Newsletter & History | Department of Plant Pathology

Annual Newsletter

Plant cellular responses to the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv tomato can be visualized by laser scanning confocal microscopy. This picture shows a plant immune protein fused to the green fluorescent protein (green dots), moving through the actin cytoskeleton (structure to help plant cells maintain form and organization) that has been stained with mCherry (red lines), using tobacco as a model system.

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Department History

A book cover featuring 2 photos of old buildings and the title "A Century of Plant Pathology in Nebraska"

The Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has a rich history spanning more than a century. In 2020, to celebrate the Department's centennial anniversary, Dr. Robert Harveson published a book covering the last century of plant pathology in Nebraska. The book is divided into sections that focus on the Department of Plant Pathology in Lincoln, the Panhandle Research and Extension Center in Scottsbluff, and the stories of specific diseases of major Nebraska crops including sugar beets, dry edible beans, corn, wheat, and alfalfa. Copies of the book may be picked up in the Plant Pathology main office on UNL's East Campus or they may be purchased online and shipped directly to your home.