t h e Depa r tmen t o f P I a n t P a t h o l o g y a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f Minnesota. He l e f t Minnesota i n 1977 t o become Dean f o r R e s e a r c h i n t h e I n s t i t u t e o f F o o d and A g r i c u l t u r a l Science, Uni v e r s i t y o f F l o r i da.

Besides these p r imary appointments, he h e l d o t h e r i m p o r t a n t p o s i t i o n s : A t Penn S ta te he was Ass i s tan t D i r e c t o r and Research Assoc ia te o f the Center f o r A i r E n v i r o n m e n t S t u d i e s ; i n F l o r i d a he became C h a i r m a n o f t h e N a t i o n a l A s s o c i a t i o n o f Land G r a n t Co l 1 eges ' D i v i s i o n o f A g r i c u l t u r e s ' Commi t t e e on Biotechnol ogy.

A t Penn S t a t e A1 r e c o g n i z e d t h e damage t o t r e e s caused by a i r - b o r n e p o l l u t a n t s and began research t h a t made h im a p i o n e e r i n t h a t f i e l d . He a l s o became a l e a d e r i n e p i d e m i o l o g y , computer technology and b io technology.

As Head o f the Department o f P l a n t P a t h o l o g y a t M i n n e s o t a (1972-1977) A1 soon f o u n d abundant f i n a n c i a l s u p p o r t f o r research on env i ronmenta l patho logy. H i s c h o i c e o f new s t a f f changed t h e emphasis f r o m c r o p p a t h o l o g y t o b a s i c work on p o p u l a t i o n g e n e t i c s , computer e d p i d e m i o l o g y a n d a i r p o l 1 u t i o n research.

A1 Wood's genius l a y i n h i s f a c u l t y f o r r e c o g n i z i n g t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f new developments i n sc ience and h i s suppor t o f these w i t h h i s ou ts tand ing ab i 1 i t i e s a s s c i e n t i s t , s a l e s m a n a n d adm in i s t r a to r .

I R V I N E A. W A T S O N , P r o f e s s o r E m e r i t u s , U n i v e r s i t y o f Sydney, N.S.W., A u s t r a l i a , d i e d March 1, 1986 a t Sydney. D r . Watson was b o r n March 31, 1914 a t Parkes, N.S.W. He h e l d t h e B.Sc. Agr. (1938) from the U n i v e r s i t y of N.S.W. and t h e PhD (1941) f r o m t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f M i n n e s o t a . W a t s o n w a s k n o w n i n t e r n a t i o n a l 1 y f o r h i s r e s e a r c h on cerea l rus ts , espec ia l l y on the genet i cs and v a r i a b i 1 i t y o f ~ ~ c c i n i a g r a m i n i s t r i t i c i . He r e t u r n e d t o t h e Depa r tmen t a t S t . Paul s e v e r a l t imes a f t e r he took h i s degree i n 1941, t h e l a s t o c c a s i o n be ing September-November, 1982, when he worked w i t h the s t a f f o f t he Cereal Rust Laboratory. He was a Research Assoc ia te h e r e i n 1955-56. Among t h e hono rs he r e c e i ved d u r i n g h i s c a r e e r was t h e E.C. Stakman Award, May 16, 1966.

F L O R A I N E TOUTENHOFT STARK d i e d o f cance r a t S t . P e t e r , MN, J u l y 3, 1985. " ~ o o t y " as she was known t o her f r i ends , was b o r n i n M i n n e a p o l i s a n d was a Secre ta ry i n the p l a n t pa tho logy o f f i c e i n t h e 1940's. T o o t y was a c h e e r f u l e x t r o v e r t . On o c c a s i o n s when S t a k t h o u g h t i t necessa ry t o r e p r o v e t h e o f f i c e f o r c e , some o f t h e g i r l s were r e d u c e d t o t e a r s . T o o t y ' s c h e e r f u l comment a f t e r one such l e c t u r e was "The w o r l d i s p i t t i n g i t s e l f a g a i n s t Dr. Stakman a g a i n t h i s morning." T o o t y i s s u r v i v e d by h e r husband, Ray. They o p e r a t e d t h e P r a i r i e I s 1 and Farm nea r S t . Peter, Minnesota.

FREEMAN A. W E I S S d i e d J a n u a r y 27, 1985 o f conges t i ve hea r t f a i l u r e a t h i s home i n Cha r l es town , SC. Freeman was b o r n i n M i n n e a p o l i s , November 30, 1892 and r e c e i v e d the BS i n A g r i c u l t u r e from the U n i v e r s i t y o f Minnesota i n 1915. He i s 1 i s t e d i n American Men o f Science as an i n s t r u c t o r a t M inneso ta , b u t h i s r e 1 a t i o n s h i p w i t h t h e Depa r tmen t o f P l a n t P a t h o l o g y i s now o b s c u r e as many e a r l y records have been l o s t . He earned t he PhD i n p l a n t path01 ogy a t Cornel 1 i n 1922 and was p a t h o l o g i s t w i t h t h e USDA u n t i 1 1950, s t a t i o n e d a t Washington, D.C.. From 1950 t o 1960 he was C u r a t o r o f t he American Type C u l t u r e C o l l e c t i o n .

Obiluroriss-Continued

WJLLIAM H. ALDERMAN, Pro fessor and Head o f t h e Department o f H o r t i c u l t u r e , 1 9 1 9 - 1 9 5 3 , d i e d J u l y 3, 1 9 8 5 i n C a l i f o r n i a w h e r e he h a d l i v e d f o r s e v e r a l yea rs . A con tempora ry o f E. C. Stakman, H. K. Hayes, and R. A. G o r t n e r , A lde rman was one o f t h e s t r o n g l e a d e r s i n t he Col l ege o f A g r i c u l ture, F o r e s t r y and Home Economics d u r i n g t h e 20s and 30s when t h e A g r i c u 1 t u r a l E x p e r i m e n t S t a t i o n was g r o w i n g r a p i d l y . He emphasized the breeding o f hardy f r u i t s f o r M inneso ta , some o f w h i c h have been standard c u l t i v a r s i n the s t a t e f o r many years. S t a f f members i n H o r t i c u l t u r e and P l a n t Path01 ogy worked toge ther a c t i v e l y t o a c h i e v e d i s e a s e r e s i s t a n c e a n d h a r d i n e s s i n f r u i t s . Some, e.g. R. B. Harvey , he1 d j o i n t a p p o i n t m e n t s i n t h e two D i v i s i o n s . P r o f e s s o r A1 derman was born i n Hol l ey , NY A p r i l 6, 1885, and so was a 1 i t t l e more t h a n 100 y e a r s 01 d when he d ied .

JOHN T. PRESLEY, PhD 1947, d i e d November 25, 1984, a t Bryan, Texas o f cancer o f the stomach. He i s s u r v i v e d by h i s widow and a son.

John was a s s o c i a t e d w i t h t h e USDA f r o m t h e l a t e 19201s, t a k i n g t i m e o f f

o c c a s i o n a l 1 y t o complete h i s educat ion a t t h e U n i v e r s i t i e s o f M a r y l a n d and Minneso ta . A t v a r i o u s t i m e s he was s t a t i o n e d a t Washington, D.C., Sacaton, AZ, a n d t h e S t a t e C o l l e g e o f M i s s i s s i p p i . He a l s o t r a v e l l e d i n t h e Sou thwes t and t r o p i c a l c o u n t r i e s . He i n v e s t i g a t e d d i s e a s e s o f c o t t o n , i n c l u d i n g P h y m a t o t r i chum r o o t r o t and V e r t i c i l l i u m w i 1 t and was a 1 e a d i n g a u t h o r i t y on c o t t o n d i seases , becomi ng 1 eader o f c o t t o n disease i n v e s t i g a t i o n s f o r t h e USDA. D u r i n g W W I I he worked on the c u l t u r e o f the guayule rubber p l ant.

P r e s l e y r e t i r e d f r o m t h e USDA i n 1969 but, as a l i c e n s e d p l a n t breeder i n Texas, cont inued t o work on c o t t o n seed c e r t i f i c a t i o n and b r e e d i n g suga r cane r e s i s t a n t t o b a c t e r i a l s t r i p e .

LAWRENCE A. SCHAAL, PhD 1946, d i e d a t Love1 and, CO, November 22, 1985 a f t e r a l o n g i l l n e s s . He was b o r n i n Manhat tan , K S Oc tobe r 19, 1900. L i k e many young p l a n t p a t h o l o g i s t s o f t h e t ime, L a r r y s p e n t s e v e r a l y e a r s i n b a r b e r r y e r a d i c a t i o n and r u s t s u r v e y s . Most o f h i s p r o f e s s i o n a l l i f e he worked as p o t a t o p a t h o l o g i s t f o r t h e U S D A i n Colorado. He i s s u r v i v e d by h i s widow, a son and a daughter.

MINNESOTA SCIENCE

S t o r i e s f r o m t h e Depa r tmen t o f P l a n t P a t h o l o g y o c c u p i e d 40% o f t h e s p r i n g i s s u e o f M i n n e s o t a Sc ience , t h e p o p u l a r q u a r t e r l y p u b l i s h e d b y t h e M i n n e s o t a A g r i c u l t u r a l E x p e r i m e n t S t a t i o n . There was a f e a t u r e a r t i c l e a b o u t Dr. Sagar V. K rupa ' s r e s e a r c h on a c i d r a i n ( i l l u s t r a t e d w i t h a p i c t u r e o f Sagar and one o f h i s a u t o m a t i c r a i n c o l l e c t o r s ) . Says Krupa, "We do have some a i r p o l 1 u t i o n p r o b l ems i n Minnesota b u t , i n t e rms o f c r o p s and t r e e s , a c i d r a i n i s n o t one o f them."

A l s o f e a t u r e d was t h e s t o r y o f E a s t e r n d w a r f m i s t l e t o e w h i c h i n f e s t s

f r o m 10 t o 20 p e r c e n t o f M i n n e s o t a ' s b l a c k spruce. Dave French began research o n t h i s p e s t i n 1 9 6 3 a n d o t h e r M inneso tans who c o n t r i b u t e d a r e Tom N i c h o l 1 s, N o r t h C e n t r a l F o r e s t E x p e r i m e n t S t a t i o n , F r e d Baker, PhD 1981, Dr. R o b e r t B l a n c h e t t e , A s s o c i a t e Professor and B i 1 1 L i v ingston, PhD 1985.

E l s e w h e r e i n t h e s p r i n g i s s u e o f Minnesota Science we found the names o f O l d Timers Elmer Schmidt, PhD 1978, who i n v e s t i g a t e s wood p r e s e r v a t i o n and Frank K a u f e r t PhD 1935, who d e v e l oped wood p r e s e r v a t i ves f o r p l ywood du r i ng W W I I . E lmer i s now Assoc iate Professor i n Wood Products. Frank r e t i r e d i n 1974.

DEPARTURES AND NEW JOBS

Mohammed Bou 1 i f a r r i ved January 4, 1986 t o d e f e n d h i s t h e s i s and t a k e t h e f i n a l o r a l e x a m i n a t i o n f o r t h e PhD, wh i ch he d i d March 15. He r e t u r n e d t o Morocco March 25. Dr. B o u l i f w i l 1 be Assoc ia te Pro fessor i n P 1 a n t Pa tho 1 ogy i n t h e N a t i o n a l Schoo l o f A g r i c u l t u r e , Meknes, Morocco. He was a s tuden t i n t he D e p a r t m e n t f r o m J a n u a r y , 1 9 7 4 t o September, 1980.

Moussa Seck l e f t August 30, 1985 t o r e t u r n t o Senegal.

A tea was h e l d f o r U l r i k e and B i l l L i v i ngs ton September 5, 1985. B i 1 1 w i 1 1 b e A s s i s t a n t P r o f e s s o r o f F o r e s t Pa th01 ogy a t t h e Un i v e r s i t y o f Maine, Orono. T h i s was t h e f i r s t f a r e w e l 1 t e a he1 d i n t h e c o l 1 oquium ( s e m i n a r ) room, 491 B o r l a u g H a l l . E r n e s t and J u l i o Ga l l o , b o t h r e d and w h i t e , were t h e r e a long w i t h cheese and crackers.

B i 1 1 Shane, PhD 1983, l e f t f o r Ohio S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y w h e r e he w i 1 1 do r e s e a r c h on d i s e a s e s o f t u r f . T h i s i s t h e p r o j e c t Dr. P. 0. L a r s e n l e f t t o come t o M inneso ta . The re was a t e a f o r B i l l October 25, 1985.

Therese Atcham l e f t Minnesota A p r i l 28, 1986. She w i 1 1 be L e c t u r e r i n P l a n t Patho logy i n the U n i v e r s i t y o f Dschang, Cameroon, A f r i ca . She took her PhD f i n a l March 5. Therese and h e r husband have two c h i 1 dren. He was awarded t h e M S i n A g r i c u l t u r a l Engineering.

F r i s b y D. (Tad) Smith passed h i s MS f i n a l J a n u a r y 10, 1986. There was a f a r e w e l l t e a f o r Tad F e b r u a r y 7 a f t e r which he re tu rned t o V i r g i n i a where h i s p a r e n t s 1 i ve. He p l a n n e d t o s t a r t on a PhD p rog ram i n t h e f a 1 1, b u t had n o t decided what school he w i l l a t tend.

The re was a f a r e w e l 1 t e a f o r D r . Roy Gaunt January 9, 1986. See " V i s i t i n g S c i e n t i s t s " e l sewhere, t h i s Aurora.

P e t e r J. Bedker l e f t June 30 t o

t a k e a p o s i t i o n as A s s i s t a n t P r o f e s s o r of Urban F o r e s t r y a t Rutgers Uni v e r s i ty. He e x p e c t s t o s t a r t work J u l y 15. P e t e r passed h i s PhD f i n a l e x a m i n a t i o n June 26. There was a t e a i n h i s honor June 27. Both Pe te r and Pro fessor B lanche t te , h i s a d v i s e r , used c o l o r e d s 1 i d e s t o i 11 u s t r a t e t h e i r remarks a t the t ea - a f i r s t , be be1 ieve.

New Jobs -- John Ohman, PhD 1966, has been

a p p o i n t e d Deputy C h i e f f o r Research, U.S. F o r e s t S e r v i c e , a t Washington D.C. He was f o r m e r l y Depu ty C h i e f f o r S t a t e and P r i v a t e Fores t ry , U.S.F.S.

G e r a l d Anderson, P hD 1963, has r e t i r e d f rom h i s p o s i t i o n as D i r e c t o r o f Disease and I n s e c t Research, U.S. Fo res t Serv ice .

Thomas H. N i c h o l 1 s, N o r t h C e n t r a l Fo res t Experiment S ta t ion , S t . Paul, i s now P r o j e c t Leade r o f t h e W i l d L i f e P r o j e c t .

D a r r o l 1 Sk i 11 ing, PhD 1968, became P r o j e c t Leader o f t he Pa tho logy Pro jec t , NCFES, t he p o s i t i o n f o r m e r l y he1 d by Tom N i c h o l l s .

THE C, M. CHRISTENSENS RETURN TO ST. PAUL

I n l a t e J u l y , 1985, a f t e r f i v e y e a r s i n Sun C i t y West, AZ, C l y d e and K a t i e Crh is tensen re tu rned t o S t . Paul. The U n i v e r s i t y Re t i r ees ' Assoc ia t i on i s b u i 1 d i n g a hundred-uni t condomi n i um nex t t o F a c u l t y Grove, n e a r t h e j u n c t i o n o f Larpenteur and C l e v e l a n d Avenues, t o be c o m p l e t e d i n August , 1986, when t h e Chr is tensens w i l 1 move in. For ne ighbors they w i 11 have t he Thor Kommedahl s, t h e F. H. Kau fe r t s and a number o f long- t ime f r i e n d s and a c q u a i n t a n c e s f r o m t h e U n i v e r s i t y . They l o o k fo rward t o a happy 1 i f e there. CMC appears f a i r 1 y regu 1 a r 1 y i n Stakman H a l 1, where he sha res an o f f i c e w i t h Aurora E d i t o r C. J. Eide.

VISITORS 1986

August 21. P h i l Berger, MS 1980.

