My program is focused on discovering and evaluating strategies for managing tree fruit diseases and on delivering information about fruit disease management to fruit growers, extension educators, private consultants, and agrichemical companies. Because of my location at a field station in the Hudson Valley, a portion of my research is dedicated to fruit diseases that are more common in southeastern New York than in other parts of the state. In addition to working on diseases that occur in the field, I also study the biology and management of fungal pathogens that cause apple decays after harvest.