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James F White
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James Francis White is a Professor in the Department of Plant Biology at Rutgers University where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the biology of fungi. Dr. White’s research interests include paleomycology and the evolutionary development of microbial plant symbioses—including the study of both fossil and extant systems. In particular, recently Dr. White and collaborators have been examining the roles of intracellular bacteria in modulation of development and nutrient acquisition in plants.
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Professor
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
June 1995
Plant Biology
In my lab we are studying plant microbiomes and how plants use microbiomes as sources of nutrients and defense. Our ultimate goal is to develop new and effective ways to protect plants from biotic and abiotic stresses and enhance the nutritional status of crop plants through construction of functional plant microbiomes with defensive and nutritional properties. It is our belief that plant microbiome technologies may one day reduce or replace chemical inputs currently used to grow crops.
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