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David Rizzo

Department Chair Professor

University of California, Davis

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College of Agricultural and Environmental Science

Plant Pathology

David Rizzo is currently serving as a College Of Agricultural And Environmental Science Department Chair Professor at University of California, Davis.

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University of California, Davis

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ecology environmental science forest ecology plant science botany forestry epidemiology sudden oak death genetics forest ecosystems fire ecology microbial ecology climate change plant ecology phytophthora ramorum plant pathology phycology forest biology human impacts on the environment vegetation science wildfires plant disease conservation biology forest pathology forest research disease ecology avian biology invasion biology plant biology fungal biology arid environments biological invasions plant physiology applied ecology restoration ecology terrestrial ecology forest health wildlife fungal ecology landscape ecology forest restoration tree diseases ecosystem interactions wildlife ecology plant health disparate impact agronomy horticulture research spatial ecology arboriculture applied plant ecology california forests phytophthora nemorosa fungal diversity agricultural sciences soil ecology plant taxonomy vegetation history forest productivity sierra nevada yosemite valley root disease big sur region ecological issues phytogeography pathogen transmission phytochemistry forest conservation forest disease generalist pathogen invasive forest pathogen phenotypic diversification old-growth mixed-conifer forest armillaria ostoyae ectomycorrhiza formation canopy gaps fungal diseases fungus systematics (systems theory) ima fungus forest mycobiome mycelial interaction fungal systematics

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Phytophthora Species and Their Associations With Chaparral and Oak Woodland Vegetation in Southern California. Journal of Fungi (2025)

Sebastian N. FajardoTyler B. BourretSusan J. FrankelDavid M. Rizzo

fungal ecologyfungal biologyoak woodland vegetationfungusenvironmental sciencesouthern californiaforest ecologyecologyphytophthora species

A Global Assessment of the State of Plant Health. Plant Disease (2023)

Ivette AcuñaJorge Andrade-PiedraDidier AndrivonJosep ArmengolA. Elizabeth ArnoldJacques AvelinoRanajit BandyopadhyayWubetu Bihon LegesseClive H. BockFederica BoveTania Brenes-ArguedasAgnès CalonnecMarcelo CarmonaAngus J. CarnegieNancy P. CastillaXianming ChenHelvecio Della Coletta-FilhoPhyllis D. ColeyKerik D. CoxTriona DaveyEmerson Del PonteSandra DenmanMarie-Laure Desprez-LoustauMegan M. DewdneyAnnika DjurleAndré DrenthAlexis DucoussoPaul EskerKomi M. FiaboePaul Hendrik FourieSusan J. FrankelPascal FreySara Garcia-FigueraKaren A. GarrettMaxime GuérinGiles E. St. J. HardyHans HausladenXiaoping HuDaniel HüberliJennifer JuzwikZhensheng KangLawrence KenyonJan KreuzePeter KromannJerome KubiribaPaulo KuhnemJ. KumarP. Lava KumarMarc-Henri LebrunJames P. LeggAnna LeonZhanhong MaGeorge MahukuRobert O. MakinsonCristina MarzachiBruce A. McDonaldNeil McRobertsAbebe MenkirAlexey MikaberidzeIsabel A. MunckAndrew NelsonNga Thi Thu NguyenEmer O’GaraPeter OjiamboAlejandro Ortega-BeltranPierce PaulSarah PethybridgeJean PinonTod RamsfieldDavid M. RizzoVittorio RossiIrda SafniSonam SahAlberto SantiniFrancisco SautuaSerge SavaryPepijn SchreinemachersManjari SinghErin R. SpearRamasamy SrinivasanLeena TripathiAntonio VicentAltus ViljoenLaetitia WillocquetAlex John WoodsBoming WuXianchun XiaXiangming XuJonathan YuenPaul-Camilo ZalameaChangyong Zhou

sustainable agricultureplant pathogensecological indicatorecosystem healthsouth asiaecological risk assessmentenvironmental healthecosystem serviceshuman impacts on the environmentglobal healthapplied ecologyplant healthagricultural economics

An Experimental Comparison of Stand Management Approaches to Sudden Oak Death: Prevention vs. Restoration. Canadian Journal of Forest Research (2023)

Gissella B. QuirogaAllison B. Simler-WilliamsonKerri M. FrangiosoSusan J. FrankelDavid M. RizzoRichard C. Cobb

forest restorationexperimental analysisforestrywood scienceexperimental comparisonbenchmark studiesenvironmental sciencesudden oak deathforest ecologyrestoration ecologyforest researchecology

Rhododendron Leaf Baiting of Coastal California Watersheds for Phytophthora and Nothophytophthora. Mycological Progress (2023)

Tyler B. BourretHeather K. MehlKamyar AramDavid M. Rizzo

coastal california watershedsvegetation sciencerhododendron leaf baitingphycologyecologyplant scienceplant ecologybotany

A Barcode-Based Phylogenetic Characterization of Phytophthora Cactorum Identifies Two Cosmopolitan Lineages With Distinct Host Affinities and the First Report of Phytophthora Pseudotsugae in California. Journal of Fungi (2022)

Tyler B. BourretSebastian N. FajardoCole P. EngertDavid M. Rizzo

phylogeneticsgenomicscosmopolitan lineagesfungal biologygeneticssystematicsbarcode-based phylogenetic characterizationmolecular biologyevolutionary biology

Cataloging Phytophthora Species of Agriculture, Forests, Horticulture, and Restoration Outplantings in California, U.S.a.: A Sequence-Based Meta-Analysis. Plant Disease (2022)

