Laureate

R. James Cook

Born 1937 · United States · Male

Awards

  1. 2011

    Wolf Prize — Agriculture

    Biology

    for seminal discoveries in plant pathology and soil microbiology that impact crop productivity and disease management. Through an understanding of the factors that impact the ecology of pathogenic and non-pathogenic microbes. Prof. Cook's work has improved disease control in wheat and barley and altered paradigms of plant disease control in other crops.