Welcome to the home page of Dr. Scot C. Nelson, Associate Specialist (Plant Pathology), Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences
Plant pathology resources authored by S. C. Nelson:
(1) Plant Disease of the Week: a weekly series of e-mail bulletins about plant diseases that affect farms, nurseries, landscapes, gardens, and forests in Hawaii. You may visit and subscribe to this email series and view the archive here or click on the links below for individual plant disease e-mail fact sheets.
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Volcanic emission injury to plant foliage |
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Bacterial leaf blight of fishtail palm |
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Shot hole of 'awa (kava, Piper methysticum) |
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Rust of lemongrass |
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Glyphosate herbicide injury to coffee |
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New: Tomato late blight Picasa image gallery (Phytophthora infestans)
New: Blueberry rust Picasa image gallery (Pucciniastrum vaccinii)
New: Coffee Nematode Decline presentation (June 13, 2007) [PDF, 4 MB] / Weed hosts of the Kona Coffee Root-Knot Nematode [PDF, 880 KB]
New: Sweet Potato Black Rot (Ceratocystis fimbriata) presentation (Aug. 1, 2007) [PDF, 1.8 MB)
New: "Collecting Plant Disease and Insect Pest Samples for Problem Diagnosis" [PowerPoint Presentation PDF, 2.5 MB] [Cooperative Extension PDF file]
New: "Important Pests of Kava in Hawaii and Their Integrated Management" [PowerPoint .PDF, 6.2 MB, presented at the KavaFest 2007 Kava Science Symposium in Honolulu, HI, Oct. 7 2007]
(3) Selected Publications:
(4) Other Tropical Plant and/or Disease Websites:
(5) Plant Disease Video:
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(7) Spatial Pattern Analysis Software for DOS and Windows:
Please contact snelson@hawaii.edu for the following:
FOCI: A simple analysis of disease foci
STCLASS: Spatio-temporal distance class analysis
2DCLASS: Two-dimensional distance class analysis
Contact information:
Dr. Scot Nelson
Komohana Agricultural Complex,
875 Komohana St.
Phone: 808-981-8265
Email: snelson@hawaii.edu
Site updated 24 June 2008