August 23. P a t t i Sebesta, r ecen t1 y on t he s e c r e t a r i a l s t a f f , r e p o r t e d t h a t she, husband S t e v e and d a u g h t e r A s h l e y would move f rom F o r t C o l l i n s , Colorado t o Fargo, ND i n September, 1985. S t e v e was p romoted and w i l l be s u n f l o w e r breeder f o r C a r g i l l , Inc., i n Fargo.

Augus t 26. M i k e W i n g f i e l d , PhD 1983, who presented a symposium paper a t Reno. B e f o r e t h e m e e t i n g s M i k e s t o p p e d a t Nor th Caro l i n a S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y where he v i s i t e d w i t h Ca r l Matyac. He p lanned t o s top a t t he U n i v e r s i t y o f Wisconsin. M i k e i s p a t h o l o g i s t a t t h e P l a n t P r o t e c t i o n I n s t i t u t e , S t e 1 1 e n b o s c h , South A f r i ca.

August 29. Mary Palm, PhD 1983, was v i s i t i n g i n t he area. Mary i s m y c o l o g i s t w i t h t he USDAIAPHIS i n B e l t s v i l l e , MD.

September 3. B r i a n S t e f f e n s o n , M S 1983, was back i n M i n n e s o t a t o v i s i t p a r e n t s n e a r Anoka. B r i a n , a c a n d i d a t e f o r t h e PhD i n p l a n t p a t h o l o g y a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f C a l i f o r n i a , Davis, brought g r e e t i n g s f rom O l d Timers Ed B u t l e r , J im DeVay and Robert Campbell.

September 20. O l d Timers and o the r g u e s t s a t t e n d e d t h e d e d i c a t i o n o f B o r l aug H a l 1. See e l sewhere i n t h i s issue.

S e p t e m b e r 25. H. R. Wang. (See correspondence)

September 27. D. E. Munnecke, PhD 1950, P r o f e s s o r o f P 1 a n t P a t h o l ogy, Uni v e r s i t y o f Cal i f o r n i a , R ivers ide . Don and Mrs. were making an extended t o u r o f the U.S. They v i s i t e d E l l i s and D e l i g h t D a r l e y i n Cashmere, WA. Don r e t i r e d November 1, 1985.

December 16. Fred Baker. Utah.

J a n u a r y 15. Dr. C a r o l Winde l s, PhD 1980, Crookston, stopped on her way t o a " r e t r e a t " a t S t i 1 lwa te r .

J a n u a r y 29, R o b e r t N y v a l 1, PhD 1969, now S u p e r i n t e n d e n t o f t h e E x p e r i m e n t S t a t i o n a t Grand Rap ids and Pro fessor o f P l a n t Pathology.

March 24-25. L a u r a Sweets, PhD 1981, Extens ion Pa tho l o g i s t , U n i v e r s i t y o f I owa ; J i m V e n e t t e , PhD 1975, P r o f e s s o r o f P 1 a n t P a t h o l ogy, N o r t h Dakota S ta te U n i v e r s i t y and C ra ig Grau, PhD 1975, Professor o f P l a n t Pathology, U n i v e r s i t y o f Wisconsin. V i s i t e d f r i e n d s i n S t . Paul a f t e r a t t end ing APS meet ings a t t h e N a t i o n a l H e a d q u a r t e r s on P i l o t Knob Road.

A p r i l 9 and 10. H a r r y Young, PhD 1949, Eugene Saari, PhD 1966 and Rol l i e L i n e , PhD 1962, a t t e n d e d a c e r e a l r u s t w o r k s h o p h e l d i n t h e C e r e a l R u s t L a b o r a t o r y . H a r r y i s r e t i r e d and 1 i ves i n Co lo rado , R o l l i e i s Research P l a n t P a t h o l o g i s t , A R S USDA a t Wash ing ton S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y and Geno w i 1 1 soon be i n Turkey w i t h CIMMYT. (See Old T imers) .

A p r i 1 17. Dave Lang, PhD 1978, had j u s t r e t u r n e d f r o m N o r t h Dakota, where he i n s p e c t e d a q u a r t e r s e c t i o n (160 a) of l a n d near Bo t t i neau which he r e c e n t l y acquired. Dave s a i d t h a t the qua r te r i s r e n t e d t o a f a r m e r who, w i t h h i s son, farms 18 qua r te r s - and makes money.

A p r i l 14. M a r j o r i e Kernkamp, Sun C i t y , AZ.

A p r i l 29. Gregg P r a t t , PhD 1982, M i n n e s o t a P o l 1 u t i o n C o n t r o l Agency, Rosev i l l e , MN.

O c t o b e r 2. Hemant Fanse, PhD 1968. We d i d n ' t g e t much on Hemant. He i s t h o u g h t t o be w o r k i n g i n a h o s p i t a l i n New York.

October 3. Donald Knutson, MS 1956, d ropped i n on bus iness . H i s b u s i n e s s

c a r d r e a d s "Don Knutson , PhD. T r e e c a r e and app ra i sa l . M i nneapol i s , MN 55414. "

O c t o b e r 18. G l e n F u r n i e r , MS 1980, s topped on h i s way f r o m a m e e t i n g i n C l e v e l a n d back t o t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f A1 b e r t a a t Edmonton, where he i s a p o s t doc i n f o r e s t r y . G len go t h i s PhD a t t he U n i v e r s i t y o f Oregon i n 1984. He w i 1 1 have a p o s t doc a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f C a l i f o r n i a , R i v e r s i d e , i n t h e f a l l o f 1986.

Oc tobe r 24. K e l l y K a r e l i s v i s i t e d f r i e n d s i n t h e T w i n C i t i e s wh i l e P a u l a t t e n d e d T e a c h e r s ' I n s t i t u t e i n Wisconsin. Pau l t e a c h e s a t Markesan, Wisconsin. June 10, 1986. Ke l l y and Paul c a l l e d again. Expect ing.

O c t o b e r 24. R o l l i e and F r a n L i n e , s t opped on t h e i r way f r o m P i t t s b u r g h , PA, where Fran's f o l k s 1 i v e , t o no r t he rn M inneso ta , where R o l 1 i e ' s are. R o l 1 i e , PhD 1962, i s w i t h t he USDA a t Washington S ta te Uni v e r s i ty.

June 17. Dr. J e n n i f e r Juzwik , PhD 1983, on h e r way t o a m e e t i n g i n Wisconsin, stopped t o v i s i t f r i e n d s and check some r e s e a r c h she i s d o i n g w i t h Dr. French. Jenny i s Fo res t P a t h o l o g i s t w i t h the M i n i s t r y o f N a t u r a l Resources a t Map le , O n t a r i o , a p o s i t i o n she has h e l d s ince September, 1984. Before t h a t she d i d r e s e a r c h a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f T o r o n t o f o r a b o u t a y e a r (See a l s o Matrimony).

June 23. Richard Freder ickson, PhD 1961, v i s i t e d w i t h f r i e n d s (personal and p r o f e s s o n a l ) and had m o r n i n g c o f f e e . D i c k came t o M i n n e s o t a t o r u n i n t h e famous Grandma's Marathon. (Two Harbors t o Grandma's Saloon i n Dul uth, MN.) D ick was o b v i o u s 1 y happy about h i s sabbat i c 1 eave spent a t Cornel 1 Uni v e r s i ty , where he worked w i t h 01 d Timer Dave Thurston.

June 25. James C. W o l f , PhD 1975 was i n t h e Tw in C i t i e s on b u s i n e s s . J i m i s p r e s e n t l y D i s t r i b u t i o n Manager w i t h General M i 1 1 s a t Lodi, Cal i f o r n i a where he has been f o r f o u r years . The j o b i s

o c t o b e r 25, -red s u d i a, o f t h e n o t i n sc i ence , b u t J i m says he has no Bureau o f I n d i a n A f f a i r s , Washington, D. r e g r e t s ; i t p r o v i d e s p l e n t y o f c.. ~~d w a s on t h e f a c u 1 ty o f t h e cha l 1 enges and t h a t i s what he 1 i kes. He Depa r tmen t i n t h e S e c t i o n o f P l a n t looked happy and prosperous- Phys io logy f rom 1959 u n t i 1 t h a t u n i t was te rmina ted i n 1966.

November 5. J i m Baumer, A s s i s t a n t P r o f e s s o r , 1979-1984, was i n town t o a t t e n d a m e e t i n g o f t h e Land O'Lakes Co.. J im ' s j o b w i t h t h e company i s i n F o r t Dodge, I A .

December 16. Yin-Won Lee, PhD 1984, s topped on h i s way f r o m t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f Ma ry1 and, where he he1 d a p o s t doc a p p o i n t m e n t f o r t h e p a s t year . He was r e t u r n i n g t o K o r e a w h e r e he h a s a f a c u l t y p o s i t i o n i n t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f Korea a t Suwan.

May 31. Tad S m i t h s p e n t a few days i n t h e v i c i n i t y r e v i s i n g some m a n u s c r i p t s and v i s i t i n g f r i e n d s . Tad l e f t t h e Depa r tmen t F e b r u a r y 7 and has been h e l p i n g h i s f a m i l y r e s t o r e an o l d mans ion i n V i r g i n i a . He has n o t y e t d e c i d e d where he w i l l go t o f i n i s h h i s PhD program.

CORRESPONDENCE

Dr. H.R. Wang, V i s i t i n g S c i e n t i s t -- i n t h e Depar tment , 1945-1946, c a l 1 e d a g a i n a t S'takman H a l 1 September 25-26, 1985. Dr. Wang had s p e n t a c o u p l e o f weeks a t Iowa S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y and a1 so a t Kansas S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y and t h e Uni v e r s i t y o f M issour i . He missed seeing mos t o f t h e p e o p l e i n t h e Depa r tmen t whom he knew i n 1 9 4 5 - 4 6 a n d v e r y t h o u g h t f u l l y wrote t he f o l l ow ing l e t t e r :

"I w o u l d l i k e t o t e l l y o u t h a t I v i s i t e d Stakman Ha l 1, B o r l aug Hal 1 and t h e C e r e a l R u s t L a b o r a t o r y on 26 l a s t S e p t e m b e r . I was a s t u d e n t i n t h e D i v i s i o n o f P l a n t Pa tho l ogy, Uni v e r s i t y o f M i n n e s o t a d u r i n g 1945-46 and d i d research work under t he d i r e c t i o n o f Dr. S t a k m a n a n d h i s a s s i s t a n t , M r . L o e g e r i n g . I 1 e f t S t . P a u l i n 1946. How w o n d e r f u l t h a t I had a chance t o v i s i t t h e p laces where I l i v e d 40 years ago.

"I s t a y e d q u i t e a wh i l e i n t h e 01 d sem ina r room i n Stakman H a l 1 where I r e c a l 1 ed t he a c t i v i t i e s which had taken p l a c e a l o n g t i m e a g o . I s t i 1 1 remembered t h e p l a c e where I s a t and g a v e a t a l k and I a l s o remembered I s e r v e d t h e p e o p l e w i t h c o o k i e s d u r i n g t h e seminar.

"I l i k e a l s o t o t e l l you t h a t I met some o f t h e o l d t i m e r s o f M i n n e s o t a i n o t h e r p l aces i n t he U.S. Pro fessor B i 1 1 L o e g e r i n g , who was my t e a c h e r i n St. P a u l , w a r m l y r e c e i v e d me a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f M i s s o u r i and a t h i s home which i s 1 ocated i n t he woods. He 1 ooked v e r y h e a l t h y and showed me how t o saw 1 ogs. he was s t i l 1 busy w i t h t h e boy scou t s . I a1 so m e t Dr. L a u r a Sweet i n Iowa S t a t e U n i v e r s ~ i .. ~ r ~ e k i n d l y s e n t me a book, "E.C. Stakman, S ta tesman o f S c i e n c e " w h i c h I e n j o y e d r e a d i n g v e r y much.

"I a p p r e c i a t e v e r y much t h a t y o u p e o p l e h a v e n ' t f o r g o t t e n me a n d c o n s t a n t l y send me 'Auro ra Sporeal i s ' .

S incere ly ,

H.R. Wang, age 75.

Dr. Wang i s Head o f t h e Depa r tmen t o f P l a n t Pa tho l ogy, Hebei A g r i c u l t u r a l U n i v e r s i t y , Baod i ng, Hebe i P r o v i n c e , Peoples ' Republ ic o f China.

I n a l e t t e r t o Pro fessor Kommedahl Joe Southern, PhD 1978, w r i t e s : -

"I h a v e f i n a l l y h a d Dr . E i d e ' s P h y t o p a t h o l ogys bound. I p u r c h a s e d t h e Phy topa tho l ogys f rom Bent Skovmand when he graduated. I wai ted u n t i 1 now t o b i n d them because i t was t o o e x p e n s i v e t o h a v e them bound i n t h e U.S. I en j o y r e a d i n g Dr . E i d e ' s comments i n t h e margin.

"I w i 1 1 be l e a v i n g SDS B io tech K.K. i n J u l y (1985) and r e l o c a t i n g o u t o f Bangkok t o Ch iang Ma i t o s t a r t up a company i n w h i c h I w i l l be t h e m a j o r shareholder . "

I n a r e c e n t l e t t e r t o C l y d e Christensen, Ron We1 t y , PhD 1965, wrote: "Gosh how t i m i l K I t has been a b o u t 27 y e a r s s i n c e I s t a r t e d t o work w i t h y o u i n t h e g r a i n 1 ab. T h e r e a r e many t imes when I t h i n k graduate school were r e a l l y t h e b e s t yea rs . As s t u d e n t s we were b roke , b u t we had enough bucks f o r food , f e l l o w s h i p and beer . We wo rked i n t o t h e n i g h t and on weekends, b u t had d e p a r t m e n t C h r i s t m a s p a r t i e s , c o r n roas ts , seminars, and some ho rsep lay now and aga in . The U n i v e r s i t y and g r a d u a t e e d u c a t i o n were d i r e c t e d t o w a r d s t h e e x c i t e m e n t o f s c i e n c e and r e s e a r c h and n o t t o w a r d s d e a d l i n e s f o r f u n d i n g and compute r r e p o r t s . I w i 1 1 n e v e r f o r g e t t h e e x c i t e m e n t I had as I u n s t a c k e d t h e p e t r i d i s h e s i n c u b a t e d f o r what t u r n e d o u t t o be t h e con f i rm ing exper iment f o r t he " s t r eak ing " Aspergi 1 i us ' r e s t r i c t u s ! ( F o r wha t was l a t e r t o be e l e g a n t l y c a l 1 e d t h e ' N e g a t i v e p h o t o t r o p h i c i s o l a t e ' o f A. r e s t r i c t u s f o r t h e b e n e f i t o f t h e e d i tors.) We even c a l 1 ed i t t h e ' comet c u l t u r e , ' b u t o n l y i n t h e d a r k o f n i g h t and i n t h e absence o f a f u 1 1 moon. When I he1 d t h o s e d i s h e s up t o t h e 1 i g h t my hands were s h a k i n g and my h e a r t was p o u n d i n g . My f i r s t s c i e n t i f i c d i s c o v e r y was c o n f i r m e d !

Sounds p r e t t y c o r n y now, b u t t h a t was p r e t t y heady s t u f f t o a young s q u i r t ,back then."

A f t e r l e a v i n g Minnesota, Ron worked f o r a y e a r on ~ s ~ e r ~ i 1 1 us f 1 avus on p e a n u t s a t N o r t h C a r o l i n a S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y . From 1966 t o 1972 he was w i t h t h e U.S.D.A. a t R a l e i g h i n v e s t i g a t i n g p o s t h a r v e s t m o l d s o f t o b a c c o . He t h e n t u r n e d t o f o r a g e d i seases , p r i n c i p a l l y a1 f a 1 f a , 1972- 1982. I n 1982 Ron was t r a n s f e r r e d t o Oregon S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y where he i s Leader o f t h e Forage Seed and C e r e a l Research U n i t o f t he U.S.D.A.

