Patrick M. Phipps

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Professor

Tidewater Agricultural Research & Extension Center
6321 Holland Rd.
Suffolk, VA 23437

Phone: (757) 657-6450 ext. 120 (office) or ext. 143 (lab)
Fax: (757) 657-9333
E-Mail: pmphipps at vt.edu

Education| Research Interests| Research Support| Awards| Experience| Selected Publications| Online Resources

Education

  • Ph.D. Plant Pathology, 1974, West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV, 1974
  • M.S. Plant Pathology, 1972, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 1972
  • B.S. Biology, 1970, Fairmont State College, Fairmont, WV, 1970

Research Interests

Interests are focused primarily on diseases of peanut, cotton, soybean, small grain, and corn because of the importance of these crops in eastern Virginia. Goals are to develop and implement disease management strategies that are safe, effective, and profitable while posing little or no risk of harm to the environment, farm workers or the general public. Priority is given to developing strategies that require a minimum of pesticide input and make a positive contribution towards the goals of integrated pest management (IPM). Research interests include disease forecasting, and reducing the cost and rate of pesticides with new chemistry, cultural practices, disease resistant varieties, sanitation, and biological control.

Selected Research Support

  • Virginia Agricultural Council
  • National Peanut Board, Virginia Peanut Board
  • Virginia Cotton Board, Cotton Incorporated, Cotton Foundation
  • Agricultural Chemical and Biotechnology Companies
  • CSREES Regional Integrated Pest Management Competitive Grants Program

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Awards

  • Research & Education Award, Virginia Soybean Assoc., 2007
  • President, American Peanut Research & Education Society, 2006
  • Research Hall of Fame, Southeast Farm Press, 2005.
  • Fellow, American Peanut Research & Education Society, 2002
  • Peanut Research and Education Award, American Peanut Foundation, 2000
  • Dow AgroSciences Award for Excellence in Education, 1999
  • Extension Excellence Award, The American Phytopathological Society, 1994
  • Virginia Tech Alumni Association - Excellence in Extension Award, 1994

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Experience

  • Professor of Plant Pathology, Virginia Tech, 1989-present
  • Assoc. Professor of Plant Pathology, Virginia Tech, 1984-89
  • Asst. Professor of Plant Pathology, Virginia Tech, 1978-84
  • Research Associate, NC State Univ., 1974-78

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Selected Publications

  1. Livingstone, D. M., Hampton, J. L., Phipps, P. M., and Grabau, E. A. 2005. Enhancing resistance to Sclerotinia minor in peanut by expressing a barley oxalate oxidase gene. Plant Physiology 137:1354-1362.
  2. Eisenback, J. D., Hopkins, N., and Phipps, P. M. 2004. First report of the Reniform nematode Rotylenchulus reniformis on cotton in Virginia. Plant Dis. 88:683.
  3. Glenn, D. L., Phipps, P. M., and Stipes, R. J. 2003. Control of seed transmission of Cylindrocladium parasiticum with seed treatment fungicides. Peanut Sci. 30:128-133.
  4. Glenn, D. L., Phipps, P. M., and Stipes, R. J. 2003. Incidence and survival of Cylindrocladium parasiticum in peanut seed. Plant Dis. 87:867-871.
  5. Langston, Jr., D. B., Phipps, P. M., and Stipes, R. J. 2002. An algorithm for predicting outbreaks of Sclerotinia blight of peanut and improving the timing of fungicide sprays. Plant Dis. 86:118-126.
  6. Koenning, S. R., Abdel Alim, F. F., Grand, L. F., and Phipps, P. M. 2000. Stem canker on cotton caused by Phoma exigua in North Carolina and Virginia. Plant Dis. 84:1251.
  7. Phipps, P. M., and Porter, D. M. 1998. Collar rot of peanut caused by Lasiodiplodia theobromae. Plant Dis. 82: 82:1205-1209.
  8. Phipps, P. M., Deck*, S. H., and Walker, D. R. 1997. Weather-based crop and disease advisories for peanut in Virginia. Plant Dis. 81:236-244.

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Online Resources

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