Bruce A. Jaffee

Professor & Nematologist (Emeritus)

Office: 479B Hutchison Hall
Phone: 530-752-0862
FAX: 530-752-5809
E-Mail: bajaffee@ucdavis.edu

Appointment: 1986
B.S. California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo 1975 Fruit Science
M.S. Cornell University 1978 Plant Pathology
Ph.D. Cornell University 1981 Plant Pathology

Teaches:

Revising Scientific Prose (NEM 150)
Observing and Writing in Biology (SAS 90B)
Soil Ecology (SSC 112)
Also teaches biological control

Research:

Biological control of nematodes


Selected Publications:

Tedford, E. C., B. A. Jaffee, A. E. Muldoon, C. E. Anderson, and B. B. Westerdahl. 1993. Parasitism of Heterodera schachtii and Meloidogyne javanica by Hirsutella rhossiliensis in microplots over two growing seasons. Journal of Nematology 25:427-433.

Jaffee, B. A. 1993. Density-dependent parasitism in biological control of soilborne insects, nematodes, fungi, and bacteria. Biocontrol Science and Technology 3:235-246.

Jaffee, B. A., E. C. Tedford, and A. E. Muldoon. 1993. Tests for density-dependent parasitism of nematodes by trapping and endoparasitic fungi. Biological Control 3:329-336.

Lackey, B. A., B. A. Jaffee, and A. E. Muldoon. 1994. Effect of nematode inoculum on suppression of root-knot and cyst nematodes by the nematophagous fungus Hirsutella rhossiliensis. Phytopathology 84:415-420.

Jaffee, B. A., H. Ferris, J. J. Stapleton, M. V. K. Norton, and A. E. Muldoon. 1994. Parasitism of nematodes by the fungus Hirsutella rhossiliensis as affected by certain organic amendments. Journal of Nematology 26:152-161.

Tedford, E. C., B. A. Jaffee, and A. E. Muldoon. 1994. Variability among isolates of the nematophagous fungus Hirsutella rhossiliensis. Mycological Research 98:1127-1136.

Underwood, T., B. A. Jaffee, P. Verdegaal, M. V. K. Norton, W. K. Asai, A. E. Muldoon, M. V. McKenry, and H. Ferris. 1995. Effect of lime on Criconemella xenoplax and bacterial canker in two California orchards. Journal of Nematology 26:606-611.

Tedford, E. C., B. A. Jaffee, and A. E. Muldoon. 1995. Suppression of the nematode Heterodera schachtii by the fungus Hirsutella rhossiliensis as affected by fungus population density and nematode movement. Phytopathology 85:613-617.

Recent Publications:

2003 Jaffee, B. A. Negative feedback about density-dependent regulation. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 35:195.

2003 Boulton, A. M., B. A. Jaffee, and K. M. Scow. Effects of a common harvester ant (Messor andrei) on richness and abundance of soil biota. Applied Soil Ecology 23:257-265.

2003 Jaffee B. A. Correlations between most probable number and activity of nematode-trapping fungi. Phytopathology 93:1599-1605.

2004 Jaffee, B. A. Wood, nematodes, and the nematode-trapping fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 36:1171-1178.

2004 Jaffee, B. A. Do organic amendments enhance the nematode-trapping fungi Dactylellina haptotyla and Arthrobotrys oligospora? Journal of Nematology 36:267-275.

2005 Jaffee, B. A., and D. R. Strong. Strong bottom-up and weak top-down effects in soil: nematode-parasitized insects and nematode-trapping fungi. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 37:1011-1021.

2006 Farrell, F. C., B. A. Jaffee, D. R. Strong. The nematode-trapping fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora in soil of the Bodega Marine Reserve: distribution and dependence on nematode-parasitized moth larvae.Soil Biology & Biochemistry: in press.

 

 

 

 


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