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WILLIAM A. MEYER
Education:
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1968 – B.S., Horticulture-Turf, University of Illinois
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1969 – M.S., Plant Pathology, University of Illinois
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1971 – Graduate Study in Central India, JNAU Agricultural University, Jabalpur, India
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1972 – Ph.D., Plant Pathology, University of Illinois
Positions Held:
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1996-present – Professor, Plant Science, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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1996-present – Associate Director, Center for Turfgrass Science, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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1996-present – Director, Hort Farm I and II, Adelphia Research Farm
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1972-1975 – Research Director, Warrens Turf Nursery, Palos Park, IL
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1975-1996 – Vice-President-Research, Turf-Seed, Inc., Hubbard, OR
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1975-1996 – President-Turfgrass Breeder, Pure Seed Testing, Inc., Hubbard OR
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1983-1996 – Adjunct Member of Graduate Faculty, Dept. of Crop Science, Oregon State University
Awards and Honors:
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2007 –
Distinguished Service Award, Golf Course Superintendents of America
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2002-present – Non-resident Fellow of the Noble
Foundation, Ardmore, OK
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2001 – Honorable Academician of Kyrgyz Agrarian
Academy, Biskek
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1994 – Fred Grau Turfgrass Science Award of Crop
Science Society of America
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1994 – Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy
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1993 – Fellow of the Crop Science Society of America
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1991 – Genetics and Plant Breeding Award for
Industry for Crop Science Society of America
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1967 – Golf Course Superintendents Assn. of America
Scholarship
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1970 and 1971 – Wright Fellowship, University of
Illinois
Organizations:
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Sigma Xi
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Alpha Zeta
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American Society of Agronomy
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Crop Science Society of America (CSSA)
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International Turfgrass Society
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National Council of Commercial Plant Breeders
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American Phytopathological Society
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Grass Breeders Work Planning Conference
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International Association of Plant Breeders for the Protection of Plant Varieties
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New Jersey Turfgrass Association
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Midwest Golf Course Superintendents Association (Honorary)
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Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
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New Jersey Golf Course Superintendents Association (Honorary)
Selected Publications:
Scientific Journals:
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Abraham E.M., B. Huang, W.A. Meyer, and S.A. Bonos. 2003. Physiological indicators for drought resistance in Poa arachnifera x Poa pretension's hybrids. Vortrage Pflanzenzuchtung
59:301-307.
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Bonos, S.A., M.D. Casler and W.A. Meyer. 2003. Inheritance of dollar spot resistance in creeping bentgrass.
Crop Sci. 43:2189-2196.
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Zhenfei. Guo, S. Bonos, W.A. Meyer, P.R. Day and F.C. Belanger. 2003. Transgenic creeping bentgrass with delayed dollar spot symptoms. Molecular Breeding. 11:95-101.
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Watkins, E., and W.A. Meyer. 2003. Morphological characterization of turf-type tall fescues. Hort Science (Accepted Aug. 2003).
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Abraham, E., B. Huang, S. Bonos, and W. Meyer. Evaluation of drought resistance for Texas Bluegrass, Kentucky bluegrass and their hybrids. Crop Sci. (Accepted January 2004).
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Wang, Z., B. Huang, S. Bonos, and W. Meyer. 2004. Abscisic acid as a metabolic indicator of drought stress tolerance for Kentucky bluegrass. HortScience (in press).
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Zhang, G., S. Lu, T.A. Chen, C.R. Funk, and W.A. Meyer. 2003. Transformation of triploid bermudagrass (Cynodondactylon x C. Transvaalensis cv. TifEagle) by means of bolistic bombardment. Plant Cell Rep. 21:860-864.
Abstracts and Proceedings:
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Meyer. W.A., S.A. Bonos, B.B. Clarke, C.R. Funk, R.F. Bara, D.A. Smith, M.M. Mohr, E. Watkins and T. Han. 2003. Breeding progress for resistance to gray leaf spot in perennial ryegrass. p. 19. In Proceedings of the 12th Annual Rutgers Turfgrass Symposium. Jan. 9-10, 2003.
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Murphy, J.A., H. Samaranayake, T.J. Lawson, J. Den Haan, W. Meyer and S. Bonos. 2003. Assessing cool-season turfgrasses for performance under simulated traffic stress. p. 24. In Proceedings of the 12th Annual Rutgers Turfgrass Symposium. Jan. 9-10, 2003.
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Belanger, F.C., S. Bonos and W. Meyer. 2003. A new approach to dollar spot resistance in creeping bentgrass.
p. 27. In Proceedings of the 12th Annual Rutgers Turfgrass
Symposium. Jan. 9-10, 2003.
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Bonos, S.A., K. Hignight, D.Rush and W.A. Meyer. 2003. Breeding for drought avoidance characteristics in tall fescue and perennial ryegrass populations. Proceedings of the 12th Annual Rutgers Turfgrass Symposium. Jan. 9-10, 2003.
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Han, Y., S.A. Bonos, B.B. Clarke and W.A. Meyer. Inoculation techniques for selection of gray leaf spot resistance in perennial ryegrass. TERO 2(9):1-7. 2003.
Book Chapters:
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J.F. White, Jr., W. Meyer, R. Sullivan, M. Moy, G. Balady, and D. Cabral. . Evolution of Epichloë/Neotyphodium endophytes. The Germany Symposium - Neotyphodium/Grass Interaction (ed., V. Paw and P.H. Dapprich, Fachbereich Agrarwitschraft, Soest,
Germany, pgs. 17-30. 2001
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J.F. White , Jr., R. Sullivan, M. Moy, and W. Meyer. Evolution of Epichloë/Neotyphodium endophytes and other clavicipitalean biotrophs. In a book called Symbiosis: Mechanisms and Model Systems, Eds. J. Seckback. Kluwer
Press, The Netherlands, pgs. 411-424. 2002.
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J.F. White, F. Belanger, Betsy Lewis, Melinda Moy, and W. Meyer. . Developmental interactions between clavicipitalean endophytes and epibionts and their host grasses. Plant-fungal Symbiosis. 33:201-213. 2002
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White, J.F. Jr., F. Belanger, R. Sullivan, E. Lewis, M. Moy, W.A. Meyer, and C.W. Bacon. . Developmental interactions between clavicipitaleans and their hosts. In: A. Varma, L. Abbot, D. Werner and R. Hampp (eds.). Plant Surface Microbiology. Springer-Verlag, Germany. 2003
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Meyer, W.A. and Eric Watkins. . Tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea). In a book on Turfgrass Biology, Genetics and Cytotaxonomy, Eds. M. Casler and R. Duncan, Jonh Wiley and Sons, Inc., pgs. 107-127. 2003
Contact:
William
A. Meyer
Professor, Director of Turfgrass Breeding
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Plant Biology & Pathology Department
Foran Hall
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520
732-932-9711 ext. 160 (T)
732-932-3886 (F)
wmeyer@aesop.rutgers.edu
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