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Sofia Windstam
Education:
Ph.D. in Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, 2007
M.S. in Horticulture, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden, 2001
B.S. in Nature and Science, Balderskolan, Sweden, 1995
Areas of Specialty: plant-microbial ecology, plant pathology, Oomycete plant pathogens
Research Interests: dynamics of Oomycete pathogenesis in association with hosts, plant chemicals regulating pathogen development, population biology
Recent Publications:
Granke, L.L., Windstam, S.T., Hoch, H.C., Smart, C.D., and Hausbeck, M.K. 2009. Dispersal and movement mechanisms of Phytophthora capsici. Phytopathology, 99(11): 1258-1264
Windstam, S., and E.B. Nelson. 2008. Differential interference with Pythium ultimum sporangial activation and germination by Enterobacter cloacae in the corn and cucumber spermospheres. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 74:4285-4291
Windstam, S., and E.B. Nelson. 2008. Temporal release of fatty acids and sugars in the spermosphere: Impacts on Enterobacter cloacae-induced biological control. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 74: 4292-4299
Nelson, E. B., Kageyama, K., van Dijk, K., and Windstam, S. 2004. Biological control of soilborne diseases: important concepts from a model system. Acta Horticulturae, 635: 115-130