We have personnel working on the major crops in Kansas (wheat, sorghum, alfalfa, corn, soybeans), on horticultural plants, on each of the major pathogen groups (fungi, including beneficial fungi; bacteria; viruses; and nematodes), in specialty areas such as disease physiology, epidemiology, stored grain pathology, disease diagnosis, and genetics of host-parasite interactions, and in the newer areas of biotechnology, including molecular genetics and cell and tissue culture. Molecular genetics is a departmental strength. We also cooperate on interdepartmental research projects; the interdisciplinary Wheat Genetics Resource Center is situated in Plant Pathology.