Assoc. Editor. Plant Disease Reporter,1974-75
Plant Pathologist for Office of Technology Assessment, US Congress,
1978 (Soybeans in the South)
Biological Control Committee, Am Phytopathological Soc. (APS), 1979-80
Assoc. Editor. Peanut Science, 1980-1987
Tropical Plant Pathology Comm., APS, 1980-1984
Technical Committee, Am. Peanut Res. Educ. Soc. (APRES) 1980
Awards Committee, Southern Soybean Disease Workers, 1981
Book Revision Committee, APRES, 1981
PCNB Benefits Committee, USDA (RPAR), 1979
Vice Chairman of Southern Working Group on Soybean IPM, 1981-1983
Secretary of Southern Working Group on Pesticide Application Technology,
1980-1981
Member, Southern Soybean Disease Workers Fungicide Awareness Committee,
1982
Member, Executive Committee Southern Soybean Disease Workers, 1980-1982
Chemical Control Committee, Am. Phytopathological Soc. 1988-1991,
Chairman 1990
Southern Regional Director's Ad Hoc Committee on IPM Grant Proposals,
1984
Editorial Board (Associate Editor) Peanut Science 1984-1989SRIEG-29,
Pesticide Application Technology, Vice-Chairman, 1987, Chairman 1988
USDA/PIAP Peer Panel Grant Review Team Member, Atlanta, January, 1987
Organizer Eastern Regional Conference on the Ecology of Root-Infecting
Microorganisms, Chairman and Host with W. D. Kelley, Auburn, March,
1987
Outside Grant Review Team UN/Intl. Atomic Energy Agency, "Mutation
Breeding in soybeans. Oct 1989 and Oct-Nov. 1991, evaluating IAEA grant
progress in 5 key locations in Thailand
Peer Review Panel USDA/SIPM 1989 Grants
Member ESCOP panel on Pesticide Application Technology, 1991
Member and section facilitator on USDA workshop on alternatives to
Methyl Bromide, 1993
Member US Congress panel (OTA) assessing current state of development
of Biological Control and needs for legislation, 1994-95
Member USDA/CSREES IPM Initiative grant review team, 1995
Finance Committee Member, Southern Div. Am. Phytopathological Society
1995-98
Chair, American Phytopathological Soc. Phyllosphere Microbiology Committee,
1995
Chair, American Phytopathological Society Biological Control Committee,
1996-97
President elect, Auburn University Chapter, Gama Sigma Delta, 1996-97
IR-4 and USDA/SBIR grant review panels 1996 and 1997
Associate Editor, Biological Control (a journal by Academic Press)
1995-1998