Jacquelin Smith Cooley
Jacquelin Smith Cooley was a botanist and pathologist with an expertise in the study of fungi, lichen, and spermatophytes.
Cooley received an A.B. from Randolph–Macon College and M.S. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Cooley was awarded a Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis.
Cooley was a long-time member of the Botanical Society. Cooley was once a pathologist in the Bureau of Plant Industry with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C., and worked there for 37 years, later retiring in 1951.
Research and publications
- 1922 Botanical Specimen
- 1924 Botanical Specimen
- A Study of the Physiological Relations of Sclerotinia cinerea
- Control of Botrytis rot of pears with chemically treated wrappers
- Diseases of apples in storage
- Foliage diseases of the apple: Report on spraying experiments in 1910 and 1911
- Preventing black rot losses in sweet potatoes