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DAVIS, R. Michael Professor of Plant Pathology and Cooperative Extension Specialist
Department of Plant Pathology |
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| Degree | Institution | Year | Specialization | |||
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| B.A. | California State University, Long Beach | 1974 | Biology | |||
| Ph.D. | University of California, Riverside | 1979 | Plant Pathology | |||
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| Diseases of vegetable and field crops, mushroom production. | ||||||
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| Research interests include the epidemiology and control of diseases of vegetables and field crops of northern and central California, especially those caused by fungal and bacterial pathogens; interactions between fungal pathogens and mycorrhizal fungi; and cultivation and phylogenetics of mushrooms. | ||||||
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Kim, Y., R. B. Hutmacher, and R. M. Davis. 2005. Characterization of California isolates of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum. Plant Dis. 89: 366-372. Farrar, J. J., Pryor, B. A., and Davis, R. M. 2004. Alternaria diseases of carrot. Plant Dis.88: 776-784. Meng, X. Q., K. C. Umesh, R. M. Davis, and R. L. Gilbertson. 2004. Development of PCR-based assays for detecting Xanthomonas campestris pv. carotae, the carrot bacterial leaf blight pathogen, from different substrates. Plant Dis. 88:1226-1234. Guzman, R. A., R. M. Davis, and J. J. Marois. 2003. Effect of relative humidity and high temperature on spore germination and development of tomato powdery mildew. Crop Protection 22: 1157-1168. Cai, G., L. R. Gale, R. W. Schneider, H. C. Kistler, R. M. Davis, K. S. Elias and E. M. Miyao. 2003. Origin of Race 3 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici at a Single Site in California. Phytopathology 93:1014-1022. Aegerter, B. J., J.J. Nunez, and R. M. Davis. 2003. Environmental Factors Affecting Rose Downy Mildew and Development of a Forecasting Model for a Nursery Production System. Plant Dis. 87:732-738. Guzman, R. A., R. M. Davis, and J. J. Marois. 2003. Effect of relative humidity and high temperature on spore germination and development of tomato powdery mildew. Crop Protection 22: 1157-1168. Meng, X. Q., K. C. Umesh, R. M. Davis, and R. L. Gilbertson. 2004. Development of PCR-based assays for detecting Xanthomonas campestris pv. carotae, the carrot bacterial leaf blight pathogen, from different substrates. Plant Disease 88:1226-1234. Farrar, J. J., B. A. Pryor, R. M. Davis. 2004. Alternaria diseases of carrot. Plant Disease 88: 776-784. Kim, R. B. Hutmacher, and R. M. Davis. 2005. Characterization of California Isolates of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum. Plant Dis. 89:366-372. |
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