History of Plant Pathology 

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PUBLICATIONS

  • Scholthof, K.-B. G. 1999. Ethnophytopathology: the relationship between plant pathology and human society. Phytopathology News 33(8):135.
  • Creager, A. N. H., Scholthof, K.-B. G., Citovsky, V., and Scholthof, H. B. 1999. Tobacco mosaic virus: Pioneering research for a century. Plant Cell 11:301-308.
  • Scholthof, K.-B. G. 1999. Plant pathology and public health. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 5(4):597-598. 
  • Scholthof, K.-B. G. 2000, revised 2005. Tobacco mosaic. Plant Health Instructor DOI:10.1094/PHI-I-2000-1010-01. Lesson
  • Scholthof, K.-B. G. 2000. From scientists and society to scientists in society. Phytopathology News 34(1):2.
  • Scholthof, K.-B. G. 2000. Hieronymus Fracastorius (1478-1553). Phytopathology News 34(8):113.
  • Scholthof, K.-B. G. 2001. On the famine trail. Phytopathology News 35(1):4-5.
  • Scholthof, K.-B. G. 2001. The boll weevil monument. Phytopathology News 35(8):112. Scholthof, K.-B. G. 2001. 1898--The beginning of virology…time marches on. Plant Health Instructor. DOI: 10.1094/PHI-I-2001-0129-01. 
  • Scholthof, K.-B. G. 2001. The chimerical world of agricultural biotechnology: Food allergens, labeling, and communication. Phytopathology 91:524-526. (pdf)
  • Scholthof, K.-B. G., Mirkov, T. E., and Scholthof, H. B. 2002.  Plant virus gene vectors: Biotechnology applications in agriculture and medicine. Genetic Engineering, Principles, and Methods 24:67-86. Plenum Press, NY. (pdf)
  • Scholthof, K.-B. G. 2003. One foot in the furrow: agriculture, plant pathology and public health. Ann. Rev. Public Health 24:153-174.(pdf)
  • Scholthof, K.-B. G. 2004. Tobacco mosaic virus: A model system for plant biology. Annu. Rev. Phytopathol. 42:13-34.(pdf)
  • Scholthof, K.-B. G. and Peterson, P.D. 2006. The role of Helen Purdy Beale in the early development of plant serology and virology. Adv. Appl. Microbiol. 59:221-241. 
  • Segner, S. and Scholthof, K.-B. G. 2007. Environmental microbiology: Bacteria and fungi on the foods we eat. Amer. Biol. Teacher 69: 228-235.
  • Scholthof, K.-B. G. 2007. The disease triangle: the environmental angle of host-pathogen interactions. Nature Rev. Microbiol. 5: 152-156.(pdf)
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BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Scholthof, K.-B. G., Shaw, J. G., and Zaitlin, M, eds. 1999. Tobacco mosaic virus: One hundred years of contributions to virology. American Phytopathological Society Press, St. Paul, MN. 264 pp. (Reviewed in Science 289:731 [2000].)
  • Scholthof, K.-B. G., Peterson, P. D., and Griffith, C. 2003. Biographical Essay on E. C. Large in: "The Advance of the Fungi" by E. C. Large. Last edition was in 1960. APS Press, St. Paul, MN.
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BOOK REVIEWS

  • Scholthof, K.-B. G. 2000. Book Review. The Nature of Disease in Plants by Robert P. Scheffer. J. Nat. Resour. Life Sci. Educ. 29:30R.
  • Scholthof, K.-B. G. 2003. Book review. The Life of a Virus: Tobacco Mosaic Virus as An Experimental Model by A. N. H. Creager.  Isis 94:169-170.
  • Scholthof, K.-B. G. 2003. Book Review. Battling Resistance to Antibiotics and Pesticides: An Economic Approach (R. Laxminarayan, ed.) and An Introduction to Arthropod Pest Control by J.R.M. Thacker. Agricultural History 77:623-626.
  • Scholthof, K.-B. G. 2005. Book Review. Bred for Perfection: Shorthorn Cattle, Collies, and Arabian Horses Since 1800 by M. E. Derry. Agricultural History: 79:122-123.
  • Scholthof, K.-B. G. 2007. Book Review. Harry Marshall Ward and the Fungal Thread of Death by Peter Ayres. Agricultural History 81: in press.
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PRESENTATIONS

  • The Art of Science: A Tale of Two Cultures. 2001. American Society for Microbiology, Texas Branch Spring Meeting, Junction, TX. 29-31 March.
  • Agricultural Biotechology: Issues in Genetic Engineering. 2004. Austin Downtown (Founder) Lions Club. Austin, Texas. 12 August.
  • Whetzel’s Dream: A Role for Plant Pathology in Human Affairs. 2004. Centenary Celebration of the Cornell University College of Agriculture. 9-11 September.
  • Ethics in Scientific Publishing. 2005. Dept. of Plant Pathology & Micriobiology, Texas A&M University. 28 June. (Ethics and Professionalism Seminar with Jim Starr).
  • Ergot: Transition From a Feared Poison to a Valued Component of the Materia Medica in the Early 19th Century. 2005. Annual Meeting of the International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB), Guelph, Ontario, Canada. 13-17 July. 
  • Helen Purdy Beale: The “Mother” of Plant Virology and Serology. 2005. Annual Meeting of the American Phytopathological Society. Symposium: History of Virology: A Century of Developing a Discipline. Austin, TX. 30 July-3 August.
  • Ergot And Its Introduction To The Materia Medica. Symposium: The Role of Fungi in Science and Human Affairs. 2006. American Phytopathological Society Annual Meeting, Quebec City, Canada. 29 July – 2 August.
  • Scholthof, K.-B. G. 2007. Developing tools to understand the nature of Tobacco mosaic virus in the early 20th century. Annual meeting of the Agricultural History Society. Ames, IA.
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