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Dr. Charles M. Rush
Plant Pathology Program Director

Education:

B. S., Literature, University of Texas Permian Basin
M.Agric., Plant Protection, Texas A&M University
Ph.D., Plant Pathology, Texas A&M University

Experience:

9/1/91-Present. Professor, Plant Pathology, TAES, Amarillo; Adjunct Professor, West Texas A&M University and Texas Tech University.
6/86-8/91. Associate Professor, Plant Pathology, TAES, Amarillo, Texas .
3/84-6/86. Research Scientist, USDA-ARS, IAREC, Prosser , Washington .
9/81-1/84. Post Doctoral Student, TAES, Blackland Research Center , Temple , Texas .
3/84-6/86. Plant Pathologist, USDA-ARS, Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center, Prosser, Washington .
9/81-1/84. Research Scientist, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Blacklan Research Center, Temple , TX
9/77-5/81. Graduate Research Assistant and Plant Pathology Laboratory Coordinator, Texas A&M University , College Station, TX .
9/76-8/77. Technician II, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX
9/74-8/76. Graduate Teaching Assistant, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX .

Selected Professional, Scientific and Honor Society Activities :

American Phytopathological Society – 1975 - Present. Southern and Pacific Division member since 1984.
Annual ad hoc reviewer for Phytopathology and Plant Disease since 1986.
American Society Sugar Beet Technologist. Member. 1986 - Present.
Organized Texas Root Workers Research Interest Group, TAES. 1988 - 1990.
Sugar Beet Disease Workshop, Program Organizer and Chairman. Amarillo , Texas , July 25-27, 1990
Associate Editor – Plant Disease 1988 – 1990
Associate Editor – Phytopathology 1991-1993
APS, Soil Microbiology and Root Disease Committee, Chairman, 1991
Program chairman, Plant Pathology Section, 19th Hard Red Winter Wheat Workers Conference, Lincoln , Nebraska , February 1992.
International Working Group on Plant Viruses with Fungal Vectors – Member, Treasurer, and Proceedings Editor 1993 – Present.
High Plains Disease Symposium – Organizer, Program Chair and Proceedings Editor – 1993.
Steering Committee - Soil Fungus Conference, 1995 – 1999.
Reviewer - Small Business Innovation Research Program – 2 yrs.
Regional Strategic Opportunities Committee Co-Chair 1996.
Selected to represent TAES - Amarillo at the Texas A&M University Symposium. Corpus Christi , TX . October 9-10, 1996 .
Sugar Beet Crop Germplasm Committee, 1996-1999.
Team Building and Professional Development Committee. TAES/Amarillo – 1996 – 2003.
Senior Editor – Plant Disease, 1998-2000.
ARP/ATP External Review Board. Austin , TX . November 2, 1998
TAMUS Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2 year appointment.
Five year review committee for The Wheat, Sorghum, and Forage Research Unit of the USDA-ARS, Lincoln , NE 1999
Invited reviewer – Agricultural systems research program, USDA-NRI
Irrigation Water Management Working Group – 1999
Search Advisory Committee for Professor and Head, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology. 1999.
Search Committee for a Crop Stress Physiologist – TAES, Amarillo , 1999.
17 th Eastern Regional Conference on the Ecology of Root-Infecting Microorganisms (ERCERIM – 17). Precision Agriculture. Program Chair. West Lafayette , Indiana , March 14-16, 1999 .
17 th Eastern Regional Conference on the Ecology of Root-Infecting Microorganisms (ERCERIM – 17). Virus Diseases with Soilborne Vectors. Program Chair. West Lafayette , Indiana , March 14-16, 1999 .
Southwest Wheat Research and Education Consortium. Steering committee, 1999-2000.
Team Leadership Essentials. Texas A&M University . January 25, 1999 .
USDA-CSREES External Review Team – LSU Dept. Plant Pathology. March 26-30 th, 2000 .
Tenure and Promotion Committees - K. Scholthof and T. Wheeler.
Coordinator for ergot research component of Statewide TxGrain Program. 1999-2003.
Coordinator for Statewide Precision Agriculture Program. 2000-2003.
TAMUS Agriculture Program Faculty Advisory Committee (APFAC) – 2001-2002.
Committee on Agro-Terrorism, Crop Bioterrorism Subcommittee, Texas Tech Univ. 2002.
Departmental Search Committees, Soil and Crops -- small grains extension specialist and Plant Pathology and Microbiology - field crops plant pathologist. 2002.
NC503 – North Central Regional Committee for Karnal Bunt. Chair, 2002-2004.
NC227 – North Central Committee on Sorghum Ergot. Chair, 2003-2004.
Tenure and Promotion Committees. Tom Isakeit and Herman Scholthof. 2004.
NC1015 – North Central Regional Committee on Karnal Bunt. Chairman. 2004-2005.

Awards and Honors:

Distinguished Former Odessan- Excellence in Education. Odessa Heritage Foundation. February 1998.
Outstanding Achievement Award in Education. The Alumni Association of the University of Texas of the Permian Basin . May 30, 1998 .
Outstanding Faculty Award. Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology. 1998.
Meritorious Service Award, Beet Sugar Development Foundation, March 2001.
State Team Award for Panhandle AgriPartners. Epsilon Sigma Phi, National Honorary Extension Fraternity. January 2003.
Distinguished Service Award. Sugar beet Research and Education Board of Minnesota and North Dakota
In 2004-2005, I was invited to apply for Plant Pathology Department Head at the University of Minnesota , the University of Nebraska , Kansas State University , and Oklahoma State University , and also Department Head for the Department of Soil and Crops at TAMU and the Plant and Soil Science Department at Texas Tech University .

Patents:

Negotiated a licensing agreement in 1996 with Holly Sugar Seed Division for intellectual property and know-how with regard to use of Polymyxa betae as a means of inoculating plants with mild viral strains to achieve cross protection. This resulted in two patents.

U.S. Patent No. 5, 614,186. Infected soilborne fungus for inoculating plants. Issued March 25, 1997 .

U.S. Patent No. 6,175,059. Development of a novel gene delivery system through seed coating. Issued January 16, 2001 .

Contact Information

E-Mail:

cm-rush@tamu.edu

Phone:

(806)354-5804

Fax:

(806)354-5829

Address:

2301 Experiment Station Rd

Bushland, TX 79012