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Overview

David M. Weller is affiliated with the United States Department of Agriculture in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant concentration on Plant Science. Other areas of interest include Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Ecology.

The scientific work of David M. Weller covers several main topics: Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Effects and Risks of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics.

The scientist has contributed to multiple frequent publication venues, including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Phytopathology, International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, and Plant Disease.

Among the recent papers associated with their research network or collaborators are:

  • Root Exudates Alter the Expression of Diverse Metabolic, Transport, Regulatory, and Stress Response Genes in Rhizosphere Pseudomonas, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Rhizosphere plant-microbe interactions under water stress, 2021, Advances in Applied Microbiology
  • Glutamic acid reshapes the plant microbiota to protect plants against pathogens, 2021, Microbiome
  • Global landscape of phenazine biosynthesis and biodegradation reveals species-specific colonization patterns in agricultural soils and crop microbiomes, 2020, eLife
  • Consumer behavior and exposure to parabens, bisphenols, triclosan, dichlorophenols, and benzophenone-3: Results from a crowdsourced biomonitoring study, 2020, International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with David M. Weller include Linda S. Thomashow, Olga V. Mavrodi, Dmitri V. Mavrodi, Timothy C. Paulitz, and Mingming Yang.

Best Publications

  • Induced systemic resistance by beneficial microbes

    Corné M J Pieterse;Christos Zamioudis;Roeland L. Berendsen;David M. Weller

  • Biological control of soilborne plant pathogens in the rhizosphere with bacteria

    David M. Weller

  • Microbial populations responsible for specific soil suppressiveness to plant pathogens.

    David M. Weller;Jos M. Raaijmakers;Brian B. McSpadden Gardener;Linda S. Thomashow

  • Role of a phenazine antibiotic from Pseudomonas fluorescens in biological control of Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici.

    L S Thomashow;D M Weller

  • Pseudomonas biocontrol agents of soilborne pathogens: looking back over 30 years.

    David M. Weller

  • Frequency of Antibiotic-Producing Pseudomonas spp. in Natural Environments.

    Jos M. Raaijmakers;David M. Weller;Linda S. Thomashow

  • Comparative Genomics of Plant-Associated Pseudomonas spp.: Insights into Diversity and Inheritance of Traits Involved in Multitrophic Interactions

    Joyce E Loper;Joyce E Loper;Karl A Hassan;Dmitri V. Mavrodi;Edward W. Davis Ii

  • Production of the antibiotic phenazine-1-carboxylic acid by fluorescent Pseudomonas species in the rhizosphere of wheat.

    Linda S. Thomashow;David M. Weller;Robert F. Bonsall;Leland S. Pierson

  • Natural plant protection by 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol-producing Pseudomonas spp. in take-all decline soils

    Jos M. Raaijmakers;David M. Weller

  • Disease Suppressive Soils: New Insights from the Soil Microbiome.

    Daniel Schlatter;Linda Kinkel;Linda Thomashow;David Weller

  • Molecular mechanisms of defense by rhizobacteria against root disease.

    R. J. Cook;L. S. Thomashow;D. M. Weller;D. Fujimoto

  • Contribution of phenazine antibiotic biosynthesis to the ecological competence of fluorescent pseudomonads in soil habitats.

    M Mazzola;R J Cook;L S Thomashow;D M Weller

  • Microbial and biochemical basis of a Fusarium wilt-suppressive soil

    Jae Yul Cha;Sangjo Han;Hee Jeon Hong;Hyunji Cho

  • Use of mixtures of fluorescent pseudomonads to suppress take-all and improve the growth of wheat.

    E A Pierson;D M Weller

  • Current Concepts in the Use of Introduced Bacteria for Biological Disease Control: Mechanisms and Antifungal Metabolites

    Linda S. Thomashow;David M. Weller

  • CONSERVATION OF THE 2,4- DIACETYLPHLOROGLUCINOL BIOSYNTHESIS LOCUS AMONG FLUORESCENT PSEUDOMONAS STRAINS FROM DIVERSE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS

    C Keel;D M Weller;A Natsch;G Défago

  • Role of 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol-producing fluorescent Pseudomonas spp. in the defense of plant roots.

    D. M. Weller;B. B. Landa;O. V. Mavrodi;K. L. Schroeder

  • Exploiting genotypic diversity of 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol-producing Pseudomonas spp.: characterization of superior root-colonizing P. fluorescens strain Q8r1-96.

    Jos M. Raaijmakers;David M. Weller

  • Combination of Trichoderma koningii with fluorescent pseudomonads for control of talk-all on wheat.

    B.K. Duffy;A. Simon;D.M. Weller

  • Effect of population density of Pseudomonas fluorescens on production of 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol in the rhizosphere of wheat

    Jos M. Raaijmakers;Robert F. Bonsall;David M. Weller

Frequent Co-Authors

Linda S. Thomashow
Linda S. Thomashow Washington State University
Jos M. Raaijmakers
Jos M. Raaijmakers Leiden University
Timothy C. Paulitz
Timothy C. Paulitz United States Department of Agriculture
Blanca B. Landa
Blanca B. Landa Spanish National Research Council
Trent R. Northen
Trent R. Northen Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Brion Duffy
Brion Duffy Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Peter A. H. M. Bakker
Peter A. H. M. Bakker Utrecht University
Jan Fang Cheng
Jan Fang Cheng Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Rolf Daniel
Rolf Daniel University of Göttingen
Jeffery L. Dangl
Jeffery L. Dangl University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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