Christina H. Hagerty, Ph.D.
Pendleton Cereal Pathology
Oregon State University
[email protected]
Cell: 541‐990‐9673
Located at the Pendleton Station
Christina is a 5th generation Oregonian and grew up on grass seed farm in the Willamette Valley. Her family’s covered wagon from the Oregon trail is located in the Brownsville Museum. Christina earned her BS in Environmental Science at Santa Clara University, her MS in Plant Breeding at Oregon State University, and her PhD in Plant Pathology at Oregon State University. Christina is an Associate professor of plant pathology at Oregon State University’s Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center and the Oregon Wheat Faculty Scholar. She is the first female chair of the National Wheat Improvement Committee.

Christina’s team:

Grayson Namdar
Faculty Research Assistant

Dr. Gena Mahato
Postdoctoral Scholar

Rachael Plunkett
PhD Student
Christina’s Research:
Lab Focus: Grower driven research
Goal: Help solve pathogen related profitability issues on the family farm
All projects fall into 5 theme areas:
- Resilient Dryland Farming Alliance
- Fungicide efficacy and resistance
- Disease identification
- Soilborne disease
- Climate variability
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