Milton C. Rush
Professor

302 Life Sciences Bldg.
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: (225) 578-1393
Fax: (225) 578-1415
E-mail: MRush@agcenter.lsu.edu  

Education/Training
Ph.D. in Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University - 1970
M.S. in Plant Pathology, University of Arizona - 1966
B.S. in Plant Pathology, University of Arizona - 1964

Areas of Specialization/Research

Research
Diseases of rice; etiology, epidemiology, control, breeding for resistance, tissue culture, transformation with PR genes.

Focuses on the epidemiology, etiology, and control of rice diseases, breeding for disease resistance in rice, biological control of rice pathogens, and rice tissue culture and transformation. Our rice tissue culture efforts are directed toward developing disease resistance through in vitro selection of clonal variation, transformation with PR genes, and improvement of rice tissue culture and transformation techniques.

Teaching
PLHL 4001- Plant Disease Management and Control.

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