F e l i x P ie r re -Lou is , MS 1944, w r i t e s t h a t after r e t u r n i n g t o H a i t i i n 1944 he t augh t botany, plait pa tho logy and some g e n e t i c s i n t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f A g r i c u l t u r e u n t i l 1964 when "I accepted a p o s i t i o n as P r o f e s s o r i n t h e same b ranches i n t h e Z a i r e Repub l i c, wh i ch was then Congo-Leopol dv i 1 1 e. I re tu rned t o H a i t i i n 1979 a f t e r h a v i n g won a medal o f c i v i c m e r i t i n a p p r e c i a t i o n o f t h e s e r v i c e s r e n d e r e d i n a g r i c u 1 t u r a 1 e d u c a t i o n . S i n c e t h a t t i m e I h a v e w r i t t e n q u i t e a few p a p e r s i n c l u d i n g those enclosed here. "

Dave Thurston, PhD 1958, i s "madly i n l o v e " w i t h h i s Macintosh Com~uter. I t " t a k e s o r d e r s w i 1 1 i ng 1 y, does e x a c t 1 y what y o u t e l 1 t o w i t h no back t a l k, keeps f i l e s , e t c . i n a v e r y n e a t f o r m a t and d o e s n ' t need i n - d e p t h a n a l y s e s o f i t s p e r s o n a l i t y and k i n d , d i p l o m a t i c w o r d s t o make i t work . " D a v e i s P r o f e s s o r o f p l a n t p a t h o l o g y a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l a g r i c u l t u r e a t C o r n e l 1, t e a c h i n g c o u r s e s t h a t a t t r a c t s tuden ts ma jo r i ng i n a n t h r o p o l ogy and s o c i o l ogy as w e l l as i n p l a n t patho logy.

A.P. M i s r a , PhD 1947, r e t i r e d , r e c e n i moved f r o m B i h a r t o Lucknow (U.P.) I nd ia . He w r i t e s :

" O f l a t e I h a v e been w o r k i n g on a m o n o g r a p h o f G r a m i n i c o l o u s , Helminthospor ia and t h e d i s e a s e s caused by them. I have a1 r e a d y c o m p l e t e d a chapter on ' V a r i ab i 1 i t y i n Gramini c o l ous

Helminthospor ia , and i n t e n d t o w r i t e two more c h a p t e r s , one on d e s c r i p t i o n s o f d i f f e r e n t species (mycol o g i c a l a s p e c t s ) and a n o t h e r on d i s e a s e s caused by them and t h e i r c o n t r o l . Through A u r o r a and the I S P P n e w s l e t t e r I seek the v a l u a b l e a s s i s t a n c e o f r e s e a r c h w o r k e r s i n t h e f i e l d t o send me r e l e v a n t l i t e r a t u r e , r e s e a r c h b u l l e t i n s , e t c . a t my new address , so t h a t I may have t h e l a t e s t on t h e s u b j e c t . I g o t i n t e r e s t e d i n G r a m i n i c o l ous, H e l m i n t h o s p o r i a when I j o i n e d B i h a r A g r i c u l t u r a l Co l 1 ege as Pro fessor o f P l a n t Path01 ogy and worked o n H e l m i n t h o s p o r i u m d i s e a s e s a s P r i n c i p a l I n v e s t i g a t o r o f a U.S. P.L. 480 p r o j e c t . " H i s new add ress i s :

B-1161 I n d i r a Nagar Lucknow, U.P. INDIA P I N 226016

Dr. C a r o l E. W inde l s , A s s i s t a --- Professor i n t he Department s t a t i o n e d t h e N o r t h w e s t E x p e r i m e n t S t a t i o n Crookston, wrote recen t 1 y:

"Las t week marked t he beginn ing o f my t h i r d year a t the s ta t i on . S t a r t i n g a new p r o j e c t and b u i 1 d i n g up a 1 ab f r o m squa re one has been a l o t o f work - b u t a1 so fun. The l a b 1 once sha red w i t h f o u r o t h e r s t a t i o n s c i e n t i s t s i s now a c t u a l l y l o o k i n g l i k e a p l a n t pa tho logy l a b o r a t o r y and i s one I now sha re w i t h the d a i r y s c i e n t i s t (who w i 1 1 be moving o u t w h e n t h e new d a i r y b a r n i s comp le ted ) . Now i f I c o u l d j u s t g e t a i r c o n d i t i o n i n g and gas o u t l e t s . . .

"Despi t e the warnings about cu 1 t u r e shock i n m o v i n g f r o m t h e B i g C i t y t o Crooks ton , t h e t r a n s i t i o n was smooth - thanks i n 1 arge p a r t t o the f r i e n d l y and k i n d people i n t h i s area.

"The move h e r e has a1 so i n c r e a s e d my v o c a b u l a r l y t o i n c l u d e words l i k e head1 ands ( e s p e c i a l l y i n sugar b e e t f i e l d s ) , cou lees (as i n streams, r i v e r s and the 1 i k e ) S te i ge r (and o the r brands o f t r a c t o r s ) a n d U f f - d a ( s e l f - e x p l a n a t o r y t o any good Norwe igan and t r a n s p l an ts t o nor thwest Minnesota)."

Correspondsncs-Continued

I b r a Conners, who i s 92 y e a r s o l d , - 1 i ves i n West L a f a y e t t e , I N , where he moved a f t e r he r e t i r e d as - c u r a t o r o f t he Na t i ona l Mycol o g i c a l Museum a t Ottawa, Ontar io. For seve ra l years he worked i n t h e J.C. A r t h u r H e r b a r i u m a t Purdue U n i v e r s i t y , b u t poor h e a l t h has l i m i t e d h i s a c t i v i t i e s f o r t h e l a s t c o u p l e o f years.

I b r a go t i n t o p l a n t pa tho logy as a P l a n t D i s e a s e I n s p e c t o r i n Canada, working w i t h wh i t e p i ne b l i s t e r r us t . He became i n t e r e s t e d i n f u n g i and s t a r t e d g r a d u a t e work a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f Toronto, where he go t the MA i n 1920. I n a recen t l e t t e r t o John McCain he wrote:

"For some t ime (ca. 1918) the p l a n t p a t h o l o g i s t s i n Canada had f e l t t he need t o o r g a n i z e . To t h a t end an i n v i t a t i o n was s e n t t o t h e A.P.S. f o r a d v i c e . As a r e s u 1 t, members o f t h e War Emergency Board, Dr. Whetze l , Chairman, Dr. H. H. Lyman, Dr. E. C. Stakman, and Dr. G. H. Coons m e t t h e C a n a d i a n s i n Guelph, O n t a r i o . I used t h e o c c a s i o n t o ask Dr. Stakman f o r a j o b as b a r b e r r y s c o u t t h e n e x t summer. He a c c e p t e d me, b u t i n t h e meant ime t h e U.S. Congress passed a l a w making i t i 1 1 egal t o emp 1 oy fo re igners . However, D r . Stakman p u t me on S t a t e f unds and I s p e n t t h e summer i n t h e " T o t t e r i n g Tower," where I attempted t o de tec t d i f f e r e n c e s i n the dimensions o f t he u red in iospores o f wheat stem rus t . I l i v e d i n the same house as Mose Levine, among o t h e r s . I n t h e Depa r tmen t I came t o know Mrs. Stakman, nee Jensen, G. R. B i sby , soon t o become t h e second PhD i n p 1 a n t p a t h 0 1 ogy f r o m M inneso ta , among others . "

Among o t h e r accomp l i shmen ts , I b r a i s t h e e d i t o r o f a b o o k " P l a n t Patho logy i n Canada," pub1 i shed i n 1972. It con ta ins s h o r t b iograph ies o f seve ra l famous Canadian O ld Timers.

manager and b r e e d e r o f t h e company's "exper iment s ta t i on , " w h i c h c o n s i s t s o f a p o l e barn , a greenhouse, and a s t a f f o f t h ree a s s i s t a n t s - - a 1 1 f a rmers . Hun t m o v e d f r o m C l i n t o n , W i s c o n s i n ( h e a d q u a r t e r s o f D a i r y 1 and Seed), t o G ibson C i t y i n A p r i 1 1985. He has been i n v o l v e d i n the development and r e l e a s e o f two c u l t i v a r s o f soybeans t h a t have t h e R p s i c gene f o r r e s i s t a n c e t o Phytophthora r o o t r o t (PRR). I n a d d i t i o n he has s e v e r a l l i n e s r e s i s t a n t t o t h e soybean c y s t nematode and s t i 1 1 o the rs w i t h brown stem r o t r es i s tance t h a t may be re l eased i n the near fu tu re . Hunt has r e s p o n s i b i l i t y a l s o f o r the corn y i e l d t r i a l s a n d k e e p s a p a t h o g e n i c e y e f o c u s e d on s t a l k r o t as w e l l , wh i ch g l a d d e n s t h e h e a r t o f h i s f o r m e r a d v i s e r , Tho r Kommedahl. Some o f h i s a c t i v i t i e s a r e f e a t u r e d i n an i s s u e o f THE FURROW ( v o l . 90, i ssue 5, 1985).

Hunt, a f t e r n e a r l y 7 y e a r s f r o m graduate s tuden t l i f e , sees many t h i n g s i n p e r s p e c t i v e . He noted, f o r example, t h a t "I h a v e seen t r a n s g r e s s i v e s e g r e g a t i o n f o r many t r a i t s ( s u c h as m a t u r i t y , emergence , v i g o r , p l a n t he ight , h o r i z o n t a l res is tance) ; addi ti ve gene a c t i o n f o r y i e l d ; e p i s t a s i s ; dominance f o r PRR s u s c e p t i b i l i t y (which i s an i n t e r e s t i n g t h o u g h t ) ; and many o t h e r t h i n g s t h a t I n e v e r a p p r e c i a t e d n o r u n d e r s t o o d when I was b r e i f l y exposed t o them a t t h e U o f M. B u t now I see t h e i r b i o l o g i c a l s i g n i f i c a n c e and thus they a re t o me conceptual (which i s b e h i n d a 1 1 l e a r n i n g a n d m e n t a l e x p l o r a t i o n s o f us humans)."

Dr. Takaok i Inaba . who was a P o s t - doc i n r . Mirocha's l a b o r a t o r y i n 1975- 1976 , w r o t e r e c e n t l y "Dr . M i r o c h a v i s i t e d J a p a n l a s t May ( 1 9 8 5 ) a n d d ropped i n a t Tsukubu f o r two days. We e n j o y e d t a l k i n g a b o u t M i n n e s o t a v e r y much. I n J u n e I v i s i t e d G r e e c e a n d I s r a e l f o r t w o weeks t o a t t e n d a

0 1 d T imer H u n t B u r t o n W i 1 ey, MS conference on downy m i 1 dew o f cucurb i t s . --- 1979 and f o r m e r Hoos ie r , r e p o r t s f r o m From 5 September t o 10 October I v i s i t e d G ibson C i t y , I 1 l i n o i s , where he i s I n d o n e s i a t o t e a c h and c o - w o r k on employed by D a i r y 1 and Seed Co. as a Cercospora l e a f spots o f Legume p lan ts . "

BORLAUG HALL DEDICATED

B o r l aug H a l 1, t h e e l e g a n t new b u i l d i n g occupied by the Departments o f Agronomy and P 1 a n t Genet ics , P l a n t P a t h 0 1 ogy and S o i 1 S c i e n c e , was dedicated September 20, 1985. I n the new a u d i t o r i u m i n B o r l aug H a l 1 t h e day's events began w i t h opening remarks by the depar tment Heads: D r . Wm. E. Larson, Soi 1 s; D r . O r v i n C. Burns ide , Agronomy and P l a n t Genet ics , and D r . P h i l i p 0. L a r s e n , P l a n t P a t h o l o g y . T h i s was f o l lowed by addresses by guest speakers D r . R a l p h H a r d y , B i o t e c h n i a I n t e r n a t i o n a l ; Dr. C l i ve James, CIMMYT; D r . N y l e Brady, Bureau o f Sc ience and Techno1 ogy and Dr. Roger M i t c h e l 1 , Dean o f t h e C o l l e g e o f A g r i c u l t u r e , Uni v e r s i t y o f ~ i s s o u r i .

A f t e r a l uncheon a t t e n d e d by more t h a n f i f t y g u e s t s , D r . B o r l a u g was i n t r o d u c e d by D r . Wm. F. Hueg. B o r l aug s p o k e on t h e s u b j e c t , "Why t h e d i f f e r e n c e ? F o o d a b u n d a n c e v s . scarc i ty . "

The ded ica t ion ceremony was h e l d on the f r o n t steps o f B o r l aug Hal 1 a t 3 PM. A f t e r open ing remarks by D r . R i c h a r d J. Sauer, V i c e P r e s i d e n t , I n s t i t u t e o f Ag r i cu l t u re , Fores t ry and Home Economics there were b r i e f comments by Dr. Kenneth H. K e l 1 er , P r e s i d e n t o f t h e Uni v e r s i t y o f Minnesota; Dr. Charles F. McGuiggan, C h a i r m a n o f t h e B o a r d o f Reqen ts .

Borlaug and Bust

U n i v e r s i t y o f M i n n e s o t a ; ~ r . - ern At the dedication: Charles F. I n g v a l s o n , M i n n e s o t a Farm B u r e a u McGuiggan, Norman Borlaug, Kenneth H. F e d e r a t i o n and Dr. Deon S tu thman , Keller, Daniel J. Fairbanks, Sculptor. P r o f e s s o r , Department o f Agronomy and P l a n t Genetics. This was f o l lowed by the unvei 1 i ng o f a bust o f Dr. Bor 1 aug.

The ded ica t ion was attended by many i n v i t e d guests o f the three departments. O f p a r t i c u l a r i n t e r e s t t o t h e p l a n t pa th01 o g i s t s were Mrs. B o r l aug, t h e i r son B i 1 1 and daughter Jeanie. With B i 1 1 were h i s w i f e Barbie and t h e i r daughters T i f f a n y and N a t a l i e . J e a n i e was accompanied by her husband Richard Rhoda and t h e i r c h i l d r e n B i 1 l y , J u l i e and J e n n i f e r . B i 1 1 and t h e Rhodas 1 i ve i n Dal las, Texas.

A few O l d T imers showed up. From Iowa S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y t h e r e were Bob Crow, John H i 1 1 , D e n n i s McGee and Professor George Knaphus. Wisconsin was r e p r e s e n t e d by Jack M i t c h e l 1, Deane Arny, E a r l e Hanson, C r a i g Grau, and Henry D a r l i n g ( E a r l e s a i d he made a h o l e - in -one 1 a s t summer). L o c a l 0 1 d T imers were L o i s T r i hus, G l o r i a Warner and Pat Borich.

DEPARTMENTAL ENDOWENT PROGRAM

D e p a r t m e n t a l endowment f u n d s a r e p l a y i n g a v i t a l r o l e i n t h e a b i l i t y o f t h e depa r tmen t t o m a i n t a i n and b u i l d e x c e l l e n c e i n i t s academic endeavors. I n t h e p a s t 10 y e a r s t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f M i n n e s o t a and t h e Depa r tmen t o f P l a n t P a t h o l o g y h a v e gone t h r o u g h t h r e e "retrenchments," i.e. budget cuts. These r e t r e n c h m e n t s when coup1 ed w i t h t h e Gramm-Rudman-Hol 1 i n g s r e d u c t i o n o f f e d e r a l f u n d s have p o i n t e d o u t t h e wisdom and necess i t y o f hav ing f o r m a l l y e s t a b l i s h e d d e p a r t m e n t a l endowment f u n d s . The D e p a r t m e n t now has 1 3 endowment t r u s t f u n d s made p o s s i b l e by p h i l a n t h r o p i c g i f t s f r o m i n t e r e s t e d a1 umni, f a c u l ty , and f r iends . Throughout t h e yea rs , b u t m a i n l y d u r i n g t h e p a s t 6 y e a r s , $770,000 were c o n t r i b u t e d t o t h e s e v a r i o u s f u n d s and w i t h p r u d e n t i n v e s t m e n t , t h r o u g h t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f M i n n e s o t a Founda t i on , these funds have grown t o a p p r o x i m a t e 1 y $1,010,000. The i n t e r e s t f rom these funds now p a r t i a l l y s u p p o r t s t h e renewed P l a n t P a t h o l ogy L i b ra r y , s tuden t scho la r sh ips and t r a v e l t o s c i e n t i f i c m e e t i n g s , v i s i t i n g s c i e n t i s t s , t h e A u r o r a S p o r e a l i s, and s e v e r a l o t h e r d e p a r t m e n t a l f u n c t i o n s t h a t w o ~ i ~ . , ' d i f f i c u l t t o m a i n t a i n i n t i m e s o f r educed budgets . I n a d d i t i o n , t he Department has been the r e c i p i e n t o f a separate f u n d - r a i s i n g e f f o r t 1 a r g e l y through the LiebermanIOkinow Foundation, which a t l a s t count t o t a l s $280,000 w i t h a g o a l o f $1,000,000, and i s mak ing i t p o s s i b l e t o c r e a t e an endowed c h a i r p o s i t i o n i n the Department.

