Meet the Faculty

J. Allen Wrather

Professor
Division of Plant Sciences

Phone: 573-379-5431
Fax: 573-379-5875
E-mail: WratherJ@missouri.edu
Address: MU-Delta Center

P.O. Box 160
Portageville, MO 63873

Education
B.S., Biology/Chemistry, Central Methodist College
M.S., Plant Pathology, Purdue University
Ph.D., Plant Pathology, University of Missouri

Description
Dr. Wrather's research focuses on integrated disease management in soybean and cotton. His current research interests include tillage, planting date, and cultivar effects on soybean disease incidence and severity; selecting frogeye leaf spot and charcoal rot resistant soybean genotypes; the impact of diseases on soybean supply in the U. S. and top 8 soybean producing countries; and site specific application of agriculture chemicals for management of root-knot nematode in cotton. He is also responsible for extension programs in cotton, rice and grain sorghum disease management.