Guido Schnabel Receives 2025 Alumni Award for Outstanding Research

Guido Schnabel is a professor and extension plant pathologist at Clemson with more than 30 years of experience working with pathogens of fruit crops. His research focuses on the integrated management of peach and strawberry diseases. Specifically, he studies cultural, biological, and chemical methods to manage peach and strawberry diseases, to extend the productive life span of peach trees, to reduce pesticide risk, and to understand and manage fungicide resistance. He developed and maintains the MyIPM smartphone app for educators, consultants, and growers to facilitate disease diagnostics and communicate IPM principles. He is a Fellow of the American Phytopathological Society and has received numerous university-, regional- and national awards for his research and extension accomplishments.