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Dr. Elizabeth Rogers

elizabeth.rogers@usda.gov


Foreign Disease/Weed Science Research
1301 Ditto Avenue, Fort Detrick, MD 21702
Phone: (301) 619-7307
Fax: (301) 619-2880

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Dr. Rogers is a research microbiologist and lead scientist of the insect vectored pathogens project for the USDA-ARS Foreign Disease/Weed Science Research Unit (FDWSRU). She started with USDA-ARS in 2008 in the Crop Diseases, Pests, and Genetics (CDPG) located at the San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center in Parlier, CA. In 2015, she moved to FDWSRU where she studies emerging and invasive bacterial and viral pathogen threats to U.S. agriculture.

 

Research Emphasis

The Rogers lab currently has research projects on Rathayibacter toxicus, which is the causative agent of Annual Ryegrass Toxicity in Australia, Xylophilus ampelinus, which is responsible for bacterial canker of grapevine in South Africa and parts of Europe, olive and citrus infecting strains of Xylella fastidiosa, and Plum Pox Virus.

 

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Plum leaf showing typical symptoms of plum pox virus infection.

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Rathayibacter toxicus growing on a petri plate.

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Olive branches that have dropped their leaves are a typical symptom of olive quick decline syndrome caused by Xylella fastidiosa.

Projects

 

Publications

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Education

Ph.D. in Genetics, Harvard University
B.A. in Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Haverford College


Research Experience

  • Lead Scientist and Research Microbiologist, USDA-ARS, Foreign Disease/Weed Science Unit, Frederick, MD, 2017-present.
  • Research Microbiologist, USDA-ARS, Foreign Disease/Weed Science Unit, Frederick, MD, 2015-2017.
  • Research Molecular Biologist, USDA-ARS, Crop Diseases, Pests, and Genetics, Parlier, CA, 2008-2015.

Honors and Awards

  • Northeast Area Summer Intern Program Award to increase representation of qualified minorities, women, veterans, and individuals with disabilities, Summer 2019.
  • USDA-ARS Headquarters-funded Research Associate award, 2010.
  • Department of Energy, Energy Biosciences Research Fellow of the Life Sciences Research Foundation (LSRF).


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