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Mark L Gleason

Dr. Mark L Gleason

Position
  • Professor

Contact Info

3201 ATRB
2213 Pammel Dr.
Ames
,
IA
50011

Education

  • Ph.D., Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, 1985
  • Ph.D., Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, 1980
  • M.S., Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, 1976
  • B.S., Biology, Carleton College, 1972

More Information

Fruit and vegetable research

My lab specializes in  research on three major fruit and vegetable crop diseases: bacterial wilt of cucurbits, sooty blotch and flyspeck of apples, and anthracnose fruit rot of strawberries. Scope of  our research ranges from pathogen detection to sustainable disease management tactics, disease epidemiology, pathogen genetics, evolutionary biology, and functional genomics.

Teaching

I teach a broad range of courses from Integrated Pest Management of turfgrasses to ecologically based pest management, tropical agriculture, disease management, research ethics, and professional speaking skills.

Areas of Expertise: Diseases of Fruits and Vegetables