Southern Soybean Disease Workers, Ft. Walton Beach, FL, April, 1982,
"Disease Prediction and Control in Soybeans"
National Chemigation Conference, Tifton, GA, August, 1982, "Application
of Fungicides Through Sprinklers"
Abbott Labs, Chicago, IL, October, 1982, "Bacterization of Peanut
Roots and Its Effects on Disease and Yield"
National Soybean Breeders Workshop, Memphis, TN, February, 1983, "Soybean
Diseases in the South" Fescue Toxicity Workshop, Corvallis, OR,
May, 1983, "Control of the Tall Fescue Endophyte"
Fourth International Congress of Plant Pathology in Melbourne, Australia,
August, 1983, "Detection and Quantification of Warning Thresholds
for Disease Control"
World Soybean Research Congress III, Ames, IA, August, 1984, "Stem
Canker of Soybeans"
Upsalla University College of Agriculture, Upsalla, Sweden, June,
1986, "Control of Foliage Diseases in the Subtropics" and
"Approaches to IPM in Row Crops"
Kenogard Chemical Co., Stockholm, Sweden, June, 1986 "Inoculation
of Peanut Roots with Bacillus subtilis, and the Nature of the
Host Response"
Soybean Breeders Workshop, St. Louis, MO, March, 1986, "Soybean
Stem Canker" American Soybean Association Sudden Death Syndrome
Workshop, St. Louis, March, 1987
North Central Soybean Disease Workshop, Indianapolis, Indiana, April,
1987
1st International Workshop on Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria,
Orillia, Ontario, September, 1987
American Soybean Association Expo 1987, August, 1987, "Soybean
Diseases in the South", St. Louis
SRIEG-36, Soybean IPM, Savannah, GA, March, 1987
Southern Soybean Disease Workers, Savannah, GA, March, 1987
SRIEG-29, Pesticide Application Technology, Vice-Chairman and Speaker,
Atlanta, November, 1987
Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA,
January, 1989, "Biological Control Using Bacillus subtilis"
National Cotton Council, Nashville, TN, January, 1989 "Biological
Control of Cotton Soilborne Disease
World Soybean Research Conference IV, Buenos Aires, Argentina, March,
1989, "Control of Soybean Diseases Using Fungicides", and
"A Computerized Management Model (AUSIMM) for Control of Soybean
Pests". Also, Session chair.
College of Agriculture, Chiang Mai, Thailand, October, 1989, "Biological
Control of Plant Diseases", and "Breeding for Disease Resistance
in Soybeans with Emphasis on Evaluation Techniques"
USDA/ARS National Aflatoxin Workshop, Peoria, IL, November, 1989,
"Biological Control of Aspergillus flavus Using Bacteria"
American Association Advancement of Science (AAAS), February, 1990,
"The Use of Bacteria for Biological Control of Plant Disease"
American Phytopathological Society, 1990, "Use of Computers in
Disease Control, Demonstrating AUSIMM Pest Management Program for Soybeans"
Crop Genetics International, Hanover, Maryland, September, 1990, Consultancy
and Lecture on Use of Surfactants to Potentiate Bacterial Bioherbicides
Maejo Institute of Agricultural Technology, and Maejo Crops Research
Center, Thailand, October, 1990, lecture on "Peanut Diseases and
Their Control".
Kesetsart University, and Thai Department of Agriculture, Bangkok,
Thailand, October 1990, seminar on Biological Control of Plant Diseases
University of Georgia, Tifton, February, 1991 "Advances in Biological
Control of Plant Diseases"
American Phytopathological Society, August, 1991, "Biological
Control of Weeds with Bacteria" and "Integration of Chemical
and Biological Control"
Campbell Soup Company, Davis, CA, September, 1991 "Biological
Control of Foliage Diseases"
Dow-Elanco Chemical Co., March, 1992, "Biological Control of
Foliage Diseases"
Ciba Geigy Chemical Co., June, 1992, Biological Control of Foliage
Diseases
Cyanamid Corp., February, 1993, Auburn University's programs in Biological
Control
Montana State Univ. June, 1993, Biological control of Foliage Diseases
Rhone Poulenc Corp., December, 1993 Biological Control of Agricultural
Pests
3rd Intl. Symposium on Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria, March,
1994, "Development of Bacillus subtilis GB03 as a biological
control for soil borne diseases
Gordon Conference invited presenter, February, 1995, Chemical-Biological
Synergies, Oxnard CA
National Resource Conservation Act Symposium, May, 1995, Lead Speaker,
Agricultural Inputs in the 21st Century, focusing the activities of
USDA-NRCS for the next decade.