Dur ing the 1985-86 academic year a t o t a l o f $67,917 was c o n t r i b u t e d t o e x i s t i n g departmental endowment programs and two new funds were e s t a b l ished. The f i r s t b y a g i f t f r o m Dr. H a r o l d F l o r t o honor t h e memory o f f o r m e r Depa r tmen t Head, Dr. J.J. C h r i s t e n s e n , and t h e s e c o n d b y t h e e f f o r t s o f D r s . D.W. F r e n c h a n d P.O. L a r s e n t o h o n o r P r o f e s s o r M a t t Moore. S i n c e t h e s e two f u n d s a r e v e r y r e c e n t we have n o t been a b l e t o i n c l u d e them i n o u r e n c l o s e d endowment p l e d g e m a t e r i a1 s. Persons i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e J.J. C h r i s t e n s e n Fund o r t h e M a t t Moore Fund s h o u l d c o n t a c t

D r . P h i l i p L a r s e n , H e a d o f t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f P l a n t P a t h o l o g y , 495 Bor laug Hal 1, 1991 Upper Bu fo rd C i r c l e , U n i v e r s i t y o f M inneso ta , S t . P a u l , MN, 55108 - phone (612-625-8200) .

C u r r e n t and f u t u r e s t u d e n t s and s t a f f o f t h e Depa r tmen t a r e d e e p l y indebeted t o a1 1 those a1 umni, f a c u l t y , and f r i e n d s who recognize the need, and p r o v i d e encouragement and s u p p o r t o f these e f f o r t s . The use o f t r u s t funds as t h e v e h i c l e f o r t h e s e endowments means t h a t donat ions w i 11 con t inue t o p r o v i d e f u n d i n g i n p e r p e t u i t y . D e p a r t m e n t a l endowments have become very impor tan t i n a s s i s t i n g p r e s e n t endeavors , and f o r b u i 1 d i n g a l e g a c y o f e x c e l 1 ence t h a t w i 1 1 c o n t i n u e f a r i n t o t h e f u t u r e . We thank a1 1 alumni, f a c u l t y , and f r i e n d s f o r t h e i r i n t e r e s t and con t r i bu t i ons .

-R. J. Zeyen

OPEN HOUSE AT NEW LIBRARY

On F e b r u a r y 17, 1986, sandwiched between a s p e c i a l 1 e c t u r e by Professor J o s e p h Kuc, o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f Ken tucky , and a r e c e p t i o n t o c e l e b r a t e t he beginn ing o f the Minnesota-Tel A v i v endowed c h a i r e f f o r t and i t s f i n a n c i a l supporters, the p l a n t path01 ogy 1 i b r a r y was o p e n e d t o g u e s t s who u n d e r t h e guidance o f E r i k B iever , L i b r a r i a n , were a b l e t o i n s p e c t t h e b e a u t i f u l new q u a r t e r s . From 3 t o 4 P M c o f f e e , c i d e r and c o o k i e s were s e r v e d i n t h e 1 i b r a r y annex. The open house was a t t e n d e d b y 75-80 p e o p l e , mos t o f them f r o m t h e S t . P a u l Campus. S e v e r a l f r o m o t h e r u n i v e r s i t y 1 i b r a r i e s came and were impressed. Among the p r o f e s s i o n a l guests w e r e N i n a J o r g e n s e n , f o r m e r P l a n t Pa tho l ogy L i b r a r i a n ; John Beecher, Head o f P u b l i c S e r v i c e s a n d A c t i n g Co- d i r e c t o r , S t . P a u l Campus L i b r a r i e s ; P h y l 1 i s R e i c h , C h i e f R e f e r e n c e L i b r a r i a n , S t . P a u l Campus and R i c h a r d R o h r e r , A c t i n g D i r e c t o r , Humani t i e s l s o c i a l Science L i b r a r i e s .

A CLINICAL CONTRACT

The Depar tment , Land O'Lakes, Inc . a n d a b i o t e c h n o l o g y f i r m , A g r i - D iagnos t i c Assoc ia tes s igned a c o n t r a c t i n A p r i 1, 1986 t h a t w i 1 1 p r o v i d e suppor t t o t h e P l a n t D i s e a s e C l i n i c t o p r o v i d e equ ipmen t and t e c h n i c i a n s t o i n c r e a s e t h e s e r v i c e s o f t h e c l i n i c . I n r e t u r n f o r g ran ts ove r a p e r i o d o f t h ree years, t h e Depa r tmen t w i 1 1 d i agnose d i s e a s e d p l a n t s a m p l e s f o r t h e Company. I n a d d i t i o n t o r o u t i ne d i a g n o s i s, t h r e e s p e c i a l t y p e s o f s e r v i c e w i l 1 be rendered: 1. I d e n t i f i c a t i o n o f races o f P h y t o p h t h o r a megasperma, wh i ch causes r o o t r o t o f soybeans. 2. I d e n t i f i c a t i o n o f p l a n t nematodes. 3. ELISA t e s t s f o r i d e n t i f i c a t i o n o f p l a n t v i ruses.

The number o f samples processed f o r Land O'Lakes w i 1 1 depend upon t he amount o f t i m e t h e necessa ry work comsumes. I t i s est imated t h a t the f i n a n c i a l suppor t w i 1 1 cover 1900 working hours o f serv i c e p e r season . B e s i d e o p e r a t i n g f u n d s c o v e r i n g t h e s a l a r i e s o f t e c h n i c i a n s , supp l ies , t r a v e l , etc., a spec ia l g ran t i s made the f i r s t year t o buy 1 abora to ry e q u i p m e n t f o r t h e c l i n i c . A g r i - D iagnos t i cs w i 1 1 be p r o v i d i n g f u l l a r ray o f equipment f o r do ing d i a g n o s t i c t e s t s us ing Enzyme L inked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA).

The Land O'Lakes Company, known t o m o s t p e o p l e a s a m i 1 k a n d b u t t e r p r o c e s s i n g f i r m , h a s been b r e e d i n g a l f a l f a and s e l l i n g seed f o r more than 20 yea rs . I n r e c e n t y e a r s i t has been breeding soybeans and s e l 1 i n g seed. J im Baumer, A s s i s t a n t Professor , 1979-84, i s P l a n t P a t h o l o g i s t w i t h t he Company.

A g r i - D i a g n o s t i c A s s o c i a t e s i s a n e w l y f o r m e d c o m p a n y b a s e d i n Cinnaminson, New Jersey s p e c i a l i z i n g i n d i a g n o s t i c t e s t s f o r p l a n t and a n i m a l d i seases . I t s p e c i a l i zes i n t h e use o f m o n o c l o n a l a n t i b o d y t e c h n o 1 ogy i n con j u n c t i o n w i t h ELISA.

PEST SURVEY PROGRAM STARTED

A C o o p e r a t i v e P e s t S u r v e y Program was a c t i v a t e d i n January, 1986 w i t h the a p p o i n t m e n t o f B r u c e P o t t e r a s Coordinator. Bruce h o l d s an appointment as Research F e l l o w i n t he Department o f P l a n t Pathology. Funding f o r h i s s a l a r y and t r a v e l b u d g e t i s p r o v i d e d by U S D A - APHIS.

T h i s p r o j e c t d i f f e r s cons ide rab l y f r o m t h e one headed by E r i k S t romberg f r o m J u l y 1977 t o November, 1981. E r i k was a Federa l Employee and was committed t o a c e r t a i n amount o f r e s e a r c h on new d iseases . He l e f t t o t a k e a F a c u l t y

J i 1 1 Pokorny, A s s i s t a n t Extens ion Posi t ion a t Virginia P o l y t e c h n i c S p e c i a l i s t and D i r e c t o r o f t h e P l a n t Institute and State University. Disease C l i n i c , w i 1 1 be i n charge o f the wo rk . Ben L o c k h a r t i s t h e f a c u l t y supe rv i so r o f t he c l i n i c and w i 1 1 a1 so p r o v i d e suppor t f o r the v i r u s work. B i 1 1 Kennedy w i l l p r o v i d e f a c u l t y suppor t f o r t he Phytophthora i d e n t i f i c a t i o n and Dave MacDonala f o r the nematode work.

T h i s new agreement w i 1 1 a1 1 ow t h e c l i n i c t o p r o v i d e f as te r , more complete s e r v i c e s t o t h e c i t i z e n s o f M i n n e s o t a and surrounding states. The c l i n i c w i 11 c o n t i n u e t o p r o c e s s u r b a n homeowner samples submi t ted t o the c l i n i c through t h e D i a l - U a t a f e e o f $2.00 f o r c o n s u l t a t i o n and $5.00 f o r d i a g n o s t i c a n a l y s i s b u t w i l l i n c r e a s e t h e f e e c h a r g e d f o r p r o c e s s i n g c o m m e r c i a l samples accord ing t o a schedule based on t ime and resources requ i red .

The goal o f the p resen t program i s t o combine i n f o r m a t i o n f r o m s e v e r a l s o u r c e s (CPM A g e n t s , E x t e n s i o n S p e c i a l i s t s , P r i v a t e I n d u s t r y a n d o the rs ) and t r a n s f e r such i n f o r m a t i o n t o E x t e n s i o n S p e c i a l t i s t s , Consu l t a n t s , etc. and u l t i m a t e l y t o Growers. I nc l uded i s t h e r e s p o n s i b i 1 i t y o f t r a n s m i t t i n g d a t a t o a n a t i o n a l p e s t database. An e l e c t r o n i c communications program 1 i n k s t he survey a c t i v i t i e s o f severa l s t a tes .

The p rogram has t h e e n t h u s i a s t i c s u p p o r t o f t h e M i n n e s o t a S t a t e D e p a r t m e n t o f A g r i c u l t u r e , t h e Depa r tmen ts o f Entomo 1 ogy and P 1 a n t Patho logy and t he U n i v e r s i t y Crop P e s t Management Program.

ENDOWED LAND-GRANT CHAIR I N PLANT PATHOLOGY

P l a n t Pa th01 ogy a t M i n n e s o t a i s p leased t o announce progress towards t he e s t a b l i shment o f "The U n i v e r s i t y o f Minnesota/Uni v e r s i t y o f T e l -Av i v Endowed Land-Grant Chai r f o r Disease Resistance I m p r o v e m e n t i n C e r e a l C rops . " The o p p o r t u n i t y t o c r e a t e t h i s permanent, endowed c h a i r grew from the convergence o f s e v e r a l i n t e r e s t s . M i n n e s o t a i s an i n t e r n a t i o n a l c e n t e r f o r d i s e a s e res i s tance improvement i n ce rea l crops, t h r o u g h t h e e f f o r t s o f i n d i v i d u a l f a c u l t y and t h e U.S.D.A. C e r e a l R u s t Laboratory. We a l s o have a l o n g h i s t o r y o f c o l 1 a b o r a t i o n w i t h P r o f e s s o r I s a a k Wahl and h i s c o l l e a g u e s a t T e l A v i v U n i v e r s i t y who use w i l d s p e c i e s o f wheat, oats, and ba r l ey , f rom t h e i r mid- eas te rn cen te rs o f o r i g i n , as sources of germ p l a s m f o r t h e i m p r o v e m e n t o f disease res i s tance i n these crops.

Past research c o l l a b o r a t i o n between t h e two u n i v e r s i t i e s r e 1 i e d on i n f o r m a l exchanges, U.S.D.A. c o o p e r a t i o n , and g r a n t s f r o m t h e U.S.-Israel B i n a t i o n a l A g r i c u l t u r a l Research and Deve lopmen t Fund, b u t no f o r m a l , 1 ong - te rm e f f o r t , o r fund ing was a v a i l a b l e t o l i n k the two i n s t i t u t i o n s . To f o r m a p e r m a n e n t l i n k a g e o f r e s e a r c h i n t e r e s t s D r s . L a r s e n , W i l c o x s o n a n d S c h a f e r , o f M inneso ta , and Dr. Wahl f r o m T e l A v i v met w i t h members o f the Liebermanlo kinow Foundat ion o f M inneso ta t o i n v e s t i g a t e p o s s i b i 1 i t i e s . S e v e r a l y e a r s ago, i n r e c o g n i t i o n o f the v a l u e o f w i l d ce rea l g e r m p l a s m r e s o u r c e s a n d r e s e a r c h e f f o r t s i n I s r a e l , t h e LiebermanIOki now Foundat ion o f Minnesota e s t a b l i shed the L i ebe rman Germ P lasm I n s t i t u t e a t T e l A v i v Uni v e r s i ty.

c h a i r p o s i t i o n s . PUF, ( v a l u e d a t a p p r o x i m a t e 1 y $60,000,000) was d e r i ved from revenues from the o r i g i n a l f e d e r a l gove rnmen t 1 a n d - g r a n t o f 240,000 acres deeded t o Minnesota by the M o r r i 1 1 Ac t o f 1862. The Depa r tmen t f o r w a r d e d a proposal t o the Board o f Regents ask ing p e r m i s s i o n t o r a i s e $500,000 i n new e x t e r n a l funds t h a t would be matched by $500,000 o f PUF f u n d s f o r a t o t a l o f $1,000,000, and the i n t e r e s t s from t h i s fund wou 1 d suppor t the proposed endowed c h a i r . To da te , a p p r o x i m a t e l y $280,000 i n new o u t s i d e f u n d s have been r a i s e d m a i n l y t h r o u g h t h e e f f o r t s o f t h e L i e b e r m a n l o k i n o w F o u n d a t i o n . C o n t r i b u t o r s i n c l u d e t h e LiebermanIOkinow Foundation; F i r s t Bank Systems; P ipe r - Ja f f r a y & Hopwood, I nc.; Bear, S t e a r n s & Co.; and f r o m l o c a l p r o c e e d s o f t h e "We a r e t h e W o r l d " r eco rd ing e f f o r t . It i s a n t i c i p a t e d t h a t t h e r a m a i n i n g $220,000 i n o u t s i d e suppor t w i l 1 be for thcoming i n the nex t 12 months, and we i n v i t e s u g g e s t i o n s f r o m o u r a l u m n i and f r i e n d s c o n c e r n i n g t h i s e f f o r t .

The endowed c h a i r w i l 1 i n v o l v e a r o t a t i n g f a c u l t y p o s i t i o n w i t h a 1 -2 year term and t he f a c u l t y member h o l d i n g t h e c h a i r w i l 1 b e b a s e d i n t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f P l a n t P a t h o l o g y a t Minnesota o r i n t he Lieberman Germ Plasm I n s t i t u t e a t T e l A v i v t o c o n d u c t t h e r e s e a r c h necessa ry t o move germ p 1 asm from w i l d species t o domestic species o f c e r e a l s . I n a d d i t i o n t o t h e endowed c h a i r p o s i t i o n t he re w i l l be exhange o f g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s and t e c h n i c a l s t a f f between the two u n i v e r s i t i e s . Ms. L inda T r e e f u l o f M i n n e s o t a was chosen as t h e f i r s t exchange graduate s tuden t and has r e c e n t l y r e tu rned from a 3 month s tay a t Te l Av iv U n i v e r s i t y .

