Uta McKelvy

Dr. Uta McKelvy is an Extension plant pathologist at Montana State University (MSU) in Bozeman, MT. Uta earned her Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from MSU in 2020, where she worked on dynamics of the wheat streak mosaic disease complex in the agricultural landscape. In her role as Extension specialist, Uta works as plant disease diagnostician in the Schutter Diagnostic Lab. Her outreach efforts focus on diseases of field crops such as small grains and pulses, fungicide use and fungicide resistance prevention, as well as integrated disease and pest management strategies. Her current research focuses on developing prediction tools for foliar diseases of wheat in collaboration with the National Predictive Modeling Tool Initiative.