Associate Professor
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Department of Plant Pathology
Panhandle Research and Education Center,
4502 Ave I, Scottsbluff, NE 69361
Phone: (308) 632-1239
FAX: (308) 632-1365
Appointment:
- 50% Research and 50% Extension.
Research:
- Etiology and management
of specialty crop diseases
- Emphasis on soilborne
diseases of sugar beets and dry-edible beans
Extension:
- Develop statewide educational
programs for specialty crop diseases
- Specialty crops include
sugar beets, dry-edible beans, chicory, chickpeas and other pulse crops,
sunflowers, potatoes, proso millet, grass seed, brown mustards, edible
amaranths, and other newly emerging crops
University and Professional
Service:
- Genetics and Germplasm
Committee of ASSBT (2008-2010)
- Director PHREC Search Committee (2007-?)
- Department Head Search Committee (Plant Pathology 2005-2006)
- Corn/Sorghum Extension Pathology Search Committee (2004-2005)
- Promotion and Tenure Committee
(Plant Pathology Dept.)
- Phytopathology News Committee
(Plant Pathology Dept.)
- Board of Directors –
North Platte Valley Museum and Historical Society
- Reviewed research proposals
for USDA and University of Wyoming
Education:
- Ph.D., Plant Pathology,
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. 1999
- M.S., Plant Pathology,
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. 1989
- B.S., Plant/Soil
Science, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX. 1985
- B.A., History, Trinity
University, San Antonio, TX. 1983
Notable Distinctions:
- Associate Editor of Plant Disease (2008-2010)
- Peer Review Member for USDA-ARS Sugar Crops Program (2007)
- Named to Bridgeport (TX)
High School’s “Wall of Fame” in 2004
- Member of review team
for USDA-ARS Sugar Beet Unit’s 5-Year Strategic Planning Meeting
in 2004
- Selected to AcademicKeys
Who’s Who in Agriculture Higher Education in 2003
- Section chairman (Plant
Pathology/Entomology) for 2003 ASSBT/IIRB joint meetings
- Represented North America
(ASSBT) in paper and planning sessions for joint meetings involving
ASSBT and IIRB (European Sugar Beet Society) in 2002
Research Recognition:
- UNL Ag Research Division
- Junior Faculty Excellence in Research Award in 2003
- Layman Award Grant for
biological control research in 2000
Extension Recognition:
- Invited to speak at Colorado Independent Crop Consultants Association in 2008
- Invited to speak at Colorado Sugar Beet Growers Association in 2007
- Invited to speak to Colorado corn growers on Goss's wilt problem in 2006
- Invited to speak at Crop Tec Symposium Series in 2004 and 2006
- Invited to speak at 2005
Montana/Wyoming Sugar Beet/Dry Bean Symposium
- Made 5 invited presentations
for Wyoming Sugar Company throughout the Big Horn Basin in 2003
- Made 2 invited presentation
at 2002 Astec Sugar Beet Seed Quality Symposium
Publications: (Current
through 2/2008):
- Books: 0
- Book Chapters: 10
Articles:
- 26 refereed journal articles
- 53 published technical
reports
- 54 extension publications
- 38 Abstracts and Professional
Society Meetings
Editorships:
- Co-Editor, Compendium
of Beet Diseases and Insects 2nd Edition: published by APS Press in 2008
- Co-Editor of Dry Bean Production Guide in 2005
Selected/Representative
Publications
- Jackson, T.A., and Harveson, R.M., and Vidaver, A.K. 2007. Reemergence of Goss's Wilt and Blight on Corn to the Central High Plains. Online. Plant Health Progress, doi: 10.1094/PHP-2007-0919-01-BR.
- Harveson, R.M., and Vidaver, A.K. 2007. First Report of the Natural Occurrence of Soybean Bacterial Wilt Isolates Pathogenic to Dry Beans in Nebraska. Online. Plant Health Progress, doi: 10.1094/PHP-2007-0822-01-BR.
- Harveson, R.M., Windels, C.E., Smith, J.A., Brantner, J.R., Cattanach, A.W., Giles, J.F., Hubbell, L., and Cattanach, N.R. 2007. Fungicide Registration and a Small Niche Market: A Case History of Hymexazol Seed Treatment and the U.S. Sugar Beet Industry. Plant Disease 91:780-790.
- Harveson, R.M., and Schwartz, H.F. 2007. Bacterial Diseases of Dry Edible Beans in the Central High Plains. Online. Plant Health Progress, doi: 10.1094/PHP-2007-0125-01-DG
- Harveson, R.M. 2006. Identifying and distinguishing seedlin and root rot diseases of sugar beets. Online. Plant Health Progress, doi: 10.1094/PHP-2006-0915-01-DG
- Harveson, R.M., Schwartz, H.F., Vidaver, A.K., Lambrecht, P.A. and Otto, K. 2006. New Outbreaks of Bacterial Wilt of Dry Beans in Nebraska Observed from Field Infections. Plant Dis. 90:681.
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Jan. 3, 2007
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