On February 17, 1986 t he Department As the t a l k s about l i n k i n g the two h e l d a r e c e p t i o n t o c e l e b r a t e t h e

i n s t i t u t i o n a l r e s e a r c h e f f o r t s began, s u c c e s s f u l b e g i n n i n g o f t h e endowed t h e Un i v e r s i t y o f M i n n e s o t a announced c h a i r e f f o r t and t o recognize f i n a n c i a l t h a t i t had r e c e i v e d permiss ion from the con t r i bu to r s . The recep t i on was at tended s t a t e l e g i s l a t u r e t o use t he "Permanent by approx imate ly 80 people. The audience U n i v e r s i t y F u n d " (PUF) as m a t c h i n g was add ressed by Dr. Kenneth K e l l e r , mon ies t o c r e a t e as many as 70endowed P r e s i d e n t o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f

Minnesota; Dr. Moshe Many, Pres ident o f Te l A v i v U n i v e r s i t y ; Dr. Richard Sauer, Y i c e P r e s i d e n t o f t h e I n s t i t u t e o f A g r i c u l t u r e a t M innesota ; M r . Stephen L i e b e r m a n o f t h e L i e b e r m a n I O k i n o w Foundat ion ; D r . I s a a k Wahl o f T e l A v i v U n i v e r s i t y ; Mr . Erwin G o l d f i n e from the Board o f Regents o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f M innesota ; and by Dr. P h i l i p Larsen, Head o f P l a n t P a t h o l ogy a t Minnesota.

Other i n v i t e d p a r t i c i p a n t s were Dr. C. Eugene A1 1 en, Dean o f the Col 1 ege o f A g r i c u l t u r e a t M innesota ; M r . A r t h u r Anderson o f P i p e r , J a f f r a y & Hopwood; Dr. Signe Betsinger, Ass i s tan t D i r e c t o r o f the Minnesota A g r i c u l t u r a l Experiment S ta t ion ; Dr. Pat Borich, D i r e c t o r o f the Minnesota Ex tens ion S e r v i c e ; Ms. D iane Hennes r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f M inneso ta Foundat ion ; Dav id , H a r o l d She i 1 a, and Sara Lieberman; H a r o l d and

S a n d r a Ok inow, M r . A r n i e L i f s o n , P r e s i d e n t o f t h e Board o f t h e H a r r y Kay Founda t i on ; M r . D a v i d Nasby o f Genera l M i 1 1 s; M r . Johathan S e l t z e r o f Super V a l ue Stores , Inc.; D r . D e l ane We1 sh, A s s i s t a n t D i r e c t o r o f I n t e r n a t i o n a l A g r i c u l t u r a l Programs a t Minnesota, M r . L l o y d Brandt , F i r s t Bank System, Inc.; Dr. John Cross, Asgrow Seed Co.; Michael D a v i s , A m e r i c a n Ma1 t i n g B a r 1 e y A s s o c i a t i o n ; D r . John Frey, Chairman o f the Department o f B i o l o g i c a l Sciences a t Mankato S ta te Uni v e r s i ty; Jack Johnston o f C a r g i l l Corporat ion; Thomas Larson o f CENTROL; Edward L l o y d o f A G V I S E ; D r . Robert Romig o f Northrup King Corp.; and a 1 1 s t u d e n t s and f a c u l t y o f P l a n t Pathol ogy, Agronomy and P l an t Genetics, and r e 1 a t e d Un i v e r s i t y o f M i n n e s o t a departments.

- R. J. Zeyen

UNIVERSITY O F TEL AVIV RECEPTION

L e f t t o R i g h t - M r . David Lieberman & M r . S tephen Lieberman (Lieberman/Okinow Founda t ion) , M s . Linda Treef u l (Graduate S t u d e n t , U n i v e r s i t y of Minnesota , Department o f P l a n t P a t h o l o g y ) , D r . I s a a k Wahl (Head o f P l a n t Pa tho logy , U n i v e r s i t y o f T e l A v i v ) , D r . Kenneth K e l l e r ( P r e s i d e n t , U n i v e r s i t y o f M i n n e s o t a ) , D r . Iloshe Many ( P r e s i d e n t , T e l Aviv U n i v e r s i t y ) , M r . Harold Okinow (Lieberman/Okinow Founda t ion) .

FOREIGN MISSIONS

P r o f e s s o r Benham Lockhar t r e t u r n e d t o M i n n e s o t a a f t e r f i ve y e a r s ' s e r v i c e w i t h t he Minnesota USAID program on the A g a d i r c a m p u s o f t h e I n s t i t u t Agronomique e t V e t e r i n a i r e Hassan 11, M o r o c c o . A t A g a d i r Ben t a u g h t an undergraduate course i n p l a n t path01 ogy ( i n F r e n c h ) a n d i d e n t i f i e d a n d i n v e s t i g a t e d v i r u s e s o f crop p l a n t s i n Morocco.

H o w e v e r , B e n ' s t a l e n t s a n d e x p e r i e n c e have been much i n demand s i n c e h i s r e t u r n . H i s f o r e i g n t r a v e l s have i n c l uded: Bo l i via , March 23-Apri 1 13, as c o n s u l t a n t t o a USAID- IPM p r o j e c t ; Morocco, Rabat and Agadir, f o r s tuden t a d v i s i n g and research, A p r i l 29- May 17 and T r i n i d a d and S t . V i n c e n t , U n i v e r s i t y o f the West Ind ies , t o make a farming survey, June 9 t o 18, 1986.

OTHER TRAVELS

B i 1 1 Kennedy spent May 20-27, 1986 a t t h e I n s t i t u t f u r A r b e i t s p h y s i o l o g i e s u n d R e h a b i 1 i t a t i o n s f o r s c h u n g , MarkburgILahn Uni v e r s i t a t t o a t t end t he e l e v e n t h annual meet ing o f t he European Soc ie ty f o r Chronobio l ogy. B i 11 cha i red a s e s s i o n on c e l 1 u l a r a s p e c t s o f ch ronob io l ogy.

Thor Kommedahl was i n Europe August 28 t o S e p t e m b e r 7, 1985. A t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f Hohenheim, S t u t t g a r t , W. Germany, he a t t e n d e d a m e e t i n g o f t h e e x e c u t i v e committee o f t he I n t e r n a t i o n a l Soc ie ty f o r P l a n t Pathology. From t h e r e he w e n t t o B u d a p e s t , H u n g a r y t o r e p r e s e n t ISPP a t a m e e t i n g o f t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l U n i o n o f B i o l o g i c a l Sciences.

Dona1 d McVey a t t e n d e d t h e f o u r t h meet ing o f I n t e r n a t i o n a l Wheat Workers a t Rabat, Morocco, May 5-8, 1986.

Howard B i s s o n n e t t e gave a t a l k on c o n t r o l o f c e r e a l l e a f s p o t s a t t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l Wheat Management Program i n Toronto, November, 1985.

A l a n R o e l f s managed t o g e t around a b i t . I n August , 1985 he v i s i t e d M e x i c o t o c o n s u l t w i t h CIMMYT p e r s o n n e l on a w i n t e r wheat b r e e d i n g program. From September 4 t o 2 1 he was i n I n d i a t o r e v i e w a PL 480 p r o j e c t on c r o p l o s s assessment methods. He was i n Rome and P a k i s t a n i n F e b r u a r y 3 t o 27, 1986 t o consu 1 t on t h e e p i d e m i o l ogy o f c e r e a l r u s t s unde r t h e a u s p i c e s o f FAO, UN. A p r i l 29-May 13 f o u n d h im i n Morocco where, among o t h e r t h i n g s , he a t t e n d e d the PhD examinat ion o f Brahim Ezzah i r i . A t v a r i o u s p l a c e s he e n c o u n t e r e d O l d Timers: L. M. Joshi , Mike Presco t t , Gene Saar i and Bent Skovmand.

Roy W i 1 coxson, D i r e c t o r o f t h e Minnesota-USAID p r o j e c t i n Morocco, made two t r i p s t o Rabat, October 15-November 20, 1985 and June 10 t o J u l y 1, 1986, t o a t t end t o admini s t r a t i ve a f f a i r s o f t he p r o j e c t a t t h e I n s t i t u t Agronomique e t V e t e r i n a i r e Hassan I I. Among others, he v i s i t e d w i t h O l d T i m e r s M. B o u l i f , B. Ezzah i r i , M. Achouri and B. Yous i f .

Ward S t i e n s t r a was i n F rance June 2 7 - J u l y 10, 1986 t o a t t e n d t h e F i f t h I n t e r n a t i o n a l Tu r fg rass Soc ie ty meet ings a t Rhone-Poulene.

L i n d a T r e e f u l has t h e d i s t i n c t i o n o f b e i n g t h e f i r s t exchange s t u d e n t u n d e r t h e p r o g r a m s u p p o r t e d b y t h e Lieberman Fami l y l o k i n o w F o u n d a t i o n ( see e l sewhere, t h i s Aurora ) . As such she spent February 23-May 16, 1986 i n I s r a e l a t t h e I n s t i t u t e f o r C e r e a l C r o p Improvement a t T e l A v i v U n i v e r s i t y do ing research on r u s t s o f Hordeum sDontaneum and a s s i t i n g w i t h r e s e a r c h on w i l d c e r e a l s o f I s r a e l . L i n d a s a i d "I had a w o n d e r f u l t r i p due t o t h e k i n d n e s s o f Drs. M e n i s t e r s k i , An i k s t e r and Brodney as we1 1 as t h a t o f t h e s t u d e n t s and t e c h n i c i a n s a t t h e I n s t i t u t e . I w o u l d l i k e t o v i s i t them again."

P h i l L a r s e n was i n Rabat March 1- 15, 1986 t o r e v i e w t h e P l a n t P a t h o l o g y p r o j e c t a t t h e I n s t i t u t Agronomique e t Ve te rna i re Hassan 11.

J i m Groth spent th ree weeks i n June and J u l y , 1985 a t t h e C o l e g i o de P o s t G r a d u a d o s a t C h a p i n g o - M o n t e c i 1 1 os, Mexico, g i v i n g a sho r t course i n disease r e s i stance.

Jane O'Laughl in l e f t June 16, 1986 t o s p e n d a b o u t t h r e e m o n t h s i n I n d o n e s i a , Ma1 a y s i a , T h a i 1 a n d , Bangal adesh, I n d i a and the Phi 1 ippines. Her m i s s i o n w i l 1 be t o a n a l y z e r i c e d i s e a s e management systems i n t h o s e c o u n t r i e s . The work i s s u p p o r t e d by F.A.O. under t h e l e a d e r s h i p o f P a u l Teng. Jane hopes t o v i s i t O l d Timers Tom Mew (PhD 1972) and Annabel l e (PhD 1970), o f the I R R I .

R o b e r t B l a n c h e t t e g a v e a n i n v i t a t i o n a l l e c t u r e a t t h e T h i r d I n t e r n a t i o n a l Conference i n the Pu lp and Paper I n d u s t r y a t Stockholm, Sweden, June 14-20, 1986. He a1 so v i s i t e d w i t h f o r e s t p a t h o l o g i s t s and nematologis ts a t the Uni ve rs i t y o f Upsal a.

P a u l Teng was i n t h e P e o p l e s ' Republ i c o f China November 2-23, 1985, whe re he l e c t u r e d on t h e s y s t e m s a p p r o a c h t o p e s t management a t t h e Department o f P 1 a n t Protect ion, Bei j i n g A g r i c u l t u r a l U n i v e r s i t y . L a t e r he a t t e n d e d a m e e t i n g on p e s t management sponsored b y FAO/UNEP a t K u a l a Lampur, M a l a y s i a . He was back a g a i n i n K u a l a Lampur M a r c h 17-20 , 1 9 8 6 where he a t t e n d e d a m e e t i n g o f t h e Second I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o n f e r e n c e on P l a n t P r o t e c t i o n i n t h e T r o p i c s . L a t e r he v i s i t e d Bangkok, Tha i 1 and as Research C o o r d i n a t o r f o r t h e C o n s o r t i u m f o r I n t e r n a t i o n a l Crop P r o t e c t i o n t o discuss f u t u r e p ro jec t s .

Bo th P r o f e s s o r s Sagar Krupa and Chester Mirocha were o u t o f the country s e v e r a l t i m e s d u r i n g t h e p a s t y e a r on i m p o r t a n t m i s s i o n s , b u t "as we go t o p r e s s ' ' t h e y h a v e been t o o b u s y t o f u r n i s h Au ro ra w i t h d e t a i 1 s o f t h e i r e x p l o i t s .

INDUSTRY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FORMED

The Depar tment o f P l a n t Path01 ogy h a s s u c c e s s f u l l y i n i t i a t e d a n d i n s t i t u t e d a n I n d u s t r y A d v i s o r y Committee. The 16 member commi t tee has r e p r e s e n t a t i ves f r o m t h e a g r i b u s i n e s s community, s t a t e r e g u l a t o r y agencies, c r o p c o n s u l t i n g f i r m s , l o c a l foundat ions, b io techno l ogy f i rms, o ther e d u c a t i o n a l i n s t i t u t i o n s , and p l a n t commodi t y groups. The purpose o f t h e committee i s t o work w i t h the Department by a c t i n g as a "sound ing board," and p r o v i d i n g i n s i g h t and adv ice on mat te rs o f s t u d e n t r e c r u i t m e n t and p l acement, c u r r i c u l um r e 1 evancy, research needs as p e r c e i v e d f r o m o u t s i d e academia , pub1 i c i t y , and fund- ra is ing .

T h e c o m m i t t e e h a s m e t w i t h i n t e r e s t e d f a c u l t y , s t a f f , and students on two occasions and has a l ready proven t o be a v e r y v a l u a b l e resource . The 1985-86 members a re : Dr. John Cross, Asgrow Seed Company; Dr. Michael Davis, V ice Pres ident o f the American Ma1 t i n g B a r l e y A s s o c i a t i o n ; D r . J o h n F r e y , C h a i r m a n o f B i o l o g i c a l Sc iences a t Mankato S ta te U n i v e r s i t y ; M r . A1 Giese, Vice Pres ident o f the Agronomy D i v i s i o n o f L a n d O 'Lakes , I nc . ; M r . M e r l e H e d l and, E x e c u t i v e D i r e c t o r o f t h e Minnesota Wheat Research and P romot ion Counci 1; M r . Jack Johnston, Manager o f r e s e a r c h and Deve lopment f o r C a r g i 1 1 ; M r . Thomas Larson, CENTROL; Messrs H a r o l d Okinow and Stephen L ieberman o f t h e L iebermanIOk inow Foundat ion ; D r . Edward L l o y d J r . of AGVISE; M r . George Lucht; Mr. A r thur Mason, D i r e c t o r o f the P l a n t I n d u s t r y D i v i s i o n o f the Minnesota D e p a r t m e n t o f A g r i c u l t u r e ; D r . Ted R e i 1 i n g , G r e e n G i a n t - P i 1 1 s b u r y C o r p o r a t i on; D r . Robe r t Romig, V i c e Pres ident f o r Research o f Nor thrup King Co.; D r . W.R. Sharp, E x e c u t i v e V i c e P r e s i d e n t o f DNA P l a n t T e c h n o l o g y C o r p o r a t i o n ; and D r . Rama U r s o f Dah 1 gren Company.

- R. J. Zeyen

THE 1985 APS MEETING

REVELR'Y O R REVELATION AT RENO

Reno, Nevada, l a n d o f l e g a l i z e d gambl i ng, 1 e g a l i zed p r o s t i t u t i o n and Phyma to t r i chum r o o t r o t , was h o s t t o a r e c o r d 1900 p l a n t p a t h 0 1 o g i s t s t h a t i n c l udea many Minnesota 01 d Timers. Even t hough t h e r e g i s t r a t i o n desk o c c u p i e d t he same f l o o r o f the MGM Grand Ho te l as d i d t h e Cas ino F l o o r t h e a t t e n d a n c e a t s e s s i o n s was e x c e l 1 en t . J u d g i n g by t h e comments i n wh i ch p l a n t p a t h o l o g i s t s w e r e h e a r d t o u t t e r t h a t t h e y w e r e 1 i m i t i n g gambl i n g t o a c e r t a i n sum o f money, i t was a p p a r e n t t h a t t h e H o t e l p r o b a b l y d i d n o t make much more money f rom an A P S c o n v e n t i o n t h a n i t w o u l d have f r o m a c o n v e n t i o n o f S o u t h e r n B a p t i s t m i n i s t e r s .

