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Paul A. Backman
Curriculum Vitae

221 Buckhout Laboratory
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: 814-865-6687
Fax: 814-863-7217
Email: pbackman@psu.edu
Invited Lectures (and Invited participations in working groups)

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.


Competitive Grants

$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.