Tyler B. BourretSebastian N. FajardoSusan J. FrankelDavid M. Rizzo

horticultural sciencesequence-based meta-analysisforestrygeneticsagronomyrestoration outplantingsplant taxonomyplant diseaseforest ecologyhorticulture researchphycologyphytochemistryecologyplant scienceplant ecologybotanyagricultural economics

Mega‐Fire in Redwood Tanoak Forest Reduces Bacterial and Fungal Richness and Selects for Pyrophilous Taxa That Are Phylogenetically Conserved. Molecular Ecology (2022)

Dylan J. EnrightKerri M. FrangiosoKazuo IsobeDavid M. RizzoSydney I. Glassman

pyrophilous taxafungal richnessclimate changemicrobial ecologymolecular ecologyconservation biologyecologymicrobiologyevolutionary biology

Rna Viral Communities Are Structured by Host Plant Phylogeny in Oak and Conifer Leaves. Phytobiomes Journal (2022)

Anneliek M. ter HorstJane D. FudymaAurélie BakMin Sook HwangChristian Santos-MedellínKristian A. StevensDavid M. RizzoMaher Al RwahnihJoanne B. Emerson

rna viral communitiesavian biologyphenomicshost plant phylogenyconifer leavesvirologyplant scienceecologyevolutionary biology

Community‐Level Prevalence of a Forest Pathogen, Not Individual‐Level Disease Risk, Declines With Tree Diversity. Ecology Letters (2021)

Lisa M. RosenthalAllison B. Simler‐WilliamsonDavid M. Rizzo

forestrytree diversityforest pathogencommunity-level prevalenceindividual-level disease riskecology

Plant Health and Its Effects on Food Safety and Security in a One Health Framework: Four Case Studies. One Health Outlook (2021)

David M. RizzoMaureen LichtveldJonna A. K. MazetEri TogamiSally A. Miller

public healthfood safetyfood securityplant healthhealth scienceshealth policy

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David Rizzo

Department Chair Professor

University of California, Davis

Affiliations

College of Agricultural and Environmental Science

Plant Pathology

David Rizzo is currently serving as a College Of Agricultural And Environmental Science Department Chair Professor at University of California, Davis.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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David Rizzo

University of California, Davis

Department Chair Professor

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Video Presentations

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Phytophthora Species and Their Associations With Chaparral and Oak Woodland Vegetation in Southern California. Journal of Fungi (2025)

Sebastian N. FajardoTyler B. BourretSusan J. FrankelDavid M. Rizzo

fungal ecologyfungal biologyoak woodland vegetationfungusenvironmental sciencesouthern californiaforest ecologyecologyphytophthora species

A Global Assessment of the State of Plant Health. Plant Disease (2023)

An Experimental Comparison of Stand Management Approaches to Sudden Oak Death: Prevention vs. Restoration. Canadian Journal of Forest Research (2023)

Gissella B. QuirogaAllison B. Simler-WilliamsonKerri M. FrangiosoSusan J. FrankelDavid M. RizzoRichard C. Cobb

forest restorationexperimental analysisforestrywood scienceexperimental comparisonbenchmark studiesenvironmental sciencesudden oak deathforest ecologyrestoration ecologyforest researchecology

Rhododendron Leaf Baiting of Coastal California Watersheds for Phytophthora and Nothophytophthora. Mycological Progress (2023)

Tyler B. BourretHeather K. MehlKamyar AramDavid M. Rizzo

coastal california watershedsvegetation sciencerhododendron leaf baitingphycologyecologyplant scienceplant ecologybotany

Tyler B. BourretSebastian N. FajardoCole P. EngertDavid M. Rizzo

phylogeneticsgenomicscosmopolitan lineagesfungal biologygeneticssystematicsbarcode-based phylogenetic characterizationmolecular biologyevolutionary biology

Cataloging Phytophthora Species of Agriculture, Forests, Horticulture, and Restoration Outplantings in California, U.S.a.: A Sequence-Based Meta-Analysis. Plant Disease (2022)

Tyler B. BourretSebastian N. FajardoSusan J. FrankelDavid M. Rizzo

Mega‐Fire in Redwood Tanoak Forest Reduces Bacterial and Fungal Richness and Selects for Pyrophilous Taxa That Are Phylogenetically Conserved. Molecular Ecology (2022)

Dylan J. EnrightKerri M. FrangiosoKazuo IsobeDavid M. RizzoSydney I. Glassman

pyrophilous taxafungal richnessclimate changemicrobial ecologymolecular ecologyconservation biologyecologymicrobiologyevolutionary biology

Rna Viral Communities Are Structured by Host Plant Phylogeny in Oak and Conifer Leaves. Phytobiomes Journal (2022)

Anneliek M. ter HorstJane D. FudymaAurélie BakMin Sook HwangChristian Santos-MedellínKristian A. StevensDavid M. RizzoMaher Al RwahnihJoanne B. Emerson

rna viral communitiesavian biologyphenomicshost plant phylogenyconifer leavesvirologyplant scienceecologyevolutionary biology

Community‐Level Prevalence of a Forest Pathogen, Not Individual‐Level Disease Risk, Declines With Tree Diversity. Ecology Letters (2021)

Lisa M. RosenthalAllison B. Simler‐WilliamsonDavid M. Rizzo

forestrytree diversityforest pathogencommunity-level prevalenceindividual-level disease riskecology

Plant Health and Its Effects on Food Safety and Security in a One Health Framework: Four Case Studies. One Health Outlook (2021)

David M. RizzoMaureen LichtveldJonna A. K. MazetEri TogamiSally A. Miller

public healthfood safetyfood securityplant healthhealth scienceshealth policy

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