Barry Pryor

Barry Pryor

Professor, Retired
Research

Dr. Pryor's research interests include biological and cultural control of disease in field, tree, and vegetable crops, phylogenetic analysis and species concepts in fungi, secondary fungal metabolites, and environmental mycology. Additional areas of research focus on biological and genetic aspects of Alternaria in relation to the development of allergenic rhinitis and asthma.

Interests

Dr. Pryor's research interests include biological and cultural control of disease in field, tree, and vegetable crops, phylogenetic analysis and species concepts in fungi, secondary fungal metabolites, and environmental mycology. Additional areas of research focus on biological and genetic aspects of Alternaria in relation to the development of allergenic rhinitis and asthma.

Teaching

PLP 305 Introductory Plant Pathology
PLP 150C Mushrooms, Molds, and Man

Degree(s)

  • B.A., Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz
  • M.S., Integrated Pest Management, University of California, Davis
  • Ph.D., Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis