B. S. Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
M.S. Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis.
Ph. D. Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis.
Ecology and epidemiology of plant diseases. My current special interests are epidemiology of sorghum ergot caused by Claviceps africana and Wheat streak mosaic virus.
Workneh, F. and Rush, C. M. 2006. Weather factors associated with development of sorghum ergot in the Texas Panhandle Plant Disease 90:717-722.
Workneh, F., Narasimhan, B., Srinivasan, R., and Rush, C. M., 2006. Assessment of regional site-specific sorghum ergot severity potential using radar-rainfall measurement. Plant Disease 90:704-707.
Workneh, F., Narasimhan, B., Srinivasan, R., and Rush, C. M., 2005. Potential of radar estimated rainfall for plant disease risk forecast. Phytopathology 95:25-27.
Harrington, T. C., Steimel, J., Workneh, F., and Yang, X. B. 2003.
Characterization of two races of Phialophora gregata in the northcentral United States. Phytopathology 93:901-912.
Workneh, F., Villanueva, A., Steddom, K., and Rush, C. M. 2003. Spatial association and distribution of Beet necrotic yellow vein virus and Beet soilborne mosaic virus in sugar beet fields. Plant Disease 87:707-711.
Workneh, F., and Rush, C. M. 2002. Evaluation of relationships between weather patterns and prevalence of sorghum ergot in the Texas Panhandle. Phytopathology 92:659-666.
Workneh, F., and Yang, X. B. 2000. Prevalence of Sclerotinia stem rot of soybeans in the north-central United States in relation to tillage, climate and latitudinal positions. Phytopathology 90:1375-1382.
Harrington, T. C., Stiemel, J., Workneh, F., and Yang, X. B. 2000. Molecular identification of fungi associated with vascular discoloration of soybean in the north-central United States. Plant Disease 84:83-89.
