Austin Hagan is an emeritus professor of plant pathology with an extension/research appointment in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology at Auburn University. He is currently under contract to provide plant pathology extension program support with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System. His extension responsibilities include the diagnosis, monitoring, and development of disease and nematode control strategies for carinata, peanut, cotton, cereal, grain, and forage crops, as well as amenity turf and ornamentals. Research responsibilities on corn, cotton, grain sorghum, and peanut, along with cereal, bioenergy feedstock (sweet sorghum and brassica oilseed carinata), and forage crops, include the assessment of cropping and management practices, variety selection, and pesticide inputs on the control of diseases and nematode pests and on lint yield and quality components.
