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Department of Botany and Plant Pathology


Jennifer Parke

 

Associate Professor (Senior Research)

Ph.D. Botany & Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, 1982.

Jennifer.Parke@oregonstate.edu

Office/Lab: ALS 3069/3036
Phone: 541-737-8170/4347

 

 

 

 

 








 

Research Area

Ecology of plant-associated soil microbes

Description of Research

Research on the sudden oak death pathogen, Phytophthora ramorum, on forest trees and nursery crops.

Research Group Members

Faculty Research Assistants/Associates

Brad Collins

Graduate Students

Naoyuki Ochiai (Ph.D. expected 2009)   
Elizabeth Stamm (MS expected 2010)
Sarah Shay (MS expected 2010)  

Related Links

Parke webpage in the Department of Crop and Soil Science

Online Phytophthora Course for Nursery Growers

Selected Publications

Parke, J. L., and S. Lucas. 2008. Sudden oak death and ramorum blight. The Plant Health Instructor. DOI: 10.1094/PHI-I-2008-0227-01 http://apsnet.org/education/LessonsPlantPath/SuddenOakDeath/default.htm

Parke, J. L., Oh, E., Voelker, S., Hansen, E.M., Buckles, G., and Lachenbruch, B. 2007. Phytophthora ramorum colonizes tanoak xylem and is associated with reduced stem water transport.  Phytopathology 97:1558-1567.

Parke, J. L. and Lewis, C. 2007. Root and stem infection of rhododendron from potting medium infested with Phytophthora ramorum . Plant Dis. 91:1265-1270.

Goheen, E. M., Hansen, E., Kanaskie, A., Osterbauer, N., Parke, J., Pscheidt, J., and Chastagner, G. 2006. Sudden oak death and Phytophthora ramorum : a guide for forest managers, Christmas tree growers, and forest-tree nursery operators in Oregon and Washington . Oregon State University Extension Publication EM 8877. 16 pp.

Hansen, E. M., Parke, J. L., and Sutton. W. 2005. Susceptibility of Oregon forest trees and shrubs to Phytophthora ramorum : a comparison of artificial inoculation and natural infection. Plant Dis. 89:63-70.

Parke, J., Frankel, S., Alexander, J. and Thomas, C. 2004. Phytophthora ramorum Educate to Detect (PRED) Program. http://www.ncipmc.org/sod/

Parke, J. L., Linderman, R. G., Osterbauer, N. K., and Griesbach, J. A. 2004. Detection of Phytophthora ramorum blight in Oregon nurseries and completion of Koch's Postulates on Pieris, Rhododendron, Viburnum, and Camellia. Plant Dis. 88:87. (Disease Note)

Parke, J., Pscheidt, J., and Linderman, R. 2003. Phytophthora ramorum : a guide for Oregon nurseries. 8 pp. OSU Extension Bulletin EM 8840, Oregon State University, Corvallis.

Miller, S. C. M., LiPuma, J. J., and Parke, J. L. 2002. Culture-based and non-growth-dependent detection of the Burkholderia cepacia complex in soil environments. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68:3750-3758.

Heungens, K. K. and Parke, J. L. 2001. Postinfection biological control of Oomycete pathogens of pea by Burkholderia cepacia AMMDR1. Phytopathology 91:383-391

Heungens, K. K. and Parke, J. L. 2000. Zoospore homing and infection events: effects of the biocontrol bacterium Burkholderia cepacia AMMDR1 on two oomycete pathogens of pea. Appl. Envir. Microbiol. 66:5192-5200

Parke, J. L. and Kaeppler, S. M. 2000. Effects of genetic differences among crop species and cultivars upon the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. In: Arbuscular Mycorrhizas: Physiology and Function (Y. Kapulnik and D.D. Douds, Jr., eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.

Kaeppler, S.M., Parke, J. L., Mueller, S. M., Senior, L., and Stuber, C., and Tracy, W. F. 2000. Variation among maize inbred lines and detection of quantitative trait loci for growth at low phosphorus and responsiveness to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Crop Science 40:358-364.