Mary Ann Hansen

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Instructor

106 Price Hall (0331)
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061

Phone: (540) 231-6758
Fax: (540) 231-7477
E-Mail: maryannh at vt.edu

Education| Interests| Position Profile| Extension| Teaching| Support| International Outreach| Websites| Professional Activities| Memberships| Selected Publications

Education

  • M.S., Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1984)
  • B.S., Plant Pathology, Ohio State University-Columbus (1979)

Interests

  • Plant disease diagnostics
  • New and emerging plant pathogens
  • International plant pathology
  • Teaching
  • Extension education

Position Profile

  • 80% Extension / 20% Teaching

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Extension

  • Co-manage Plant Disease Clinic
  • Diagnose plant problems submitted to Plant Disease Clinic
  • Outreach education

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Teaching

  • PPWS 2104, Domesticating the Gene
  • PPWS 5034, Clinic Experience

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Selected Support

  • Fell, R., A. Buikema, C. Brewster, J. McKenna, M. Hansen, H. Sutphin. 2005 - 2007. Development of an International Center in South Africa for Studies in Agriculture and Related Life Sciences. USDA/CSREES.
  • Stromberg, E., E. Bush, E. Day, and M. A. Hansen. 2006-07. Southern Plant Diagnostic Network--Virginia Diagnostic & Information Technology, Year 4.

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International Outreach

  • Led disease management study trip for Virginia Cooperative Extension agents to South Africa (2007)
  • Involvement in student exchange program between Virginia Tech and University of the Free State, South Africa (faculty advisor, 2006)
  • Diagnosis of tomato diseases in Ghana, West Africa (2002)
  • Diagnosis of fruit tree diseases in Guatemala (1998)

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Websites

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Professional Activities and Service

  • University Graduate Honor System
  • American Phytopathological Society Diagnostics Committee, 2005-2007

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Memberships

  • National Plant Diagnostic Network, member
  • Southern Plant Diagnostic Network, member
  • American Phytopathological Society

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Selected Publications

  • Hansen, M. A. 2006-07. Diseases of Landscape Trees. In: Virginia Pest Management Guide for Home Grounds and Animals. Virginia Cooperative Extension Publication 456-018.
  • Schmale, D. G. III, A. K. Wood-Jones, M. A. Hansen, E. L. Stromberg, and C. W. Roane. 2007. First Report of Cephalosporium gramineum, causal agent of Cephalosporium stripe of wheat, in a commercial winter wheat field in Virginia. Plant Dis. 91:329.
  • Hansen, M. A. Diseases of Annuals in the Landscape. 1997. Groundwork Magazine.
  • Hansen, M. A., and Wick, R. L. 1994. Plant disease diagnostics: present status and future prospects. In: Advances in Plant Pathology, Volume 10 (J. H. Andrews, ed.), Academic Press, London, pp. 65-126.
  • Virginia Cooperative Extension publications on plant diseases and their control

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