1. 2011 Art in Phytopathology Contest
Hosted by the Graduate Student Committee

2. The Graduate Student committee would like to thank for their support, and for providing awards to the winners of this year’s contest.

3. Digitally Altered Category
Digitally altered Citrus greening leaf symptoms in a floral pattern by Venkatesan Parkunan
Digitally Altered Category

4. An abstract in Colletotrichum by Jonathan Whitworth
Digitally Altered Category

5. A Next Gen Sequencing Perspective of Phytopathology by Felix Francis
Digitally Altered Category

6. Disney world - just a microscope away by Sara Thomas
Digitally Altered Category

7. Which came first: the sporangium or the zoospore? By Amara Dunn
Arts/Crafts Category

8. Galls and Tar Spot on Maple by Monica M. Lewandowski
Arts/Crafts Category

9. Brown Blotch Mushrooms by Nora Abdel Fatah Issa
Arts/Crafts Category

10. Snow-Forest in a Petridish by Mihir Kumar Mandal
Arts/Crafts Category

11. Citrus Pathologist Shirt by Venkatesan Parkunan
Wacky/Humor Category

12. Phytophthora blight on pumpkin by Amara Dunn
Wacky/Humor Category

13. Learn to count by Sara Thomas
Wacky/Humor Category

14. Scab smile by George W. Sundin
Wacky/Humor Category

15. A Case of CMA Mondays by Maria Holdcroft
Wacky/Humor Category

16. Turtle neck by Francisco Flores
Microscopy Category

17. Ethereal Endophytes by Anna L Testen
Microscopy Category

18. Eruption of Mount Phomabetaeus by Linda Hanson
Microscopy Category

19. Tobacco Cyst Nematode Life Cycle by Venkatesan Parkunan
Microscopy Category

20. Pycnidium of Coniothyrium minitans ejecting pycnidiospores by Shrishail S Navi
Microscopy Category

21. Pacific Coast Cedar Rust by Roger Wise
Nature/Whole Plant Category

22. There's a Fungus Among Us by Virginia R. Sykes
Nature/Whole Plant Category

23. Apothecia of soybean white mold fungus by Shrishail S Navi
Nature/Whole Plant Category

24. Which came first: the sporangium or the zoospore? By Amara Dunn
Best in Show

25. Contest Information All APS members are eligible to enter
Awards are given to first place winners in each category and to the Best in Show
For more information, go to or Kestrel Lannon at
This year’s entries along with artwork descriptions can be viewed at Picasa