Dr. Jerald E. Wheeler

The notes of this meeting are available in PDF format and PowerPoint format!

Dr. Wheeler's program will cover these four important informational topics that focus on the essentials needed for insuring a beautiful and healthy plant collection.

• Essential Nutrients & Beneficial Nutrients
• Fertilizer analysis-an explanation of the numbers on a bag of Fertilizer.
• Fertilizer rates
• Principle nutrients needed to increase plant resistant to disease.

Jerald E. Wheeler, Ph.D. is a Plant Pathologist. For those who need a better explanation of what a plant pathologist does, here is a short definition. A plant pathologist is one who studies, interprets, and diagnoses diseases and abnormalities of plants. Plant Pathology is defined as the study of the organisms and environmental conditions that cause disease in plants, the mechanisms by which this occurs, the interactions between these causal agents and the plant (effects on plant growth, yield and quality), and the methods of managing or controlling plant disease. It also interfaces knowledge from other scientific fields such as mycology, microbiology, virology, biochemistry, bio-informatics, etc.

Educational background

BS. Purdue University, 1966, Agriculture and Plant Sciences
MS. U. of Arizona, 1969, Plant Pathology/Botany
Ph.D. U. of Arizona, 1970, Plant Pathology/Agricultural Biochemistry
1968-1970 U. of Arizona, In charge of plant disease clinic under Dr. Hine

Professional History

1970-1971 Assistant Professor of Plant Physiology, Univ. of Freiburg, Germany
1971-1973 Assistant Professor of Agronomy and Plant Genetics at the University of Arizona
1973-1975 Development Plant Pathologist, University of Wisconsin, Brazil
1975-1988 Owned and/or Managed Acre, Inc.
1988-2002 Product Development Manager, United Agri Products
2002-2004 Product Development Manager, Western Farm Service
2003-present Product Development Manager, Agriliance/Winfield Solutions

Dr. Wheeler has also been published with his writings in 17 Scientific Publications in refereed journals.

This will be a special program that everyone should attend and enjoy. Dr. Wheeler is presenting our first program on Plant Pathology and this will be a very important area to be presented. You may learn a lot more about your plants and their particular needs so please join us in welcoming Dr. Wheeler and be sure to also bring your questions.