Mark L. Gleason, Plant pathologist, educator. Achievements include development of methods to estimate the duration of wetting periods on a regional scale; development of improved methods to test tomato seed lots for contamination by the bacterial cankerpathogen (Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis); epidemiology of Septoria leaf spot of tomato (pathogen:Septoria lycopersici).
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, U. Kentucky, 1985.
Career
Associate professor plant pathology, Iowa State University.