I t was a r e c o r d meet ing . O f 847 abs t rac ts , 13% were w r i t t e n by Minnesota f a c u l t y , s t u d e n t s o r a1 umni. E i g h t e e n commi t t ees o f A P S have one o r more M i n n e s o t a O l d T i m e r s on them, and t h e e d i t o r i a l boards o f b o t h P l a n t D i s e a s e and Phytopathol ogy have one o r more 01 d Timers represented. So Minnesota a1 umni , s t a f f and s t u d e n t s c o n t i n u e t o be i n f l u e n t i a l i n S o c i e t y a f f a i r s . O l d T i m e r s H a r r y M u r a k i s h i , who s t u d i e d m e l o n w i l t u n d e r Doc E i d e ; Wal l y S a c k s t o n , a f l a x p a s m o d i s e a s e researcher i n h i s graduate s tuden t days; and A1 Wood, an aspen canke r t h e s i s r e s e a r c h e r u n d e r D a v e F r e n c h , w e r e e l e c t e d APS F e l l ows.

O l d T i m e r s o f e v e r y v i n t a g e w e l c o m e d t h e i n v i t a t i o n o f t h e Depa r tmen t t o t h e h o s p i t a l i t y s u i t e where new depa r tmen t head P h i l L a r s e n he1.d f o r t h . H e r e f r i e n d s h i p s w e r e renewed, h a r r o w i n g t a 1 es recoun ted , p r e l i m q u e s t i o n s r e f u t e d f r o m n e w l y a c q u i r e d p e r s p e c t i v e s , and a g e n e r a l f e e l i n g o f g e m u t l i c h k e i t p reva i l ed .

F o r t h o s e o f us who have spun o u r g o l d e n t h r e a d s o f t h o u g h t a t an u n c o u n t a b l e number o f c o n v e n t i o n s , we see l e s s emphasis today on causal agents

o f disease and g rea te r concen t ra t i on on r e 1 a t i o n s h i p s among a g e n t s and t h e i r hosts a t the p h y s i o l o g i c a l , gene t i c and m o l e c u l a r l e v e l s . A g r e a t e r i n t e g r a t i o n o f d i s c i p l i n e s bo th academic and a p p l i e d i s t a k i n g p l a c e i n a s e a r c h f o r a b a s i c understanding o f the disease process and a t t h e same t ime , a c o o r d i n a t e d e f f o r t a t c o n t r o l o f d i s e s e t h r o u g h i n t e r d i s c i p l i n a r y app l i ca t i ons .

-T. Kommedahl

K i r a Bowen, MS 1983 s h a r e d h e r thoughts about t he APS Meet ings i n Reno:

I t h o r o u g h l y en j o y e d t h i s y e a r ' s g a t h e r i n g o f p h y t o p a t h o l o g i s t s . I enjoyed i t f o r seve ra l reasons, n o t the l e a s t o f which was seeing a l l my f r i e n d s f r o m M inneso ta . The l o c a t i o n o f t h e mee t i ng , i n Reno, was a g r e a t change f r o m t h e c o r n and soybean f i e 1 ds o f I 1 l i n o i s ; though I made l i t t l e e f f o r t t o g e t o u t a n d see much o f t h e a r e a . Instead, I stayed a t the MGM and sought p e o p l e o u t . Because we were i n a h o t e l , where everyone c o u l d r e a d i l y ga ther and a c c i d e n t a l m e e t i n g s were common, I f r e q u e n t l y s p e n t more t i m e r e n e w i n g a c q u a i n t a n c e s and t a l k i n g t o o t h e r s abou t t h e i r p r o j e c t s t h a n I ' d i n t e n d e d . I r a n i n t o s t u d e n t s I ' d known a t M i n n e s o t a and Penn S t a t e , and saw t h a t t h e y were d o i n g we1 1 ; each p u r s u i n g t h e i r own i n t e r e s t s i n t h e i r own way and comfo r tab le i n t h e i r s i t u a t i o n s . I met a 1 o t o f i n d u s t r y personnel, many o f whom were i n t e r e s t e d i n my t h e s i s work and s p o k e t o me o f i t s p r a c t i c a l a p p l i c a t i o n s .

The " p r o f e s s i o n a l s o c i a l i z i n g " g o t o u t o f h a n d when t h e r e was a p a p e r sess ion o r d iscuss ion t h a t I ' d wanted t o a t t e n d a n d I was i n t h e m i d s t o f a dynamic conversat ion. The sessions t h a t I d i d g e t t o were i n t e r e s t i n g - - I am f i n a l l y a t t he stage i n my know1 edge o f p l a n t pa tho logy where I can f o l low many o f t h e p r e s e n t a t i o n s c l o s e l y enough t o f i n d p o i n t s f o r c r i t i c i s m o r pra ise, o r t o g a i n i n s i g h t on some aspect o f my own p r o j e c t s .

O f course , I c a n n o t f o r g e t a b o u t t h e M i n n e s o t a A l u m n i S o c i a l . T h a t g a t h e r i n g o f p e o p l e , t h e s u i t e , t h e r e f r e s h m e n t s , and t h e " e n t e r t a i n m e n t " were un fo rge t t ab le . How can I say more?

A f t e r a summer o f f r e q u e n t l y s o l i t a r y and t ed ious work t end i ng t o the c o r n f i e l d t h a t i s p r o v i d i n g t h e d a t a f o r my Ph.D. t h e s i s , t h i s y e a r ' s Annual Meet ing was d e f i n i t e l y s t i m u l a t ing. When I r e t u r n e d t o I l l i n o i s , I found t he work more en joyab le because o f the meetings. Next year a t t he Annual Meeting, I hope t o be a v i d l y j ob hunt ing; I may n o t have t i m e t o p a u s e t o c a t c h up on o l d f r i e n d s , I may n o t b e a b l e t o c o n c e n t r a t e on t h e p a r t i c u l a r s o f t h e papers and d iscuss ions, and I apo log i ze i n advance f o r t h a t . I hope t h a t n e x t y e a r ' s M e e t i n g i s as d y n a m i c a n d s t i m u l a t i n g as t h i s y e a r ' s was. I a1 so hope t h a t I w i l l see a l l my f r i e n d s f rom Minnesota again i n Or1 ando."

- K i r a L. Bowen

NORTH CENTRAL MEETINGS- 1986

J. M i k e D a l y , C. P e t r u s P r o f e s s o r o f A g r i c u l t u r a l B iochemi s t r y a t t h e Uni v e r s i t y o f Nebraska, was awarded the E. C. Stakman Award a t t h e A P S N o r t h C e n t r a l D i v i s i o n m e e t i n g h e l d i n L i nco ln , Nebraska, 16-18 June 1986. A 7- speaker symposi urn on "Soi 1 Organi sms and P l a n t H e a l t h " was f e a t u r e d wh i ch was organized by two Minnesota alumni, r o o t - d i s e a s e p a t h o l o g i s t M. G. Boosa l i s and v i r o l o g i s t - b i o c h e m i s t Myron Brakke. Both o f t h e s e men w e r e c i t e d f o r t h e i r c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o N e b r a s k a p l a n t pa tho logy a t a spec ia l 1 uncheon i n t h e i r h o n o r and w e r e p r e s e n t e d w i t h a Departmental P i 1 1 a r Award. Mike Boosal i s a1 so mode ra ted t h e symposium and Myron B r a k k e was a s y m p o s i u m s p e a k e r on s o i 1 b o r n e w h e a t m o s a i c v i r u s . Corn p a t h o l o g i s t Tho r Kommedahl ended t h e symposi um w i t h a t o p i c o f " S t a l k r o t s : pathogens, p a r a s i t e s and endophytes," a n d c h a l 1 e n g e d W e b s t e r ' s T h i r d I n t e r n a t i o n a l Unab r i dged D i c t i o n a r y i n t h e p r o c e s s - - t h e d i c t i o n a r y e d i t o r s do n o t know what endophytes are!

Two O l d Timers were g i v e n the Nor th Cen t ra l D i v i s i o n D i s t i n g u i s h e d S e r v i c e Award: Tom Wyl 1 i e , C l y d e ~ h r i s t e n s e n ' s protege, o f M issour i , and ex-quarterback M i k e B o o s a l i s o f Nebraska, f o r t h e i r c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o t e a c h i n g and resea rch . Suzanne Bissonnet te , daughter o f Howard, t i e d f o r t h e 1 s t p l a c e award f o r t h e b e s t s tuden t poster . Sue i s a s tuden t a t I l l i n o i s o f O l d Timer and APS Counc i l o r - a t - L a r g e B a r r y Jacobsen. Th ree p o s t e r s f r o m t h e Depa r tmen t were t h o s e o f Red R i v e r Val 1 ey Path01 og i s t Caro l Windel s, o f f o r e s t p a t h o l o g i s t M i k e O s t r y w i t h aspen-and-potato p a t h o l o g i s t ( n o t a new crop r o t a t i o n scheme) N e i l Anderson, and o f Ross McQueen w i t h Ne i 1 Anderson. I n f a c t , s i x o f t h e 23 p o s t e r s shown were p r e p a r e d b y M i n n e s o t a O l d T imers. No t t oo bad!

VIS IT ING SCIENTISTS

Dr . Hu J i n g - q u n w o r k e d i n D r . M i rocha's Laboratory d u r i n g February 19 t o May 25, 1986. Dr. Hu i s A t t e n d i n g Surgeon i n t h e Depa r tmen t o f Abdominal Surgery, Tumor H o s p i t a l , Chinese Academy o f M e d i c a l Sc iences , P e i k i ng , China. W h i l e i n M i n n e s o t a she s t u d i e d t h e i d e n t i f i c a t i o n o f mycotoxins, espec ia l l y i n samples o f c o r n f r o m a r e a s i n Ch ina where esophageal cancer i s p reva len t .

Dr . Kame1 Kamal S a b e t a r r i v e d J a n u a r y 22, 1 9 8 6 t o w o r k i n Dr . Kommedahl 's 1 abora to ry on t he b i o l o g i c a l c o n t r o l o f c o r n s t a l k r o t . Dr. Sabe t i s L e c t u r e r i n t h e Depa r tmen t o f P l a n t P a t h o l o g y , F a c u l t y o f A g r i c u l t u r e , U n i v e r s i t y o f C a i r o , Egypt . He e x p e c t s t o s t a y i n M i n n e s o t a u n t i l November, 1986.

S h i J i e a r r i v e d i n M i n n e s o t a October 22, 1985 t o spend a year work ing i n Dr. B a n t t a r i ' s l a b o r a t o r y on t h e i d e n t i f i c a t i o n o f p o t a t o a n d o t h e r v i r u s e s b y immune d i a g n o s t i c methods. She i s on l e a v e f r o m h e r p o s i t i o n as L e c t u r e r a t J i 1 i n U n i v e r s i t y o f Agr icu 1 ture, Peop 1 es' Republ i c o f China. S h i J i e i s a 1981 g r a d u a t e o f J i l i n U n i v e r s i t y .

X i g e n Xu, S p e c i a l i s t f r o m t h e Shanghai I n s t i t u t e o f Organic Chemistry, i s spend ing t h e y e a r 1986 ( J a n u a r y 1 t o S e p t e m b e r 3 1 ) i n D r . M i r o c h a ' s 1 a b o r a t o r y . Whi 1 e 1 e a r n i n g t o use t h e mass s p e c t r o m e t e r he w i l l s t u d y t h e u r o d u c t i o n a n d d e t e r m i n a t i o n o f hyco tox ins produced by Fusarium spp. and t h e b i o s y n t h e s i s o f TDP-1 t o x i n by Fusarium. XU h o l d s an MS degree f rom the Shanghai I n s t i t u t e o f Organic Chemistry.

Dr. Roy Gaunt, P r o f e s s o r o f P l a n t P a t h o l o g y i n t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f

A g r i c u l t u r a l M i c r o b i o l o g y , L i n c o l n C o l 1 ege , U n i v e r s i t y o f Can te rbu ry , C h r i s t c h u r c h , New Z e a l and, a r r i ved i n M i n n e s o t a Augus t 19, 1985. He worked i n Dr. Paul Teng's l a b o r a t o r y on y i e l d l o s s model ing and r e l a t e d sub jec t s and l e f t January 10, 1986. From Minnesota he went t o t he U n i v e r s i t y o f Georgia t o con t inue h i s research f o r s e v e r a l months. A s h o r t t i m e a f t e r a r r i v i n g i n M i n n e s o t a Dr. G a u n t was s t r u c k b y a c a r b u t h i s i n j u r i e s were n o t s e r i o u s . A t l e a s t he was a b l e t o r u n i n t h e T w i n C i t y Marathon on October 6, 1986. He f i n i s h e d i n 3 hours , 2 1 m inu tes . The w i n n e r ' s t ime was 2:10:4.

Dr. Young Dong Cho i s a V i s i t i n g P r o f e s s o r w o r k i n g i n Dr. B r a m b l ' s l a b o r a t o r y o n t h e I s o l a t i o n o f Endonuc l ease I n h i b i t o r . Dr. Cho, who h o l d s a PhD i n B i o c h e m i s t r y f r o m t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f Saskatchewan, i s on l e a v e f r o m h i s p o s i t i o n as P r o f e s s o r o f Biochemistry, Yousei U n i v e r s i t y , Seoul, Korea. Ae i s spending t he c a l endar year, 1986, i n Minnesota.

Roman Warzecha i s w o r k i n g w i t h Dr. A l a n R o e l f s i n t h e C e r e a l R u s t L a b o r a t o r y on Genes f o r R e s i s t a n c e t o L e a f a n d S tem R u s t s i n Wheat a n d T r i t i c a l e . He h o l d s the BS (1973) and MS (1974) i n P l a n t B r e e d i n g and G e n e t i c s f rom the U n i v e r s i t y o f Lub l i n i n Poland. B e s i d e s 10 y e a r s ' e x p e r i e n c e i n t h e P l a n t B r e e d i n g a n d A c c l i m a t i z a t i o n I n s t i t u t e a t Radzi kow, Po l and, he worked on Wheat Improvement w i t h CIMMYT i n Mexico i n 1984. He a r r i v e d i n Minnesota i n August , 1985 and e x p e c t s t o l e a v e August, 1986.

Dr. Edward H i l l , P ro fessor and Head o f t he Department o f B io logy, Maca las te r Col lege, St. Paul, i s do ing research i n Dr . Brambl's 1 abora to ry on t he M o l e c u l a r Regu la t i on o f Heat Shock i n Ascospores. He w i l l be i n t he Department d u r i n g t he summer o f 1986.

VISITING SCIENTISTS

Hu Jing-qun Kame1 Sabet Shi J ie

Xigen Xu Roy Gaunt Young Dong Cho

Roman W arzecha Edward Hill John W. McCain (Post Doc)

NEW STAFF AND POST DOCS

Bruce D. P o t t e r , Research F e l l o w , a r r i v e d December 17, 1 9 8 5 t o be Coord inator o f t he Cooperat i ve Na t i ona l P e s t S u r v e y and D e t e c t i o n Program f o r M inneso ta . The p rog ram i n v o l v e s USDA- APHIS, the Minnesota S t a t e Department o f A g r i c u l t u r e a n d t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f M inneso ta . Bruce ea rned t h e BS (1979) a n d M S ( 1 9 8 4 ) i n e n t o m o l o g y a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f M inneso ta . He has worked as agronomic c o n s u l t a n t f o r C e n t r o l , Inc., a t T h i e f R i v e r F a l l s , MN, 1981-83, and i n p e s t c o n t r o l f o r Green G i a n t , 1977-78.

S c o t t Sche rman s t a r t e d work as Research A s s o c i a t e December 16, 1985, w i t h the mass spectrometer i n Pro fessor M i r o c h a ' s l a b o r a t o r y . He has a BS i n ma thema t i cs and p h y s i c s f r o m Ham1 i n e U n i v e r s i t y ( 1 9 7 8 ) and t h e M S i n b i o p h y s i c s ( 1 9 8 5 ) . S c o t t was a Researcher-Programmer i n t h e Depa r tmen t o f Rad io1 ogy, Un i v e r s i t y o f Minnesota, 1984-85. He s p e n t s e v e r a l y e a r s i n Germany, as t o u r g u i d e and t r a n s 1 a t o r , 1981-82, and as l i b r a r i a n i n t h e J. F. Kennedy School, B e r l i n , 1982-84.

