Professor of Plant Pathology
Ph.D. (1994) University of California, Davis

Phone: 706-542-1258
Email: scherm@uga.edu

Research in the Scherm Lab

Etiology and integrated management of diseases of fruit crops. Theoretical and applied epidemiology.

Lab Members

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Selected Publications

Ojiambo, P.S., and Scherm, H. 2006. Biological and application-oriented factors influencing plant disease suppression by biological control: A meta-analytical review. Phytopathology (in press).

Ngugi, H.K., and Scherm, H. 2006. Biology of flower-infecting fungi. Annual Review of Phytopathology (in press).

Cox, K.D., Scherm, H., and Riley, M.B. 2006. Characterization of Armillaria spp. from peach orchards in the southeastern United States using fatty acid methyl ester profiling. Mycological Research 110:414-422.

Cox, K.D., and Scherm, H. 2006. Interaction dynamics between saprobic lignicolous fungi and Armillaria in controlled environments: Exploring the potential for competitive exclusion of Armillaria on peach. Biological Control 37:291-300.

Fletcher, J., Bender, C., Budowle, B., Cobb, W.T., Gold, S.E., Ishimaru, C.A., Luster, D., Melcher, U., Murch, R., Scherm, H., Seem, R.C., Sherwood, J.L., Sobral, B.W., and Tolin, S.A. 2006. Plant pathogen forensics: Capabilities, needs and recommendations. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews 70:450-471.

Ngugi, H.K., and Scherm, H. 2006. Mimicry in plant-parasitic fungi. FEMS Letters 257:171-176.

Ojiambo, P.S., and Scherm, H. 2006. Optimum sample size for determining disease severity and defoliation associated with Septoria leaf spot of blueberry. Plant Disease (in press).

Scherm, H., Ngugi, H.K., and Ojiambo, P.S. 2006. Trends in theoretical plant epidemiology. European Journal of Plant Pathology 115:61-73.

Ojiambo, P.S., Scherm, H., and Brannen, P.M. 2006. Septoria leaf spot reduces flower bud set and yield potential of rabbiteye and southern highbush blueberries. Plant Disease 90:51-57.

Ojiambo, P.S., and Scherm, H. 2005. Temporal progress of Septoria leaf spot on rabbiteye blueberry (Vaccinium ashei). Plant Disease 89:1090-1096.

Cox, K.D., Scherm, H., and Serman, N. 2005. Ground-penetrating radar to detect and quantify residual root fragments following peach orchard clearing. HortTechnology 15:600-607.

Copes, W.E., and Scherm, H. 2005. Plant spacing effects on microclimate and Rhizoctonia web blight development in container-grown azalea. HortScience 40:1408-1412.

Law, S.E., and Scherm, H. 2005. Electrostatic application of a plant-disease biocontrol agent for prevention of fungal infection through the stigmatic surfaces of blueberry flowers. Journal of Electrostatics 63:399-408.

Ngugi, H.K., Dedej, S., Delaplane, K.S., Savelle, A.T., and Scherm, H. 2005. Effect of flower-applied Serenade biofungicide (Bacillus subtilis) on pollination-related variables in rabbiteye blueberry. Biological Control 33:32-38.

Ojiambo, P.S., and Scherm, H. 2005. Survival analysis of time to abscission of blueberry leaves affected by Septoria leaf spot. Phytopathology 95:108-113.

Scherm, H., and Ojiambo, P. 2004. Applications of survival analysis in botanical epidemiology. Phytopathology 94:1022-1026.

Dedej, S., Delaplane, K.S., and Scherm, H. 2004. Effectiveness of honey bees in delivering the biocontrol agent Bacillus subtilis to blueberry flowers to suppress mummy berry disease. Biological Control 31:422-427.

Ngugi, H.K., and Scherm, H. 2004. Pollen mimicry during infection of blueberry flowers by conidia of Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 64:113-124.

Scherm, H. 2004. Climate change: Can we predict the impacts on plant pathology and pest management? Canadian. Journal of Plant Pathology 26:267-273.

Lan, Z., Scherm, H., and Horton, D.L. 2004. Temperature-dependent development and prediction of emergence of the summer generation of plum curculio (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in the southeastern United States. Environmental Entomology 33:174-181.

Roloff, I., Scherm, H., and van Iersel, M.W. 2004. Photosynthesis of blueberry leaves as affected by Septoria leaf spot and abiotic leaf damage. Plant Disease 88:397-401.

Su, H., van Bruggen, A.H.C., Subbarao, K.V, and Scherm, H. 2004. Sporulation of Bremia lactucae affected by temperature, relative humidity, and wind in controlled conditions. Phytopathology 94:396-401.

Scherm, H., Ngugi, H.K., Savelle, A.T., and Edwards, J.R. 2004. Biological control of infection of blueberry flowers caused by Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi. Biological Control 29:199-206.

Lan, Z., and Scherm, H. 2003. Moisture sources in relation to conidial dissemination and infection by Cladosporium carpophilum within peach canopies. Phytopathology 93:1581-1586.

Scherm, H., and Coakley, S.M. 2003. Plant Pathogens in a changing world. Australasian Plant Pathology 32:157-165.

Scherm, H., and Savelle, A.T. 2003. Epidemic development of hawthorn leaf blight (Monilinia johnsonii) on mayhaw (Crataegus aestivalis and C. opaca) in Georgia. Plant Disease 87:539-543.

Lan, Z., Scherm, H., and Horton, D.L. 2003. Reduced midseason pesticide program for control of scab and plum curculio in peach. Plant Disease 87:699-706.

Scherm, H., and Emery, K.M. 2003. Vegetative compatibility in populations of Monilinia fructicola from Georgia peach orchards. Acta Horticulturae 592:725-728.

Popp, J.S., and Scherm, H. 2003. IPM practices of southern states peach producers in the U.S.A. Acta Horticulturae 592:717-724.

Scherm, H., Brannen, P.M., and Taylor, K.C. 2003. Georgia's peach industry in a historical context. Journal of Tree Fruit Production (in press).

Scherm, H., and Krewer, G. 2003. Blueberry production in Georgia: Historical overview and recent trends. Small Fruits Review 2:83-91.