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Henry K. Ngugi
Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology
 

Fruit Research and Extension Center
290 University Drive, P.O. Box 330 Biglerville , PA , 17307
Phone: 717-677-6116, Ext. 223
Fax: 717-677-4112
E-mail: hkn3@psu.edu

Areas of Interests:
  Biology, ecology and integrated management of flower-infecting pathogens; Plant disease epidemiology; Integrated management of tree fruit diseases.
Education | Program Interests | Publications

Education:

B.S., Horticulture, JKUAT, Kenya
Ph.D., Plant Pathology, University of Reading, UK
Postdoctoral Experience, University of Georgia, Athens

Program Interests:

My studies focus upon the biology, ecology and integrated management of flower-infecting pathogens; integrated management of tree fruit diseases; as well as plant disease epidemiology.

Publications:

Ngugi HK & Scherm H. (2006). Biology of flower-infecting fungi. Annual Review of Phytopathology, 44:261-262.

Ngugi HK & Scherm H. (2006). Mimicry in plant-parasitic fungi. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 257:171-176.

Scherm H, Ngugi HK & Ojiambo PS, (2006). Trends in theoretical epidemiology. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 115:61-73.

Ngugi HK , Dedej S, Delaplane KS, Savelle AT & Scherm H, (2005). Effect of flower-applied Serenade biofungicide (Bacillus subtilis) on pollination-related variables in rabbiteye blueberry. Biological Control 33:32-38.

Ngugi HK & Scherm H, (2004). Pollen mimicry during infection of blueberry flowers by conidia of Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 64:113-123.

Scherm H, Ngugi HK, Savelle AT & Edwards JR, (2004). Biological control of infection of blueberry flowers caused by Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi. Biological Control 29:199-206.

Ngugi HK, Scherm H & Lehman JS, (2002). Relationships between blueberry flower age, pollination and conidial infection by Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi, Phytopathology 92:1104-1109.

Ngugi HK, Scherm H & NeSmith DS, (2002). Distribution of pseudosclerotia of Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi and risk of apothecial emergence following mechanical cultivation. Phytopathology 92:877-883 .

Ngugi HK, King SB, Abayo GO & Reddy YVR, (2002). Prevalence, incidence, and severity of sorghum diseases in western Kenya . Plant Disease 86:65-70.


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