Keywords

  • aphid
  • aphid virus transmission
  • disease diagnostic
  • plant disease
  • plant disease diagnostics
  • plant pathology
  • plant virology
  • potato
  • potato seed production
  • virology

Perry, Keith Lloyd

Associate Professor
My training is in Plant Pathology, having worked and trained at U.C. Berkeley, U.C.Davis, Chevron Chemical Company, Cornell University, University of Adelaide (Waite Institute), and Purdue University. I worked for six years on bacterial plant pathogens, and for the past 18 years on plant viruses. A common thread in my work has been in the diagnosis of plant diseases and the detection of plant pathogens. Teaching responsibilities have included graduate courses in plant pathology and plant virology, an undergraduate laboratory course in molecular biological techniques, and a general interest microbiology course for undergraduates. For the past seven years, I have had administrative oversight of the foundation potato seed program for New York State.

research

research and scholarship focus

My primary research focus is on Cucumber mosaic virus and the insect vector transmission of plant viruses. The goal is to understand molecular mechanisms underlying vector transmission. The other main area of research is the development of diagnostic technologies for plant pathogens, with on emphasis on array-based approaches and integrating multipathogen detection methods.

research areas

affiliations

faculty appointment in

member of graduate field

other Cornell affiliations

teaching

teaching focus

I hire and sponsor research by Cornell undergraduates. Over the past five years, we have worked in the laboratory and greenhouse with 33 students. For the past three years, I’ve been involved as a co-instructor for one of four core graduate courses for students in Plant Pathology; the course title and subject are ‘Biology of Plant Pathogens’. In spring 2007, I offered one module in the Biological Sciences Explorations program entitled "Detecting Viruses: What are they and how do we know when they are present?".

service

outreach focus

I work with potato growers in New York State. My laboratory and the Cornell-Uihlein Farm cooperate with the Cornell potato breeding program and USDA programs to make available disease-tested germplasm and potato varieties. We also participate in the golden nematode management program in New York State, a cooperative effort between Cornell, the New York Department of Agriculture and Markets, USDA-APHIS, and USDA-ARS.

current professional activities

  • Ad hoc reviewer: Virology, Journal of Virology, Journal of General Virology, Plant Journal, Plant Disease, Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interaction, Annals of Applied Biology, Plant Health Progress
  • Member, Virology Committee of the American Phytopathological Society, 1999-2001
  • Member, International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses Study Group on Luteoviruses
  • Ad hoc reviewer, USDA NRI competitive grants program, 1994 - present

background

educational background

  • Ph.D., Cornell University, 1989
  • M.S., University of California at Davis, 1981
  • B.A., University of California at Berkely, 1977

professional background

  • 2001-present Associate Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University
  • 2000-2001 Associate Professor, Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University
  • 1994-2000 Assistant Professor, Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University
  • 1993-1994 Postdoctoral Fellow, Lecturer in Biological Sciences, Cornell University
  • 1991-1993 NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Plant Science Center, Cornell University
  • 1989-1991 NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Waite Institute, University of Adelaide
  • 1984-1989 Graduate Research Assistant, Cornell University
  • 1981-1984 Research Technician, Chevron Chemical Company
  • 1978-1981 Graduate Research Assistant, University of California, Davis
  • 1977-1978 Research Technician, Stoller Research Company

publications

Keywords: aphid, aphid virus transmission, disease diagnostic, plant disease, plant disease diagnostics, plant pathology, plant virology, potato, potato seed production, virology