Dan Egel

Daniel S. Egel conducts statewide vegetable disease research and Extension programs at Purdue University. Current efforts include the management of Fusarium wilt of watermelon as well as the use of alternative and organically listed products for the management of bacterial spot of tomato. Extension publications include the disease portion of the annually updated Midwest Vegetable Production Guide. Dr. Egel also leads the National MELCAST program, a weather-based disease-forecasting program for cantaloupe and watermelon. Dr. Egel received his B.S. degree in Botany from Miami University in Oxford, OH, his M.S. degree in Forestry from Purdue University, and his Ph.D degree in plant pathology from the University of Florida.