Biography:

Dr. Deborah Mathews is a University of California Cooperative Extension Specialist on the Riverside campus who specializes in plant pathology with a focus on virus diseases. Currently her program deals mainly with ornamental plants, but she does some work with citrus, avocado and vegetable crops. As an Extension Specialist, part of her job is to perform information outreach to a variety of stakeholders in California, giving lectures on many aspects of plant pathology including general pathology, specific disease problems, new diseases, control and management. Dr. Mathews has 25 years of experience in plant pathology and is currently the only person specializing in virus diseases of ornamental plants in the state's UC Cooperative Extension system.

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