IPM implementation grants USDA-CSREES national review team, June,1995
University of Georgia, April, 1995, New Concepts of Biological Control
University of Nebraska, May 1995, Biological Control of plant diseases,
mediated by polysilicone adjuvants
USDA/NRCS Resource Conservation Act Symposium III: June 1995 Crop
and Livestock Technologies. Lead speaker on pesticide inputs for the
21st century.
Bayer Chemical, Monheim Germany, June, 1995, Fungicide resistance
management in peanuts, June 1995
Sipcam-Oxone Chemical, Milan Italy, June, 1995, Strategies for fungicide
resistance management in bananas
Intl. Plant Protection Cong. The Hague, Netherlands, July, 1995, Development
and Commercialization of Bacillus root inoculating Bacteria. July 1995.Gatlingburg
Symposium on Agricultural Pest Control, July, 1995, IPM in the 21st
Century
Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress. July, 1995. Biologically-Based
Alternatives to Pesticides Assessment Panel
APS annual meeting, invited speaker on Biological Control of Foliage
Disease. Aug. 1995.
Organized Conference on Integration of Molecular and Traditional Breeding
for Crop Improvement, Auburn University, March 1996.
Invited presentation Purdue University, the Future of Plant Pathology,
Dec. 1996.
Organized Conference on Biological Control of Weeds, Auburn Univ.
March 1997.
$40,000 AID/USDA Seed Treatment Fungicide Effects on Nitrogen Fixation
- 1978-1980
$10,000 PIAP/USDA Soybean Fungicide Economics - 1978
$48,000 Abbott Labs. Root Bacterization in Peanuts - 1982?85
$45,000 American Soybean Association. Epidemiology and Control of
Stem Canker - 1984-86
$40,000/year 1980-1997. Alabama Peanut and Soybean Commissions. Disease
Research and Control
$50,000 American Soybean Association. Ecology, epidemiology, and control
of soybean stem canker - 1984
$99,000 Alabama Research Institute. Pest Management System for Soybeans
- 1985
$100,000 85-CRSR-2-265. Soybean IPM (funds allocated for 1986-88 research)
with T. P. Mack and R. Rodríguez-Kábana.
$50,000 Alabama Research Institute. Microcomputerized IPM - 1986
$150,000 CRSR/USDA. Soybean Integrated Pest Management - 1986?1988
$11,200 Griffin Corporation. Peanut Disease Control - 1986
$11,250 American Soybean Association. Stem Canker Epidemiology - 1987
$93,000 - USDA/SIPM. Development of a computerized management system
for peanuts - 1987-89
$50,000 Alabama Research Institute (funds allocated for 1987 research
with Dr. T. P. Mack and Dr. R. Rodríguez-Kábana
$180,000 DuPont. Biological Control of Foliage Diseases - 1989-1993
$90,000 - USDA/SIPM Cotton IPM-Biological Control, with J. Kloepper
and R. Rodriguez Kabana - 1992-94
$60,000 - Gustafson grant for training Biocontrol graduate students,
with J. Kloepper -1991-93
$96,000, USDA/SIPM immunization of cabbages (with S. Tuzun) - 1994-97
$146,000, USDA/NRI integrated management of vegetable diseases (with
Kloepper and Zehnder) - 1994-97
$188,000, USDA/Alternatives: Ecologically-based Alternatives for Management
of Pecan Scab - 1996-1998. With University of Georgia, and USDA Scientists
$148,000. USDA/NRI Use of Doppler radar for predicting pest outbreaks
(with Bowen, Bauske and Hagan). 1996-1998
$6,000 USDA/ARS/Intl. Support for project on Biological Control of
Weeds, for research in France and Spain. 1997
$104,892 USDA/IPM Biological Seed Treatments for cotton and snap bean.
1997-1999. Shared regional project with 10 southern states.
MINOR GRANTS NOT INDICATED ABOVE AVERAGED $50,000 per year.