DUNIWAY, John M.

Professor Emeritus
Office Phone: 530-752-0324
FAX: 530-752-5674
E-Mail: jmduniway@ucdavis.edu

Biography

B.A. Carleton College 1964 Biology
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 1969 Plant Pathology

Area of Specialization

Alternatives to methyl bromide fumigation of soil; epidemiology of soilborne plant diseases; water relations of plant pathogenic fungi, diseased plants, and mycorrhizae.

Research

Current research areas include the epidemiology and ecology of soilborne plant pathogens, with an emphasis on Verticillium wilt of strawberry and Phytophthora root rots. In addition, alternatives to methyl bromide fumigation for management of soilborne pathogens of strawberry and microbial mechanisms underlying strawberry growth and yield responses to soil fumigation are under investigation.

Selected Publications:

The effects of moisture and temperature on the survival of Colletotrichum acutatum on strawberry residue is soil. Feil, W. S., Butler, E. E., Duniway, J. M., and Gubler, W. D. 2003. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 25:362-370.

Germination of Sclerotinia minor and S. sclerotiorum sclerotia under various soil moisture and temperature combinations. Hao, J. J., Subbarao, K. V., and Duniway, J. M. 2003. Phytopathology 93:443-450.

Status of chemical alternatives to methyl bromide for pre-plant fumigation of soil. Duniway, J. M. 2002. Phytopathology 92:1337-1343.

The Influence of the Mycorrhiza Glomus etunicatum on Drought Acclimation in Safflower and Wheat. Bryla, D. R., and J. M. Duniway. 1998. Physiologia Plantarum 104:87-96.

Water Uptake by Safflower and Wheat Roots infected with Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi. Bryla, D. R., and J. M. Duniway. 1997. New Phytologist 136:591-601.