Acknowledgements
The information in this handbook has been compiled from many sources. We sincerely appreciate the time and effort that everyone spent preparing and reviewing this material. Many of the past authors and contributors have been identified in the 2004 PNW
Plant Disease Management Handbook, our 50th edition. Our attempt in this section is to identify all individuals who worked on the 2017 version of the handbook whether their effort was great or small. Those acknowledged as authors or contributors have written completely new sections or conducted major rewrites of existing sections. Reviewers helped read through and verify the existing information.
Special thanks go to Erik Ackerson for his skill in copyediting and desktop publishing and to publishing manager Jennifer Alexander, who keeps all the books moving along toward publication. Those management responsibilities are being transferred to Phillip Brown as Jennifer takes on a new EESC position.
A personal acknowledgment from Jay to his family: Jacob, congratulations on your 2-year degree, keep up the good work at WOU. Lucas, congratulations on graduation from culinary school; you are a wonderful cook, thanks. I will always love you both. To my wife Kim, still thrilled to be your husband. Ian, hope you get the closer internship you want. Erin, glad the move to the sorority has been so successful! Love you all!
– J. W. Pscheidt
“Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events. It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.” —Robert F. Kennedy
My efforts on this handbook edition are one of my various small contributions to help the present for our future. I dedicate this volume to the league of persons who toil on the lands, coaxing plants to grow and produce their precious gifts that sustain humanity. —C.M. Ocamb, January 2017
Finally to Sue Jepson, we will miss your hard work, dedication, can do attitude, a lovely smile and most of all your warm heart. Rest In Peace.
Authors and Contributors
Chastagner, G. Plant Pathologist, WSU, WSU-Puyallup Research and Extension Center, Puyallup, WA, 98371.
Landgren, C. Christmas Tree Specialist, NWREC, Oregon State University, Aurora, OR, 97002.
Morell, J. University Distinguished Professor, Wood Science & Engineering, Oregon State University, 230 Richardson Hall, Corvallis, OR, 97331.
Ocamb, C.M. Extension Plant Pathology Specialist, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331.
Pscheidt, J.W. Extension Plant Pathology Specialist, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331.
Rivedal, H. Graduate Student, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331.
Warneke, B. Graduate Student, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331.
Reviewers
*Major reviewer of several sections
*Ackerson, E. Copyeditor, Earth Design, 3733 SE 35th Pl., Portland, OR, 97202.
*Alexander, J. Project Manager, Extension and Experiment Station Communications, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331.
*Amiri, A. Post-harvest Diseases, WSU, WSU Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center, 1100 N. Western Ave., Wenatchee, WA, 98801.
*Anderson, S. Washington State Pest Management Resource Service, WSU, Puyallup, WA, 98371.
Blades, D. OrCal, 29454 Meadowview Rd., Junction City, OR, 97448.
*Bomberger, R. Diagnostician, WSU, Department of Plant Pathology, 345 Johnson Hall, PO Box 646430, Pullman, WA, 99164.
Bottemiller, D. Nursery Manager, Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden, PO Box 3798, Federal Way, WA, 98063-3798.
*Brown, P. Project Manager, Extension and Experiment Station Communications, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331.
*Caruso, F. Emeritus Plant Pathologist, 21911 78th Place West, Edmonds, WA, 98026.
*Choate, J. Training Manager, Jerry’s Home Improvement, 2600 Hwy 99 N, Eugene, OR, 97402.
Contreras, R. Ornamental Plant Breeding, Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University, 4017 Ag and Life Science, Corvallis, OR, 97331.
*Daniels, C.H. Pesticide Coordinator, Washington State Pest Management Resource Service, WSU, Puyallup, WA, 98371.
DeFrancesco, J. IPPC, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331.
*Glass, J. Diagnostician, WSU, WSU-Puyallup Research and Extension Center, Puyallup, WA, 98371.
Ingham, R. Nematologist, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331.
*Kachadoorian, R. Registration Specialist, Pesticide Division, Oregon Dept. of Ag., Salem, OR, 97301-2532.
KC, A. Plant Pathologist, SOREC, 569 Hanley Rd., Medford, OR, 97502.
Levin, A. Viticulture, SOREC, 569 Hanley Rd., Medford, OR, 97502.
Martin, R. Research Plant Pathologist - Virologist, USDA-ARS-HRCL, Corvallis, OR, 97331.
Mattox, C. Graduate Student, OSU, Dept. of Horticulture, Corvallis, OR, 97331.
*Natter, J.R. Master Gardener, Portland, OR, 97229.
*Ocamb, C.M. Extension Plant Pathology Specialist, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331.
*Pscheidt, J.W. Extension Plant Pathology Specialist, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331.
Putnam, M. Director Oregon State University Plant Clinic, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331.
Rosetta, R. Extension Entomologist, NWREC, Oregon State University, Aurora, OR, 97002.
*Serdani, M. Diagnostician, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331.
Skinkis, P. Viticulture, Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University, 4017 Ag and Life Science, Corvallis, OR, 97331.
Wade, N. Nematologist, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331.
Weiland, J. Research Plant Pathologist, USDA-ARS-HRCL, Corvallis, OR, 97331.
Wiseman, M. Extension Plant Pathology, OSU Plant Clinic, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331.
Zasada, I. Nematologist, USDA-ARS-HRCL, Corvallis, OR, 97331.