David McArthur
Lecturer
Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Applied Biology and Food Nutrition and Health
Vancouver Campus
Fields
Contact Information
Tel: 604-209-5243
http://www.landfood.ubc.ca/person/david-mcarthur/
Alternate Contact
Sachi Wickramasinghe
Media Relations Specialist
Tel: 604-822-4549
Email: sachi.wickramasinghe@ubc.ca
Expertise
Viticulture and wine-making in BC, wines of BC and the world, arbuscular mycorrhizae interactions with plants (potato, strawberry, clover), plant nutrition (especially phosphorus), symbiosis, plant physiology, P-induced resistance to mycorrhizae, advanced microscopy of mycorrhizal-plant interactions, influence of nutrition and plant growth regulators on cranberry and strawberry physiology – flower induction/formation, flower induction and initiation of cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon), efficacy of reduced-risk pesticides for apple, flower-thinning of apple with plant extracts