
Dr. James F. White, Jr.
Department of Plant Biology
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
59 Dudley Road, Foran Hall Room 294A
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520
848-932-6286
jwhite@sebs.rutgers.edu
Rutgers Center for Turfgrass Science
American Phytopathological Society (APS)
Northeast Division of American Phytopathological Society (NED-APS)
Biography
James F. White, Jr., is Professor of Plant Pathology. Dr. White obtained the M.S. in Mycology and Plant Pathology from Auburn University, Alabama, and the Ph.D. in Mycology from the University of Texas, Austin in 1987. Dr. White specializes in symbiosis research, particularly endophytic microbes. He is the author of more than 180 articles, and author and editor of reference books on the biology, taxonomy, and phylogeny of fungal endophytes, including Biotechnology of Acremonium Endophytes of Grasses (1994), Microbial Endophytes (2000), The Clavicipitalean Fungi (2004), The Fungal Community: Its Organization and Role in the Ecosystem (2005), and Defensive Mutualism in Microbial Symbiosis (2009). He and students in his lab are exploring diversity of endophytic microbes and the various impacts that they have on host plants.
Title and Address
ProfessorDepartment of Plant Biology
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Primary Focus Area: Plant Protection and Biotic and Abiotic Interactions
Secondary Focus Area: Sustainable Agricultural Systems