The Seed Biotechnology Center at the University of California Davis
recognizes University Research Partner
Dr. Walter Douglas Gubler

Dr. Gubler is a Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology and a Cooperative Extension Specialist at UC Davis.

Dr. Gubler’s research interests include biology, epidemiology and control of foliar pathogens of fruit crops with an emphasis on grapevine and strawberry diseases. He has been involved in many collaborative projects, which recently have included:

• Black foot disease of grapevines with the support of the California Grape Rootstock Improvement Commission and ANR

• Detection of resistance in population of pear scab and fireblight with the Pear Pest Management Research Fund

• Control of black measles (esca) with the support of the California Table Grape Commission

Other ongoing work in the Gubler lab involves canker diseases of grapevine, eutypa dieback in grapevine and fruit crops, and the biology and epidemiology of grapevine powdery mildew.

For further discussions with Dr. Gubler, please contact him directly at wdgubler@ucdavis.edu