Joseph O ' B r i en, Research Associate, b e g a n w o r k December 16, 1 9 8 5 o n b i o l o g i c a l da ta systems. Joe has been i n t h e Depa r tmen t s i n c e t h e f a 1 1 o f 1980 and was awarded t h e PhD i n 1985. H i s BS ( F o r e s t r y , 1 9 7 8 ) a n d MS ( F o r e s t P a t h o l o g y , 19801, were awarded by t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f Michigan. Joe was Research S p e c i a l i s t i n ep idemio logy and crop l o s s assessment, 1984-85.

Dr. M a r i 1 y n E h r e n s h a f t , McKni g h t F e l l ow and Research Spec ia l i s t , a r r i v e d i n .May 1986 t o work i n Dr. Brambl ' s 1 a b o r a t o r y on t h e m o l e c u l a r b a s i s o f gene e x p r e s s i o n i n h i g h e r p l a n t s . She earned t he BS a t t h e S ta te U n i v e r s i t y o f New York a t A1 bany, t h e MS a t Syracuse U n i v e r s i t y (1980) and t h e PhD (1986) a t Oregon S ta te U n i v e r s i t y .

Dr. John W. McCain a r r i v e d February 17, 1986 t o work as Research A s s o c i a t e

on gene t i c d i v e r s i t y o f p o p u l a t i o n s o f r u s t f u n g i i n a g r o e c o s y s t e m s w i t h P r o f e s s o r s G r o t h and Roe1 f s . John g o t h i s BS i n b i o l o g y a t A l b i o n C o l l e g e , A lb ion, Michigan; the MS (1978) and PhD (1983) i n p l a n t p a t h o l o g y a t Purdue U n i v e r s i t y .

D r . V i n c e n t M. Russo became Research A s s o c i a t e J a n u a r y 22, 1986, w o r k i n g w i t h P r o f e s s o r Bushne l 1 on funga l growth and morphogenesis and the p e n e t r a t i o n o f c e l 1 wa l 1 s b y f u n g i . He w i 1 1 deve l op m i c r o p i p e t t i n g methods t o assay f o r substances i n v o l v e d i n host - p a r a s i t e incompat i b i 1 i ty. Dr. Russo has a BS i n f o r e s t management (West V i r g i n i a U n i v e r s i t y , 19701, t h e MS i n p l a n t p a t h o l ogy and myco l ogy ( U n i v e r s i t y o f M a r y l a n d , 1973) and t h e PhD i n p l a n t p a t h o l o g y ( U n i v e r s i t y o f S o u t h e r n I 1 1 i n o i s , 1982). Dr. Russo was A s s i s t a n t P r o f e s s o r a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f Guam be fo re coming t o Minnesota.

Dr. A n t o n i o Monroy i s Research A s s o c i a t e i n Dr. Brambl ' s 1 a b o r a t o r y d u r i n g t h e c a l e n d a r y e a r 1 9 8 6 , i n v e s t i g a t i n g o r g a n e l 1 e b i o g e n e s i s i n ~ e u r o s p b r a c r a s s a . Dr . ~ o n r o ~ , who graduated from the Un i ve rs i dad Mayor de San Andres, La Paz, B o l i v i a i n 1977, h o l d s t h e MS (1980) and t h e PhD (1985) degrees from the Uni v e r s i t y o f Nebraska, where he s p e c i a l i z e d i n c e l l development and mo lecu la r b i 01 ogy.

Two new Research A s s o c i a t e s a r e w o r k i n g i n D r . K r u p a ' s f i e l d o f E n v i r o n m e n t a l P o l 1 u t i o n . B o t h s t a r t e d January 1, 1986. They are:

J o h n D. I p s e n w i l 1 w o r k w i t h P r o f e s s o r L o v r e i n i n b i o c h e m i s t r y on d e g r a d a t i o n o f h a z a r d o u s was tes i n s o i 1 s. Dr. I p s e n has a BS f r o m C o r n e l 1 (1975) i n b i o l o g y and c h e m i s t r y ana a PhD f r o m t h e Un i v e r s i t y o f M i n n e s o t a ( 1 9 8 0 ) i n P h a r m a c o g n o s y a n d mic rob io logy . He was A s s i s t a n t Pro fessor o f p h a r m a c e u t i c a l m i c r o b i o l o g y a t R u t g e r s Un i v e r s i t y b e f o r e coming t o M inneso ta . He s t a r t e d work J a n u a r y 1, 1986.

NEW STAFF AND POST DOCS

Bruce D. Potter Scott Scherman Marilyn Ehrenshaft

Vincent M. Russo Antonio Monroy Sam Sun Lee

Conrad Buhr Patricia Burnes Kevin Brandt

POST DOCS-Continued PROMOTIONS

Sam Sun Lee, Research A s s o c i a t e began work January 1, 1986 i n Pro fessor Kommedahl 's 1 abora to ry on t he i s 0 1 a t i o n f r o m s o i l s o f f u n g i and b a c t e r i a t h a t h a v e p o t e n t i a l t o d e . g r a d e p o l y c h l o r o n a t e d b i p h e n y l s. Sam Sun was awarded t h e PhD b y N o r t h Dako ta S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , December 15, 1985. He has a BS i n Botany (Seoul Na t i ona l U n i v e r s i t y , 1974) and MS deg rees f r o m t h e Korean Advanced I n s t i t u t e o f Science (1976) and E a s t e r n Wash ing ton S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y (1982) i n B io logy.

C I V I L SERVICE

K e v i n B r a n d t j o i n e d t h e p l a n t p a t h 0 1 o g y a c c o u n t i n g d e p a r t m e n t September 12, 1985 as S e n i o r Accoun ts A s s i s t a n t . K e v i n i s a n a t i v e o f W i s c o n s i n and h o l d s a BS ( 1 9 8 5 ) i n a c c o u n t i n g f r o m t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f M inneso ta . I t i s rumored t h a t he once p 1 ayed p r o f e s s i o n a l b a s e b a l l w i t h t h e M i 1 waukee Brewers.

S c o t t Enebeck , BS, F o r e s t r y , U n i v e r s i t y o f M inneso ta , 1984, became J u n i o r S c i e n t i s t March 14, 1985. S c o t t i s a g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t w o r k i n g w i t h Dr. B l anchette.

P a t r i c i a M c C l e l l a n Burnes i s a J u n i o r S c i e n t i s t w o r k i n g w i t h Dr . Kommedahl. She has a BS i n P l a n t H e a l t h Techno1 ogy (Spring, 1985) and has worked f o r Dr . Kommedahl as L a b o r a t o r y T e c h n i c i a n s i n c e June, 1984. (See a1 so, wedding announcements).

C o n r a d B u h r i s S t u d e n t S e n i o r Accoun ts A s s i s t a n t and has worked i n Conn ie 's C o u n t i n g House s i n c e June 11, 1984. He i s a s t u d e n t i n a c c o u n t i n g a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f M i n n e s o t a and a l s o photographer f o r Aurora Sporeal i s .

P r o m o t i o n s e f f e c t i v e J u l y 1, 1986 o r e a r l i e r d u r i n g the pas t year :

Benham E. L o c k h a r t f r o m A s s o c i a t e Professor t o Professor.

C a t h e r i n e H u o t f r o m A s s i s t a n t S c i e n t i s t t o Assoc ia te A s c i e n t i s t .

G i 1 b e r t Ah1 s t r a n d f r o m A s s i s t a n t S c i e n t i s t t o Assoc ia te S c i e n t i s t .

Me1 o d y 0 1 s o n f r o m L a b o r a t o r y Technic ian t o J u n i o r S c i e n t i s t .

E l i z a b e t h A. Ozmon f r o m S e n i o r L a b o r a t o r y T e c h n i c i a n t o J u n i o r S c i e n t i s t .

K r i s t e A. E r i csson from Labora to ry T e c h n i c i a n t o P r i n c i p a l L a b o r a t o r y Technician.

C h e r i A. 0 1 son f r o m Research P l o t T e c h n i c i a n t o S e n i o r R e s e a r c h P l o t Technician.

D e l o r e s H u e b n e r f r o m A s s i s t a n t Adm in i s t r a to r t o Adm in i s t r a to r .

K e v i n B r a n d t f r o m S e n i o r Accoun ts A s s i s t a n t t o Accounts S p e c i a l i s t .

M a r g u e r i t e M. C l e m e n s f r o m S e c r e t a r y t o S e n i o r Word P r o c e s s i n g Operator.

Susan F. Grayden f r o m A s s i s t a n t Secre ta ry t o Secretary .

Kimon K a r e l i s i s Research P l o t Techn ic ian a t Rosemount. He i s a n a t i v e o f A i t k e n , MN and a t t e n d e d B r a i n e r e d Vocat ional School.

VITAL STATISTICS SOCIAL

(From the Newslet ter , Sue Grayden, Ed.)

MARRIAGES

J u l y 11. L i n d a T r e e f u l a n d R o b e r t Skarjune.

J u l y 24. U l r i k e H a u b e r a n d B i l l L i v i ngs ton .

J u l y 27. K e l l y S i e g and P a u l K a r e l i s . P a u l and K e l l y 1 i ve i n Markesan, W I , where P a u l t eaches i n h i g h school.

O c t o b e r 4. P a t r i c a M c C l e l 1 an and Todd Burnes.

F e b r u a r y 22. J e n n i f e r J u z w i k and John Lamour.

BIRTHS

Ap r i 1 9. Jess ica Mar ie t o Jean and Elmer Schmidt. 7 Ib., 6 oz.

J u l y 7. Bea t r i ce Lynn t o Hedi and Markus Andres. 8 lb. , 12 oz.

J u l y 10. Ashley Mar ie t o P a t t i and Steve Sebesta. 6 lb., 5 oz.

September 20. B r i a n Joseph t o Connie and Te r r y Post. 8 lb. , 15 oz.

Oc tobe r 16. C h a r l o t t e Ray t o L i z and Monte Mi les . 7 lb., 8 oz.

O c t o b e r 22. Amy Lynn t o C h e r i and Bob Olson. 8 lb. , 2 oz.

Janua ry 21. Adopted by K a j a l and P e t e C h a t t e r j e e , a son, Prakash. We igh t 17 I b . a t age 7 months.

F e b r u a r y 26. Leah D iane t o Mark and Diane Stennes. 8 lb., 7 oz.

May 18. Jake Andrew t o Debb ie and Chuck Drange. 7 lb., 14 oz.

June 9. T r a v i s Corey t o She1 1 ey and Joe O'Br ien. 8 lb. , 4 oz.

The - Corn - Roast

The annua 1 c o r n r o a s t was he 1 d on t h e p l a n t p a t h o l o g y p r e m i s e s a t Rosemount September 21, 1986. B e s i d e s corn , t h e r e was a r o a s t p i g and o t h e r e d i b l e and p o t a b l e goods. About 85 p e o p l e p a i d i n a d v a n c e t o c o v e r i n c i d e n t a l expenses, b u t some f a i 1 ed t o show up due t o t he r a i n and cold. Conrad Buhr and Mrs. f o u n d t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n b u i l d i n g a t Rosemoun t b u t c o u 1 d n ' t l o c a t e the p l a n t patho logy center .

Because o f t h e i nc 1 ement weather , t h e p a r t y was moved i n t o t h e mach ine shed. A t h l e t i c s p o r t s w e r e 1 i m i t e d a1 though i t was repo r ted t h a t v o l l e y b a l 1 was attempted. Never the less , good cheer ( f o o d and d r i n k ) s t i m u l a t e d g o o d f e l l o w s h i p . M i r o c h a s a i d he f e l t v e r y happy a f t e r the t h i r d beer.

J i m and Mrs. Rowe d i d a s p l e n d i d j o b o f r o a s t i n g t h e p i g , and s u p p l y i n g s a l a d s and o t h e r goodies. They were a s s i s t e d by severa l graduate students.

Chr istmas Pa r t y

The P l a n t Patho logy Christmas Pa r t y was h e l d a t 2:30 P M i n t h e new sem ina r r o o m i n B o r l a u g H a l 1. An a b u n d a n t a s s o r t m e n t o f b u f f e t t y p e f o o d p l us punch, wine and c o f f e e was avai 1 ab le .

A C h r i s t m a s Program s t a r t e d w i t h c a r o l s by v o c a l i s t s D e l o r e s Huebner, D e n i s e Joachim, L i n d a T r e e f u l , J i 1 1 Pokorny, Judy Thies, Loren N i cho l son and D i c k Meronuck, who were accompanied b y Dann A d a i r , g u i t a r , K r i s t e E r i c c s o n , f 1 ute, T. Komnedah 1, tenor recorder and G i b Ah1 s t r a n d , bass r e c o r d e r . T h i s was f o l l o w e d w i t h an app rop r i a te read ing by T. Kommedahl. Then San ta C l aus Larsen , r e d s u i t and a l l , c a l l e d t h e names o f good boys and g i r l s , who came up and s a t on h i s knee w h i l e he presented them w i t h v a l u a b l e g i f t c e r t i f i c a t e s .

RECENT GRADUATE STUDENTS

Name, . Academic background, S t a r t i n g date, Adv iser

BOUDLALI, ABDELHAK: BS, I n s t i t u t Agronomi que e t V e t e r i n a i r e Hassan I I, 1984.

S, 1986 Stewar t

CIBOROWSKI, JEANNE: BS, S ta te Uni v e r s i t y o f N.Y., A1 b a n y , P s y c h o 1 ogy , 1980 ; Un i v e r s i t y o f M inneso ta , P 1 a n t H e a l t h Technology, 1985.

W, 1986 Perc ich

JIANG, DE-HONG: BS, J i l i n U n i v e r s i t y o f A g r i c u l t u r e , China, 1977. MS, Academia S in ica , China, P l a n t Physiology, 1983.

F, 1985 Zeyen

KHABOUZE, ABDELHAQ: BS, I n s t i t u t Agronomique e t V e t e r i n a i r e Hassan 11, Morocco.

F, 1985 Kommeda h l

LAZZARI, FLAVIO A.: BS, F e d e r a l Un i v e r s i t y of Pa rana -Cu r i t i ba , Bras i 1, Agronomy, 1976.

W, 1986 Kennedy

LINDE, DAVID C.: BS, Pennsy lvan ia S ta te Un i v e r s i t y , H o r t i c u l t u r e , 1981; MS, Clemson U n i v e r s i t y , H o r t i c u l t u r e , 1985.

W, 1986 Groth

PEREZ, BEATRIZ ALIDA: BS, I n g e n i e r a Agronoma, 1977, F a c u l t a d de C i e n c i a s , Un i v e r s i d a d N a c i o n a l de 1 N o r d e s t e , Cor r ien tes , Argentina.

W, 1986 Roe1 f s

PAWLOSKY, ROBERT J.: BS, U n i v e r s i t y o f M i c h i g a n , Ann A r b o r , C h e m i s t r y a n d M i c r o b i o l ogy, 1976; MS, Un i v e r s i t y o f Minnesota, Organic Chemistry, 1980. (Now Research Fe l l ow i n P l a n t Patho logy) .

F, 1985 M i rocha

TAJANI, MOUNA: BS, I n s t i t u t , Agronomique e t Ve te r i na i r e , Hassan 11, 1984.

S, 1985 Roe1 f s

W E I N S , MELVIN: BS, T a b o r C o l l e g e , H i 1 1 sboro, KA, 1962-65; Un i v e r s i t y o f Minnesota, A g r i c u l t u r a l Education, 1965- 6 7 . ( C a n d i d a t e f o r M a s t e r o f A g r i c u l t u r e ) .

F, 1985 Kommeda h 1

ORAL EXAnINATIONS PASSED T r a n s i t i o n s

J u l y 26 Moussa Seck J u l y 30 B i l l Shane August 20 Therese Atcham

January 9 February 6 March 5 March 12 March 14 A p r i l 10 May 15 June 26

Tad Smith Peter Bedker Therese Atcham Monte M i l e s Mohammed B o u l i f Kenneth Johnson David Johnson Pete r Bedker

MS f i n a l PhD f i n a l

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MS f i n a l P r e l i m

PhD f i n a l P r e l i m

PhD f i n a l PhD f i n a l

MS f i n a l PhD f i n a l

J u l y 30, 1985. B i 1 1 Shane presented h i s PhD t h e s i s i n 401 Stakman Hal 1 (The Seminar Room). I n accordance w i t h r ecen t p rac t i ce , t h i s p a r t o f t he requi rements f o r t h e PhD was open t o t h e academic pub1 i c and was at tended by Pe te r Bedker, J o e O I B r i e n , M a r y S o r t l a n d , B i l 1 Kennedy, Therese Atcham, P h i l La rsen , C.J. M i r o c h a , J a n e O I L a u g h l i n , T. Kommedahl, and P a u l Teng, Chai rman o f t h e commit tee. T h i s was t h e l a s t such event i n the o l d Seminar Room.

