Robert C Kemerait Jr
Professor
Areas of expertise
Crop and Pasture ProductionMicrobiologyPlant BiologyZoology
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Plant Pathology/Phytopathology
University of Florida, FL, United States (2000)
Bachelor of Science, Chemistry, General
University of Florida, FL, United States (1989)
Bachelor of Science, Biology/Biological Sciences, General
Davidson College, NC, United States (1987)
Awards and Honors
- Outstanding Plant Pathologist (2025)
- Pest Management Awardee for Excellence in Extension and Community Development (2024)
- 2022 APRES Bailey Award (2022)
- 2022 SERVICE TO AMERICAN/WORLD AGRICULTURE AWARD RECIPIENT (2022)
- G.O. Ocfemia Oustanding Plant Pathologist Award for Extension (2022)
- 2021 Southern Region Excellence in Extension Award (2021)
- Walter B Hill Fellow (2021)
- Coyt T Wilson Distinguised Service Award (2021)
- Excellence in International Service Award (2021)
- DW Brooks Award for Global Programming (2020)
- Second Place, Steven "Brad" Davis – Crop Science Society of America C-3 Division Graduate Student Poster Competition (2019)
- ASA Extension Education Materials Award: Publications: Circular, fact sheet, brochure 16 pages or less (2018)
- American Society of Agronomy Extension Education Community Educational Material Awards (2018)
- ASABE Blue Ribbon Award, Educational Aids Competition, Comprehensive Publication Category (33+ pages) (2017)
- International Finalist, iBA, Best Book of the Year, Education (Overall) (2017)
- International Finalist, iBA, Best Book of the Year, Education (Science) (2017)
- Peanut Research and Education Award (2016)
Courses
- PATH 7000: Master's Research (Fall 2025)
- PATH 9000: Doctoral Research (Fall 2025)
- PATH 7300: Master's Thesis (Fall 2025)
- ENTO 6250: Pesticides and Transgenic Crops (Spring 2026)
- PATH 6250: Pesticides and Transgenic Crops (Spring 2026)
- CRSS 6250: Pesticides and Transgenic Crops (Spring 2026)
- CRSS 4250: Pesticides and Transgenic Crops (Spring 2026)
- ENTO 4250: Pesticides and Transgenic Crops (Spring 2026)
- PATH 9000: Doctoral Research (Spring 2026)
- PATH 7300: Master's Thesis (Spring 2026)
- PATH 7000: Master's Research (Spring 2026)
- PATH 7000: Master's Research (Summer 2026)
- PATH 9000: Doctoral Research (Summer 2026)
- PATH 7000: Master's Research (Fall 2026)
- PATH 6130: Internship in Plant Protection and Pest Management (Fall 2026)
- PATH 9300: Doctoral Dissertation (Fall 2026)
- PATH 9000: Doctoral Research (Fall 2026)
Scholarly Works
- A Model for Cotton Emergence Based on Thirty Years of Seed Treatment Trials Conducted by the National Cotton Seed Treatment Committee., Phytopathology, (2026).
- In-Furrow Application of Fluopyram Allows Delayed Foliar Fungicide Initiation for Management of Leaf Spot Diseases of Peanut., Plant Dis, (2026).
- Field efficacy of nematicides and cotton cultivars to manage Meloidogyne incognita, Rotylenchulus reniformis, and Hoplolaimus columbus in the U.S., Plant Dis, (2026).
- Xanthomonas citri pv. malvacearum can disseminate similarly from both cotton bacterial blight resistant and susceptible cultivars under field conditions., Plant Dis, (2026).
- Estimated Soybean Yield and Economic Losses Caused by Diseases in the United States and Ontario, Canada, from 2020 to 2024, PLANT HEALTH PROGRESS, (2026).
Contact
Mailing Address
2360 Rainwater Rd.
Horticulture Bldg.
Tifton, GA 31793
Shipping Address
4604 Research Way
Horticulture Bldg.
Tifton, GA 31793
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