Wide Angle: Arming Soybeans Against Pests
Researchers Study Insecticide-Free Control of Soybean Aphids
Two Iowa State researchers are examining a new method of controlling soybean aphids without the use of chemical pesticides. Bryony Bonning, professor of entomology, and Allen Miller, professor of plant pathology and director of the Center for Plant Responses to Environmental Stresses, are looking at a way to genetically modify soybeans to prevent damage from aphids.
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W. Allen Miller Receives Grant From National Institutes of Health
$193,008 from the National Institutes of Health to W. Allen Miller, professor of plant pathology and director of the Center for Plant Responses to Environmental Stresses, to study how some viruses use a unique mechanism to avoid host defenses and take over the host's protein synthesis machinery.
Brian Freeman recently obtained his Ph.D. degree in plant pathology under the guidance of Gwyn Beattie
Brian Freeman recently obtained his Ph.D. degree in plant pathology under the guidance of Gwyn Beattie at Iowa State University in May 2009. His thesis was entitled “The role of water stress in plant disease resistance and the impact of water stress on the global transcriptome and survival mechanisms of the phytopathogen Pseudomonas syringae.” Freeman was also the recipient of the Outstanding Graduate Student Oral Presentation Award at the 2008 American Society for Plant Biology Midwest meeting.
Tarek Hewezi was awarded Egypt’s National Achievement Award in the Agricultural Sciences
Tarek Hewezi was awarded Egypt’s National Achievement Award in the Agricultural Sciences by the Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research, Cairo, Egypt, for his contributions in studying plant responses to biotic and abiotic stresses.
Axel Elling has joined the faculty of the Department of Plant Pathology at Washington State University
Axel Elling has joined the faculty of the Department of Plant Pathology at Washington State University (WSU) as an assistant professor of molecular nematology. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in genetics from Iowa State University, where he worked under the guidance of Thomas Baum in the Department of Plant Pathology. His doctoral research focused on secreted effector proteins and genomics of the soybean cyst nematode.
Gwyn Beattie Invited to Speak in Germany
Gwyn Beattie was recently invited to Pommersfelden, Germany, to speak at the 2009 University of Wurzburg International Retreat on the Molecular and Functional Analysis of Lipid-Based Signal Transduction Systems.
Brian Freeman's MPMI Paper Will Be Featured On the APS Journal Cover
Congratulations to Brian Freeman and the Beattie lab, Brian's MPMI paper will be featured on the the cover of next months APS Journal.
Read more here, http://apsjournals.apsnet.org/page/mpmi_cover_7-09
Congratulations to Mark Gleason and Daren Mueller on Their New Book
Congratulations to Mark Gleason and Daren Mueller on publishing their beautiful new book "Diseases fo Herbacious Perennials" through APS Press.
You can learn more (and order it) at the following link: http://www.shopapspress.org/diofhepe1.html
Iowa Officials Highlight Efforts to Prevent and Detect Emerald Ash Borer Following New Discovery in Wisonsin
DES MOINES – Following the discovery of Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) just across the Mississippi River from the Iowa-Wisconsin border, members of the Iowa Emerald Ash Borer Team today highlighted steps being taken to prevent an infestation in Iowa and detect the beetle if it is in the state. EAB is an invasive beetle that feeds on ash trees and eventually kills them.
