Doug Jardine received both a BS and MS degree in Horticulture from Michigan State University. He served as a county extension agent in the Michigan Extension Service from 1978-1982. He earned a PhD in Plant Pathology from Michigan State University in 1985 and began his position as Extension Field Crops Pathologist for Kansas State University that same year. He has served as the State Leader for Extension Plant Pathology since 1989 and was also state IPM coordinator for several years. His expertise is in diagnosis and management of diseases of soybean, corn, grain sorghum and sunflowers.
