Dr. David M. Weller

Research Plant Pathologist and Research Leader

David.Weller@ars.usda.gov

Education: Michigan State University, East Lansing. PhD in Plant Pathology, 1978. Michigan State University, East Lansing. MS in Plant Pathology, 1975. Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. BA in Botany, 1973.                                        Experience:  1999-present. Research Leader and Supervisory Research Plant Pathologist, USDA-ARS Root Disease and Biological Control Research Unit, Pullman, WA.  2005-present. Director, STEM Outreach Program, “Pumping-Up the Science Pipeline: Grade School to College.” May-November 2003. “Willie Commelin Scholten” Endowed Chair, Utrecht University, Faculty of Biology, Section of Phytopathology, Utrecht, The Netherlands. September-December 2004 & 2005. OECD Research Fellow, Utrecht University, Faculty of Biology, Section of Phytopathology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.  1981-1999. Research Plant Pathologist, USDA-ARS Regional Cereal Disease Research Laboratory, Pullman, WA. May-December 1983. Visiting Scientist, CSIRO-Division of Soils, Adelaide, Australia. 1979-1981. Research Microbiologist, USDA-ARS Regional Cereal Disease Research Laboratory, Pullman, WA. Professional Societies: American Phytopathological Society American Society for Microbiology Research Expertise and Scientific Interests: Soilborne pathogens of wheat and barley Biological control of plant pathogens Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria Rhizosphere microbiology Molecular ecology Disease suppressive soils Current Research: Take-all decline and suppressive soil Ecology of antibiotic-producing Pseudomonas spp. Phenazine-1-carboxylic acid and 2, 4-diacetlyphloroglucinol production in the rhizosphere Wheat rhizosphere microbial community Updated December 2011

Current ARS Cooperative Research