Pacific Southwest Research Station

Education

B.A., English Literature, San Fransisco State University
M.A., Humanities, San Fransisco State University
M.S., Plant Pathology, University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D., Plant Pathology, University of California, Berkeley

Research Interests/Duties

Research goal is to describe and characterize - using molecular genetic and traditional mycological and plant research approaches - the roles and associations of fungal pathogens within forested ecosystems. Areas of research include the evolution, systematics, ecology, and biogeography of the pine stem rust fungi (Cronartium and Peridermium spp.); host disease resistance in white pine blister rust, pinyon blister rust, and western gall rust; and pitch canker disease of Monterey pine. Ultimate research aim is to provide forest biologists with results that integrate the interactions of genes, organisms, and environments within these pathosystems, and thus contribute knowledge essential to long-term forest productivity and ecosystem sustainability.

Selected Publications

• Maloney, P. E., Vogler, D. R., Eckert, A. J., Jensen, C. E., and Neale, D. B. 2011. Population biology of sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana Dougl.) with reference to historical disturbances in the Lake Tahoe Basin: Implications for restoration. Forest Ecology and Management 262 [5]:770-779.
• Geils, B. W., and Vogler, D. R. 2011. A natural history of Cronartium ribicola. Pages 210-217 in Keane, R. E., Tomback, D. F., Murray, M. P., and Smith, C. M., editors, Proceedings of The Future of High-Elevation Five-Needle White Pines in Western North America conference, Missoula, Montana, published by USDA, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO, Station Publication no. RMRS-P-63.
• Ramsfield, T. D., and Vogler, D. R. 2010. A DNA-based method for detection of Peridermium harknessii, the causal agent of western gall rust. Australasian Plant Pathology 39 [3]:247-253.
• Vogler, D. R., and Delfino Mix, A. 2010. Resistance: What is it? Pages 24-30 in Cleary, M. R., editor, Proceedings of the 3rd Western White Pine Management Conference, Vernon, B.C., published by the B.C. Ministry of Forests and Range, Kamloops, B. C..
• Vogler, D. R., and Charlet, D. A. 2004. First report of the white pine blister rust fungus (Cronartium ribicola) infecting whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) and Ribes spp. in the Jarbidge Mountains of northeastern Nevada. Plant Diseases 88 [7]:772.
• Vogler, D. R., Gordon, T. R., and Aegerter, B. J. 2004. First report of the pitch canker fungus (Fusarium circinatum) in the Sierra Nevada of California. Plant Disease 88 [7]:772.
• Vogler, D. R. 2008. The pine-oak rusts: How forest tree species connect. International Oak Journal 19: 67-76.
• Smith, J. P., Hoffman, J. T., Sullivan, K. F., Van Arsdel, E. P., and Vogler, D. R. 2000. First report of white pine blister rust in Nevada. Plant Disease 84 :594-594.
• Vogler, D. R. 2000. Coevolution of Cronartium with its host. Hort Technology 10 [3]:518-518.
• Vogler, D. R. and Bruns, T. D. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships among the pine stem rust fungi (Cronartium and Peridermium spp.). Mycologia 90 [2]:244-257.