BioFarming Community

James F. White, Jr., is Professor of Plant Pathology. Dr. White obtained the M.S. in Mycology and Plant Pathology from Auburn University, Alabama, and the Ph.D. in Mycology from the University of Texas, Austin in 1987. Dr. White specializes in symbiosis research, particularly endophytic microbes. He is the author of more than 180 articles, and author and editor of reference books on the biology, taxonomy, and phylogeny of fungal endophytes, including Biotechnology of Acremonium Endophytes of Grasses (1994), Microbial Endophytes (2000), The Clavicipitalean Fungi (2004), The Fungal Community: Its Organization and Role in the Ecosystem (2005), and Defensive Mutualism in Microbial Symbiosis (2009). He and students in his lab are exploring diversity of endophytic microbes and the various impacts that they have on host plants.

Dennis Warnecke is director of sales and technical support at Tainio Biologicals, Inc. With more than 25 years of experience in biological agriculture and turf management, he is highly respected for his expertise in biologicals for both organic and conventional agriculture including apples and other tree fruits, melons, hops, wheat, corn, alfalfa, grass hay, and most other row crops. A native of Washington State, Dennis received his higher education at Eastern Washington University, and later went on to become a Certified Crop Advisor. Dennis is an avid outdoorsman and truly enjoys sharing this passion with his wife and two children.

As Chief Science Officer at Tainio Biologicals, Steve Becker is afforded an up close and personal view into the world of soil biology; valuable information that he uses in the development and refinement of Tainio products. After earning a degree in biology from Eastern Washington University, Steve began working with Bruce Tainio at Tainio Biologicals.