Our Faculty
Dr. Mark Windham, Professor
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The University of Tennessee
Entomology and Plant Pathology Department
2505 E. J. Chapman Drive
138 Biotechnology Bldg
Knoxville, TN 37996-4560
Phone: 865-974-0206;
Fax: 865-974-4744
Email: mwindham@utk.edu
Ph.D. from North Carolina State University
Major: Plant Pathology; Minor: Plant Breeding |
Professional Interest: Disease of woody ornamentals
and nursery crops, establishing resistance to dogwood anthracnose, biotechnology
of ornamental plants, histology
of anthracnose infections and breeding disease resistance in flowering
dogwoods, Chinese dogwood, and hybrids.
My research appointment is within the Tennessee Agricultural Experiment
Station and I have responsibility of research on diseases of ornamental
plants. Click on Research for a description
of my research projects and interests. Much of my research involves dogwoods
and I am chair of the
UTIA Dogwood Research Team. You may visit the dogwood team web site by
clicking on dogwood.ag.utk.edu.
(NOTE: The dogwood web site is down until Labor Day)
My teaching appointment is within the College of Agriculture and Natural
Resources. I am responsible for the following classes: EPP
313 Introductory Plant Pathology, EPP 410 Diseases and Insects of Ornamental Plants (team
teach with Dr. Jerome Grant), EPP 411 (team teach with Dr. Paris Lambdin), and EPP 510 Plant Pathogenic Fungi.
I am proud of the Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station's dogwood
(Cornus florida) releases. A brief description of them follows. Although
I am excited about our releases to date, I am even more excited about
things to come. We are working on developing lines resistant to both
dogwood anthracnose and powdery mildew, powdery mildew resistant dogwoods
with unusual growth or bloom characters and C. kousa trees resistant
to drought and heat.
'Appalachian
Spring' |
Cornus florida 'Appalachian Spring' was released by
the Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station in 1998. The tree was
discovered in Catoctin Mountain Park, MD and has unusual levels of
resistance to dogwood anthracnose. The resistance of 'Appalachian
Spring' was confirmed in a double blind test conducted by the J.
Knighten (USFS -retired) in Asheville, NC. The tree is now being
sold by wholesale nurseries in Tennessee. Discoverers of the tree
were M. Windham, R. Trigiano, E. Graham, and W. Witte. If interested
in becoming a licensed grower, please email me at mwindham@utk.edu
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'Jean's
Appalachian
Snow' |
Cornus florida 'Jean's Appalachian Snow' (pp. 13,099) is a white
flowering dogwood with excellent resistance to powdery mildew. The
blooms have very large, stiff bracts that have almost no coloration
in the clefts. It was released by the Tennessee Agricultural Experiment
Station in 2000. This tree is currently being propagated by nurseries
in Tennessee and sales are expected to start in 2004-2005. If interested
in becoming a licensed grower, please email me at mwindham@utk.edu
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'Karen's
Appalachian
Blush' |
Cornus florida 'Karen's Appalachian Blush' (pp. 13,165) is a white
flowering dogwood with excellent resistance to powdery mildew. The
blooms have very large, floppy bracts and a pink blush around the
bract margins. It was released by the Tennessee Agricultural Experiment
Station in 2000. This tree is currently being propagated by nurseries
in Tennessee and sales are expected to start in 2004-2005. If interested
in becoming a licensed grower, please email me at mwindham@utk.edu
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'Kay's
Appalachian
Mist' |
Cornus florida 'Kay's Appalachian Mist' (pp. 13,165) is a white
flowering dogwood with excellent resistance to powdery mildew. The
blooms have very stiff, creamy bracts and purplish clefts. It was
released by the Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station in 2000.
This tree is currently being propagated by nurseries in Tennessee
and sales are expected to start in 2004-2005. If interested in becoming
a licensed grower, please email me at mwindham@utk.edu
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