Faculty

Kari Peter

  • Associate Research Professor of Tree Fruit Pathology

Penn State Fruit Research and Extension Center
Biglerville, PA

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Overview

Commercial tree fruit disease management: Diseases of stone and pome fruit, especially those caused by bacteria, apple fruit rots, soilborne fungi, and emerging issues; Extesion programming for integrated management for pre- and postharvest tree fruit diseases and fungicide resistance

Areas of Expertise

  • Apple Keyphrases

  • Erwinia Amylovora Keyphrases

  • Apple Fruit Keyphrases

  • Erwinia Amylovora Immunology and Microbiology

  • Fungicide Agricultural and Biological Sciences

  • Wild Type Immunology and Microbiology

  • Virulence Keyphrases

  • Colletotrichum Agricultural and Biological Sciences