Augus t 20, 1986. Therese Atcham passed h e r PhD p r e l i m i n 491 B o r l a u g H a l l . T h i s was t h e f i r s t o r a l examinat ion h e l d i n the new c o l l o q u i u m ( seminar ) room.

RECENT GRADUATE STUDENTS

Pavio A. Lazzari Abdelhaq Khabouze Abdelhak Boudlali

Jean Ciborowski Beatriz Perez Mouna Tajani

Melvin Weins David Linde

A FEW STATISTICS C i v i l Serv ice --- S t a f f - Main O f f i c e :

The f o l l o w i n g data we a re sure w i l l i n t e r e s t O l d T i m e r s and o t h e r A u r o r a r e a d e r s . I n t h e p a s t t h e y have been d i f f i c u l t and time-consuming t o compi le . These are s i m p l y copied f rom the 'annual r e p o r t and a r e a c c u r a t e as o f January , 1986.

A s s i s t a n t Adm in i s t r a to r 1 P r i n c i p a l Secre ta ry 2 Secre ta ry 1 S e c r e t a r i a1 A s s i s t a n t 1 Accountant 1 Accountants S p e c i a l i s t 1

T o t a l PUBLICATIONS

The numbers o f d i f f e r e n t k i n d s o f p u b l i c a t i o n s b y members o r r e c e n t members o f t h e D e p a r t m e n t a r e as f o l 1 ows: t e c h n i c a l j o u r n a l s - 48; a b s t r a c t s - 28; sem i t e c h n i c a l and p o p u l a r - 14; c h a p t e r s i n books - 6; e x t e n s i o n 1 i t e r a t u r e - 8; c o n f e r e n c e p r o c e e d i n g s - 9; m i s c e l 1 aneous - 2. USDA p u b 1 i c a t i o n s (some o f t h e s e d u p l i c a t e the o t h e r s ) - 21.

C i v i l Serv ice - Other: --

Research P l o t Coord inator 2 Research P l o t Technic ian 2 Assoc ia te S c i e n t i s t 1 A s s i s t a n t S c i e n t i s t 2 J u n i o r S c i e n t i s t 7 Senior Labora to ry Technic ian 2 - Labora to ry Technic ian 1 Labora to ry At tendant 1

T o t a l PERSONNEL

GRADUATE STUDENTS 2 5 I t mus t be remembered t h a t p e o p l e

l e a v e o r are promoted and new f o l k s a re h i r e d . B u t t h i s i s r e l i a b l e as o f January, 1986.

Facu l t y :

P ro fessor 18 Assoc ia te Pro fessor 6 A s s i s t a n t Pro fessor 1

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Emer i tus Professor 2

A d j u n c t F a c u l t y ( N o r t h C e n t r a l F o r e s t E x p e r i m e n t S t a t i o n a n d C e r e a l R u s t

Professor 5 ~ s s o c i a t e Pro fessor 3

- Tota l 8

P ro fess iona l - and Academic S ta f f :

Research Fe l l ow 4 Research S p e c i a l i s t 2 Extens ion s p e c i a l i s t 1

To ta l

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS ( A s t h e s c i e n t i s t s say)

From these data i t i s apparent t h a t l a s t y e a r 25 g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s were be ing educated by 25 f u l l t ime f a c u l t y , a s s i s t e d m o r e o r l e s s b y 25 c i v i l s e r v i c e peop le . O f course , some o f t h e f a c u l t y were f u l l t i m e e x t e n s i o n ( b u t t h e y do h e l p ) . On t h e o t h e r hand, A l a n R o e l f s o f t h e C e r e a l R u s t L a b o r a t o r y , i s l i s t e d as a d v i s e r o f t h r e e o f t h e graduate students; Paul Rothman, CRL, o f one.

I n c i d e n t a l l y , t h i s shows , tha t t h e C e r e a l R u s t L a b o r a t o r y s t i 1 1 p 1 ays an impo r tan t r o l e i n the over-a1 1 success o f t h e p r e s e n t D e p a r t m e n t . I n t h e b e g i n n i n g i t was a m a j o r s o u r c e o f s u p p o r t t o t h e young and s t r u g g l i n g d e p a r t m e n t and E. C. Stakman was a p a r t t i m e e m p l o y e e o f t h e f e d e r a l o r g a n i z a t i o n u n t i 1 he r e t i red. I t i s g r a t i f y i n g t h a t t h i s r e 1 a t i o n s h i p i s s t i 11 s t rong.

THURSDAY NIGHT SEMINAR

FALL 1985

The Thu rsday N i g h t Seminar S e r i e s f o r t he 1985-86 a c a d e m ~ c y e a r f o l 1 owed on t h e h e e l s o f t h e d e d i c a t i o n o f Bo r l aug H a l l . I n keeping w i t h the s p i r i t o f cooperat ion p r a c t i c e d by Dr. B o r l aug t h r o u g h o u t h i s c a r e e r , i n v i t a t i o n s t o t h e o p e n i n g sem ina r were e x t e n d e d t o P l a n t Patho logy c o n n e c t i o n s t h r o u g h o u t M i n n e s o t a and n e a r n e i g h b o r s i n Wiscons in , i n c l u d i n g t h e Un i v e r s i t y c o m m u n i t i e s a n d s t a t e and p r i v a t e i n d u s t r y . The response was e x c e p t i o n a l and t he re was record-break i ng at tendance t o hea r Dr. Gene A1 l e n , Dean o f t h e Co l 1 ege o f A g r i c u l t u r e , p r e s e n t t h e o p e n i n g seminar. The new d e p a r t m e n t head, P h i l Larsen, was i n i t i a t e d as hos t f o r the even ing p r o v i d i n g r e f r e s h m e n t s ( t h a n k s t o h i s w i f e , S a n d y ) a n d en te r ta inment v i a the t r a d i t i o n a l r o a s t o f t h e hos t .

S e m i n a r t o p i c s f o r t h e f a 1 1 : "Chestnut b l i g h t r es i s tance breeding" by Dr. Char1 i e Burnham, UMN; "Long d is tance spore t r anspo r t " by Dr. Don Ay l or, Conn. Ag. Exp. Sta.; "The N o r t h C e n t r a l E x p e r i m e n t S t a t i o n " b y Dr. Bob N y v a l 1, Grand Rapids; "Mechanis t ic p l a n t growth models and y i e l d l o s s " by Dr. Roy Gaunt, v i s i t i n g p ro fessor f rom New Zealand; "A b r e e d e r ' s v i e w o f d i sease r e s i s t a n c e b r e e d i n g " by Dr. Deon Stuthman, UMN; "The new 1 i b r a r y 1 ayout and procedures" b y E r i c B i e v e r , t h e L i b r a r i a n ; and "The h i s t o r y o f b u i l d i n g B o r l aug Hal 1" by D r . D ick Zeyen.

The hos ts o u t d i d themsel ves i n the r e f r e s h m e n t s p r o v i d e d . L e w i s O t j e n d e s e r v e s an h o n o r a b l e m e n t i o n f o r h i s homemade cream p u f f s . As t h e s o c i a l aspects o f t h i s seminar a re as impor tan t as t h e academic, t h e e f f o r t s o f t h e h o s t s and c l ean-up c rew c o n t r i b u t e s c o n s i d e r a b l y t o t h e qua1 i t y o f t h e evenings.

-Jane O'Laughl i n

WINTER 1986

The w i n t e r qua r te r TNS opened w i t h an i n t r o d u c t i o n t o t he new equipment i n B o r l a u g H a l 1. I n c l u d e d was a d e m o n s t r a t i o n on how t o o p e r a t e t h e l i g h t s i n t h e new c l a s s r o o m (365) and t h e sem ina r room (491). The p e o p l e who d i d n o t a t t end t he seminar were r e a d i l y i d e n t i f i e d the f i r s t t ime they t r i e d t o t u r n o f f the l i g h t s .

S e m i n a r t o p i c s f o r t h e w i n t e r q u a r t e r were: " P r o g r e s s i n s t u d i e s o f g e n e t i c d i v e r s i t y i n r u s t f u n g i " by Dr. J. Gro th , P l a n t P a t h o l o g y and Dr. A. Roe1 f s , C e r e a l R u s t L a b o r a t o r y , UMN; "Movement o f the green r i c e leafhopper , a v e c t o r o f r i c e d w a r f v i r u s " by Dr. D. Andow, E n t o m o l o g y , U M N ; A p a n e l d i scuss ion on o b t a i n i n g g ran ts presented b y Dr. G. H e i c h e l , Agronomy and P 1 a n t Genetics, Dr. P. Morrow, Ecology and Dr. P. T e n g , P l a n t P a t h o l o g y , U M N ; " E n v i r o n m e n t a l t e c h n o l o g y : use and m i suse" by D r . M. See1 ey, S o i 1 Sc ience , UMN; "Host p l a n t c o n t r o l o f r o o t nodule symbiosis" by Dr. C. Vance, Agronomy and P l a n t Genetics, UMN.

The re were two s e s s i o n s o f open d i s c u s s i o n s : " P e s t i c i d e r e s i s t a n c e : m a n a g e m e n t o f a n d i m p a c t o n agroecosys tems" and "Minimum t i 1 1 age: m a n a g e m e n t o f a n d i m p a c t o n agroecosystems." P rob lems a r i s i n g f r o m t h e u s e o r m i s u s e o f a g r i c u l t u r a l p r a c t i c e s were r a i s e d and d i s c u s s e d b y t h e audience. The f i n a l sem ina r was a t r a v e l o g u e p resen ted by L e w i s O t j e n on h i s 6 months ' t r i p t o As ia .

The 1986 c o o k i e b a k i n g c o n t e s t ended i n a t i e ; t h e two w i n n e r s were J. Bedker and Mary S o r t l a n d . The b r e a d b a k i n g c o n t e s t was won hanas down b y J. Bedker .

-Monte M i l e s

SPRING 1986

Spr ing qua r te r TNS was dominated by speakers f rom w i t h i n the department. Dr. Ken Johnson s t a r t e d t h e q u a r t e r w i t h a

seminar p rompted by h i s t h e s i s , "Some more thoughts on model 1 i n g y i e l d l o s s i n p o t a t o caused by mu1 t i p l e pests." Other sem ina rs f r o m w i t h i n t h e d e p a r t m e n t were: "Ch ina t r a v e l o g u e " p r e s e n t e d by Dr. H. B i s s o n n e t t e ; " H i s t o r y o f t h e A m e r i c a n 1 and g r a n t u n i v e r s i t i e s : p h i 1 osophy o f c o l 1 eges o f a g r i c u l t u r e and depa r tmen ts o f p l a n t p a t h o l o g y " by D r . R. Zeyen w i t h comments by Dr. J. S c h a f e r , C e r e a l R u s t L a b o r a t o r y , USDA; " M i s t l e t o e th rea tens p i ne f o r e s t " by D r . D. French; " P o t e n t i o m e t r i c and o t h e r v i t a l d y e s f o r t h e s t u d y o f h o s t - p a r a s i t e i n t e r a c t i o n s " b y Dr . W. Bushne l l , Cereal Rust Laboratory , USDA; " T u r f g r a s s d i s e a s e s " by Dr. P. La rsen ; and "P in to bean spray dec i s i on aid," Dr. R. Meronuck. There were two speake rs f r o m o u t s i d e t h e depar tment ; Dr. D. Barns f r o m t h e Depa r tmen t o f Agronomy and P l a n t G e n e t i c s p r e s e n t e d a sem ina r e n t i t l e d "The cha l 1 enge o f changing the a l f a l f a c rop , i t s uses and i t s image." and Dr. I. C h a r v a t p r e s e n t e d t h e f i n a l seminar o f the year e n t i t l e d "Regul a t i o n o f a c i d phospha tase i n ~ c h i z o p h y l 1 um commune. "

A t a s t e e x p e r i e n c e i n home f e r m e n t a t i o n was h e l d f o l l o w i n g t h e f i n a l sem ina r o f t h e yea r . L. O t j e n , P. Bedker and a few o f t h e d e p a r t m e n t a l b rew m a s t e r s dona ted a few samples o f t h e i r wares. There were d e f i n i t e l y a few t a s t e e x p e r i e n c e s t h e r e , W. Bushne l 1 p r e s e n t e d an e x t r e m e l y n i c e b o t t l e o f P i n o t Noi r-Mer 1 o t made from grapes grown i n h i s own v ineyards i n Wisconsin.

J. G r o t h r e c o v e r e d f r o m t h e harassment he r e c e i v e d f o r t he pas t year a f t e r the 1 a s t b o t t l e o f wine he brought t o TNS and managed t o outdo h i m s e l f w i t h an " i n t e r e s t i n g " p e a r b l e n d . I n h i s own words "The w ine c o n t a i n e d m a i n l y p e a r a l o n g w i t h a n y t h i n g e l s e t h a t was growing i n the back yard."

On t h e who le , t h e y e a r was one o f r e - b i r t h f o r TNS. T h e r e was more i n t e r e s t i n Thursday N i g h t Seminar and i t was b e t t e r a t t e n d e d t h a n i n t h e p a s t few years.

SPORTS

Vol l e y b a l l

The p l a n t pa tho logy v o l l e y b a l l team improved s u b s t a n t i a l l y t h i s pas t season. The team cons i s ted o f a d i v e r s e group o f p l a n t path01 ogy personnel which i n c l uded g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s ( m o s t l y i n t e r n a t i o n a l 1, one p o s t doc t . and two Cereal Rust Labora to ry secre ta r ies . The team's s t r o n g p o i n t was s e r v i n g ( knock 'em f 1 a t ) and l o s t i n a t e n s i o n - f i 1 l e d second p l a y - o f f game 15-16, 16-15, 15- 10.

Broomball

Broombal 1 was t h e w i n t e r s p o r t o f - 1986. I n t e r n a t i o n a l s t u d e n t s w e r e i n t r o d u c e d t o "wa l k i n g ( r u n n i n g ) on w a t e r ( i c e ) " - - ( w e a r 1 o t s o f padd ing ) . I n c r e d i b l y n o t t o o many t e e t h were k n o c k e d o u t a n d no n o s e j o b s w e r e r e q u i r e d post-season; b ru i ses were many.

THE STAKMAN CLASSIC

The 1 2 t h A n n u a l E. C. S takman s o f t b a l l game was h e l d F r i day evening, May 23rd, a t the Fa l con Heights s o f t b a l l f i e l d f o l lowed by a cookout. The h i g h l y s p i r i t e d game was n a r r o w l y won by t h e s tudents 12-11. The f i n a l p i v o t a l p l a y o f the game was made by research f e l l o w K a t h y Kromroy who was p l a y i n g f o r t h e s t u d e n t s . I n t h e b o t t o m o f t h e s e v e n t h w i t h two o u t and p e o p l e on second and t h i r d , K a t h y d e f t l y f i e l d e d a h a r d h i t ground b a l l o f f the b a t o f Kev in Brandt and t h r e w h im o u t a t f i r s t t o end t h e game. T h e p l a y t a k e s o n a d d e d s i g n i f i c a n c e when i t i s known t h a t K e v i n , who works i n t h e b u d g e t o f f i c e , s p e n t some t i m e as a member o f t h e M i l w a u k e e Brewers. (Rumor has i t t h a t p a r t o f t h e r e a s o n K e v i n was h i r e d was t o end t h e f a c u 1 t y l s r e c e n t s t r i n g o f l o s s e s i n t h e A n n u a l E. . S takman game.) A h i g h c o r r e l a t i o n (rS = .99) was observed between the decrease i n l e v e l o f b e e r i n t h e keg and t h e i n c r e a s e i n number o f e r r o r s made by bo th s ides.

-Monte Mi les -Mary So r t l and and Ken Johnson