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Name: Schneider, Raymond W.
Title: Professor
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Department: Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology Department
Organization: LSU AgCenter
Address 1: LSU Campus
302 Life Sciences Bldg.
Address 2: Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone Number: (225) 578-4880
Fax Number:
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Education/Training
B.S. in Biology/Chemistry, University of Alabama - 1969
M.S. in Plant Pathology, University of Illinois - 1971
Ph.D. in Plant Pathology, University of Illinois - 1973 |
Areas of Specialization/Research
My research program is centered primarily on soybean pathology with responsibility to provide short- and long-term disease control strategies for this important crop. Several diseases and control strategies are currently being investigated. Cercospora leaf blight, caused by Cercospora kikuchii, has been a minor disease, but in recent years it has become the most important disease in the state. Current research programs include evaluation of fungicides and times and rates of application for optimal disease control. A more basic thrust utilizes molecular techniques to examine genetic diversity in populations of the pathogen in order to determine if new races or biotypes are arising. Soybean germplasm accessions are being screened for resistance, and a project on genetics of resistance is being initiated. Ultimately, these projects will lead to the identification of molecular markers for disease resistance and attempts to clone resistance genes. Other projects include development of yield loss forecasting models that will be incorporated into crop growth and economic models for use in risk analysis.
Another research program involves the development of aerial seeding technology for smooth cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora. This plant is the predominant species in coastal marshes and is responsible for stabilizing the soil in these sensitive areas and protecting them from erosion. Louisiana continues to lose thousands of acres of salt marsh each year, and preservation and restoration of these areas is now a national priority. Ongoing projects include seedling nutrition and investigations into the cause of the so-called brown marsh syndrome in which thousands of acres of smooth cordgrass suddenly died.
Teaching Experience:
PLHL 4000 General Plant Pathology
PLHL 7082 Soilborne Plant Pathogens
PLHL 4014 Diseases of Economic Crops (Section of soybean diseases) |
Professional Experience
Ford Foundation Research Fellow, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria. 1972 - 1973.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Plant Pathology, University of California at Davis. 1973 - 1976.
Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, University of California at Berkeley. 1976 - 1984.
Committee Assignments (University, Experiment Station and Departmental):
Departmental Graduate Admissions Committee
Departmental Teaching Committee
Department Graduate Student Recruiting Committee
Advisor, Undergraduate Major in Agricultural Pest Management
Professional Organization Committees:
American Phytopathological Society
Teaching Committee
Host Resistance Committee
Louisiana Plant Protection Association, President
Southern Soybean Disease Workers, President
Professional Society Memberships:
American Phytopathological Society
Louisiana Plant Protection Association
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Publications/Presentations/Patents
Kuruppu, P. U., Schneider, R. W., and Russin, J. S. 2004. Factors affecting soybean root colonization by Calonectria ilicicola and development of red crown rot following delayed planting. Plant Dis. 88: In press.
Kuruppu, P. U., Schneider, R. W., and Russin, J. S. 2004. Effects of soil temperature on microsclerotial of Calonectria ilicicola and soybean root colonization by this fungus. Plant Dis. 8: In Press.
Cai, G., and Schneider, R. W. 2004. Vegetative compatibility groups in Cercospora kikuchii, the causal agent of Cercospora leaf blight and purple seed stain in soybean. Phytopathology 94:Accepted.
Cai, G., and Schneider, R. W. 2004. Population structure of Cercospora kikuchii, the causal agent of Cercospora leaf blight and purple seed stain in soybean, as revealed by random amplified polymorphic DNA and microsatellite-primed PCR. Phytopathology 94: Submitted.
Cai, G., Gale, L. R., Schneider, R. W., Kistler, H. C., Davis, R. M., Elias, K. S., and Miyao, E. M. 2003. Origin of race 3 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici at a single site. Phytopathology 93:1014 - 1022.
Padgett, G. B., Schneider, R. W., and Whitam, H. K. 2003. Foliar-applied fungicides in soybean disease management. Louis. Agric. 46:7 - 9.
Schneider, R. W., Bollich, P. K., and Harville, B. G. 2003. Evaluation of soybean cultivars for reactions to three foliar diseases. Biol. and Cult. Tests. for Cont. Plant Dis.18:On-line journal.
Schneider, R. W., Jones, C. A., Siebert, J. D., and Griffin, J. L. 2003. Evaluation of fungicides for control of aerial blight in soybean, 2001. Fung. and Nemat. Tests. 58:On-line journal.
Schneider, R. W., and Whitam, H. K. 2003. Evaluation of fungicides for control of Cercospora leaf blight and frogeye leaf spot in soybeans, 2002. Fung. and Nemat. Tests. 58:On-line journal.
Robertson, C. L., Callahan, S. D., Materne, M. D., Mendelssohn, I. A., KcKee, K. A., Schneider, R. W., and Jones, J. P. 2003. Spartina alterniflora: Preserving, protecting and defending coastal Louisiana . Phytpathology 93: (Abstr.). S74.
Schneider, R. W. and Jones, J. P. 2001. Determining the role of plant pathogens in the coastal marsh dieback: Lessons from agriculture and forestry. Pages 17 - 18 in: Coastal Marsh Dieback in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Extent, Causes, Consequences, and Remedies. R. E. Stewart, Jr., C. E. Profftt, and T. M. Charron, eds. USGS Information and Technology Report USGS/BRD/ITR - 2001 - 2003. 31 pp.
Su, G., Suh, S. O., Schneider, R. W., and Russin, J. S. 2001. Host specialization in the charcoal rot fungus, Macrophomina phaseolina. Phytopathology 91:120 - 126.
Harrison, S. A., Croughan, T. P., Materne, M. D., Venuto, B. C., Breitenbeck, G. A., Cohn, M. A., Fang, X., Ryan A. Schneider, R. W., Shadow, R. A. Subudhi, P., and Utomo, H. 2001. Improving native plants to protect and preserve Louisiana's coastal marshes. Louisiana Agriculture 44:4 - 6.
Chun, S. C. and Schneider, R. W. 1998. Sites of infection by Pythium species in rice seedlings and effects of plant age and water depth on disease development. Phytopathology 88:1255 - 1261.
Chen, W., Hoy, J. W., and Schneider, R. W. 1992. Species-specific polymorphisms in transcribed ribosomal DNA of five Pythium species. Exper. Mycol. 16:22 - 34.
Chen, W., Schneider, R. W., and Hoy, J. W. 1992. Taxonomic and phylogenetic analyses of ten Pythium species using isozyme analysis. Phytopathology 82:1234 - 1244.
Elias, K. S., and Schneider, R. W. 1992. Genetic diversity within and among races and vegetative compatibility groups of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici as determined by isozyme analysis. Phytopathology 82:1421 - 1427. |
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