J. Bryan Webber, MS

Research Consultant

303Q ABNR Bldg
jbwebber@missouri.edu

J. Bryan Webber completed his master of science in horticulture from Oregon State University working with disease in hazelnuts in the Oregon hazelnut industry. He has worked with a wide range of horticultural crops including apples, cherries, table grapes, hazelnuts, black walnut, and chestnuts in a wide range of research including applied horticulture, plant propagation, plant breeding, plant pathology, and extension. He currently works in the Revord Nut Breeding Lab managing and coordinating projects for the Chestnut Improvement Network and the Black Walnut Improvement Program.

Chestnut Improvement Network

Research Foci

  • Tree Crop Breeding
  • Chestnut
  • Black walnut
  • Hazelnut
  • Applied horticulture
  • Plant propagation

Selected Publications

  • Webber, J.B., M.V. Coggeshall, R. Revord, N. Meier, W. Reid. Growing Black Walnut for Nut Production: Bearing Years Management. University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry. Agroforestry in Action.
  • Webber, J.B., M.V. Coggeshall, R. Revord, N. Meier, W. Reid. Growing Black Walnut for Nut Production: Orchard Establishment and Early Management. University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry. Agroforestry in Action.
  • Revord, R. S., M. A. Gold, N. Meier, J.B. Webber, K. Hunt, M. Warmund. (2022) Growing and Marketing Chinese Chestnuts. University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry. Agroforestry in Action. AF1007-22.
  • Meier, N.A., M.V. Coggeshall, J.B. Webber, E. Bunting, R.S. Revord. (in review) Analysis of Genetic Variation among 54 Eastern Black Walnut (Juglans nigra L.) Cultivars for Phenological and Morphological Traits. J. ASHS.
  • Webber, J.B., D. Gordon, A. Rosati, N. Meier, M. Gold, R. Revord. (2022) Postharvest Spoilage Incidence and Pre-storage Treatment in Chinese Chestnut and Complex Hybrid Cultivars. HortTechnology. 32(2), 164-171. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTTECH04981-21
  • Revord, R.S., G. Miller, N.A., Meier, J.B. Webber, J. Romero-Severson, M.A., Gold, S.T., Lovell. (2022) A Roadmap for Participatory Chestnut Breeding in the Eastern US. Frontiers in Plant Science. doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.735597
  • Webber, J.B., S. Wada, V.O., Stockwell, N. Wiman. (2021) Susceptibility of some Corylus avellana L. cultivars to Xanthomonas arboricola pv. corylina. Frontiers in Plant Science. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.800339
  • Revord, R.S., J.M. Nave, G. Miller, N. Meier, J.B. Webber, M.A. Gold, T. Wahl. (2021) Descriptions of chestnut cultivars for nut production in the eastern and midwestern U.S. HortScience. 56 (11): 1315-1324 https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI16090-21
  • Webber, J.B.; Putnam, M.; Serdani, M.; Pscheidt, J.; Wiman, N.; Stockwell, V. (2020). Characterization of isolates of Xanthomonas arboricola pv. corylina, the causal agent of bacterial blight, from Oregon hazelnut orchards. Journal of Plant Pathology. 102, 799– 812. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-020-00505-6
  • Wiman, N.; Webber, J.B.; Wiseman, M.; Merlot, L. (2019). Identity and pathogenicity of some fungi associated with hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) trunk cankers in Oregon. PLoS ONE 14(10): e0223500. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223500
  • Gibson, S.; Ramos, K.; Dahl, T.; Webber, J.B.; Vuyovich, C. (2019). Comparing Ice Jam Hindcasting Models with Tree Scar Data. Journal of Cold Regions Engineering. 33 (3): 04019006

Explore more resources from Bryan and the Center for Agroforestry team.

READ

Download the Center for Agroforestry’s free technical guide on black walnut orchard establishment and early management for nut production.

Download

WATCH

Bryan provides demonstrations of side grafting and whip and tongue grafting in this video playlist on the Mizzou Agroforestry YouTube channel.

Watch on YouTube

LISTEN

Learn more about the Center for Agroforestry’s participatory chestnut breeding program in this episode of The Agroforestry Podcast.

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