Christopher A. Clark
Professor

302 Life Sciences Bldg.
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: (225) 578-1381
Fax: (225) 578-1415
E-mail: CClark@agcenter.lsu.edu  

Education/Training
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 1976-77
Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University - 1976
Master of Science, Cornell University - 1973
Bachelor of Science, Cornell University - 1970

Areas of Specialization/Research
Research on diseases of sweetpotato. Currently, efforts are concentrated in two areas, cultivar decline and postharvest diseases.

Teaching Experience:
Plant Health 7011 – Phytobacteriology
PLHL 8800 - Practicum in Plant Pathology Participated in the past in teaching
Participated in the past in teaching PLHL 4013 - Diseases of Economic Crops The lab on bacterial diseases in PLHL 4000, General Plant Pathology

Professional Experience
Research Contribution: In addition to the work documented in the references below, over the last 25 years, the multidisciplinary sweetpotato breeding team in the LSU AgCenter has released several cultivars of sweetpotato that have had disease resistance. In addition to Beauregard, which is currently grown on over 80% of US acreage and in several other countries, releases have included: Eureka, Travis, Hernandez, and Bienville. We have also worked with the personnel at the Sweet Potato Research Station in Chase, LA to develop a virus-tested foundation seed program which has been providing farmers since 1999.

Committee Assignments (University, Experiment Station and Departmental)
AgCenter Faculty Council member (2003-2004)
Plant Pathology Course and Curriculum Committee member

Research
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Publications | Curriculum Vitae