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Crop Sciences

College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jerald K. Pataky  

Jerald K. Pataky

Professor
N-433B Turner Hall
MC 046
1102 S Goodwin Ave
Urbana, IL 61801

Primary Disciplines: Biometry, Crop Agribusiness, Crops, Integrated Pest Management Concentration, Plant Breeding, Genetics and Cytogenetics - sweet corn pathology and breeding, Plant Pathology - epidemiology and control of diseases of sweet corn, host resistance

Ph: (217) 333-6606
j-pataky@illinois.edu

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Research Responsibilities

   My research deals primarily with the epidemiology and control of diseases of sweet corn with an emphasis on disease resistance, crop loss assessment, and epidemiology of control tactics. My project involves extensive cooperation with the sweet corn seed and food processing industries to identify situations where diseases are serious constraints on production and to develop solutions to those problems. Commercial sweet corn hybrids are classified for resistance or susceptibility in disease nurseries concurrent with yield loss studies in which reductions due to diseases are related to levels of resistance. Resistances to various diseases are identified from several sources and incorporated into improved sweet corn germ plasm. Epidemiological factors associated with resistance and other control tactics are examined in order to improve disease management. Sweetcorn

   My project also has been involved in determining the risk of introducing Erwinia stewartii on seed produced on plants infected with Stewart's Wilt. We also have a project to evaluate methods to improve production of cuitlacoche, edible galls of Ustilago maydis that form on infected maize ears.

Teaching Responsibilities

Crop Science 141   Introduction to Applied Statistics
Crop Science 310 Principles of Plant Protection

Publications

By Date:   By Topic:
2003 2002 1996 1992   Sweet corn disease nurseries Maize dwarf mosaic
  2001 1995 1991   Common rust Other diseases of corn and sweet corn
  2000 1994 1990   Stewart's bacterial wilt Bacterial canker of tomato
  1999 1993 1989   Northern leaf blight Cylindrocladium black rot of peanut
  1998 1985-1988   Common smut Diseases of soybean and alfalfa
  1997 1979-1984   Seed and seedling diseases  

Professional Experience

1993-present   Professor, Plant Pathology, University of Illinois
1988-1993 Associate Professor, Plant Pathology, University of Illinois
1983-1988 Assistant Professor, Plant Pathology, University of Illinois

Education

Ph.D.   North Carolina State University, Plant Pathology   1983
M.S. University of Illinois, Plant Pathology 1980
B.S. University of Illinois, Agronomy 1978
B.S. University of Illinois, Advertising 1975

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