Elizabeth Little
Instructor
3311 Miller Plant Sci. Bldg
Athens, GA 30602-7274
(706) 542-4774
elittle@uga.edu

Instructor Responsibilities:

Develop and teach Plant Pathology courses that incorporate innovative instructional approaches to assist students who are constrained by time and/or location from participating fully in traditional on-campus courses.

Courses taught:

Introductory Plant Pathology (PATH3530/3530L) - UGA campus - Fall semester

Introductory Plant Pathology (PATH3530/3530L) - Tifton campus - Spring semester

Principles of Plant Pathology (PATH4100) - Distance education course through Independent and Distance Learning at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education (for more info - http://www.georgiacenter.uga.edu/idl/)

Plant Pathology for Teachers (PATH4400/6400) - Spring semester

Research Interests:

Plant bacteriology. Microbial ecology. Watershed assessment. Water quality education and advocacy.

Enhancement of State Botanical Garden Wetland (new)

Education:

B.S. in Plant Pathology, Cornell University, 1984
Ph.D. in Plant Pathology, University of California at Davis, 1995

Selected Publications:

Little, E.L., S. Eggert, D. Wenner, T. Rasmussen, D. Conners, and D. Fisher. Results From Six Years Of Community-Based Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring By The Upper Oconee Watershed Network. Proceedings of the 2007 Georgia Water Resources Conference, March 27-29, 2007, UGA

Sue Eggert, David Wenner, Deanna Conners, Elizabeth Little, Melanie Ruhlman, and Lina Wayo. Effects of tropical depressions Ivan and Jeanne on water quality of the Upper Oconee River Basin: Results from a watershed group monitoring program. Proceedings of the 2005 Georgia Water Resources Conference, April 24-27, 2005, UGA

David B. Wenner, Sue Eggert, and Elizabeth Little. Watershed group monitoring programs: An investigation of nitrate contamination at the State Botanical Gardens of Georgia. Proceedings of the 2005 Georgia Water Resources Conference, April 24-27, 2005, UGA

Little, E. L., Koike, S. T., and Gilbertson, R. L. 2002. Bacterial leaf spot of celery, pp. 12-13. In Compendium of Umbelliferous Crop Diseases. APS Press, St. Paul, MN.

Sayler, R. J., Southwick, S. M., Yeager, J. T., Glozer, K., Little, E. L., and Kirkpatrick, B. C. 2002. Effects of rootstock height on bacterial canker in french prune. Plant Disease 86:543-546.

Little, E. L., Magbanua, Z. V., and Parrott, W. A. 2000. A protocol for repetitive somatic embryogenesis from mature peanut epicotyls. Plant Cell Reports 19:351-357.

Little, E. L., Bostock, R. M., and Kirkpatrick, B. C. 1998. Genetic characterization of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae strains from stone fruits in California. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64:3818-3823.

Little, E. L., Koike, S. T., and Gilbertson, R. L. 1997. Bacterial spot of celery in California: Etiology, epidemiology, and role of contaminated seed. Plant Disease 81:892-896.

Little, E. L. 1997. Marginal Leaf Blight, p. 29-30 and Varnish Spot, p. 31-32.. In Compendium of Lettuce Diseases. APS Press, St. Paul, MN.

Little, E. L., Koike, S. T., and Gilbertson, R. L. 1994. First report of Pseudomonas viridiflava causing a leaf necrosis on basil. Plant Disease 78:831. (Disease Note)

Links:

Georgia River Network - http://www.garivers.org/

Water Resources at the University of Georgia - http://www.uga.edu/water/

River Basin Center, Institute of Ecology, UGA - http://www.rivercenter.uga.edu/