Thomas Isakeit

Areas of Expertise

• Management of plant diseases

Diseases of field crops and vegetables

Professional Summary

Thomas Isakeit, Ph.D., is a professor and extension specialist in the Texas A&M University Department of Plant Pathology. He responds to the needs of
Texas growers with research and educational efforts aimed at solving their plant disease problems. He works on diseases of field crops, with emphasis
on major diseases of cotton, corn, and sorghum. He also works on diseases of some vegetables, with emphasis on watermelons. While it is essential to
respond to disease problems as they arise, he strives to anticipate how changes in agriculture in the future will affect plant diseases and approaches for
their control. Information resulting from all these efforts is useless unless it is communicated to the clientele that need it – primarily farmers, which is the
key component of his job. The ultimate purpose of his activities is to help maintain the viability of agriculture in Texas. He is not taking any graduate
students, post-docs, research associates, or is looking for employees.