Robert Kent Webster (born 1938) is an American phytopathologist (plant disease researcher) who specialized in pathogens affecting rice during his career at the University of California, Davis.
For his undergraduate, he attended Ricks College for one year before transferring to Utah State University where he graduated with a bachelor's in plant pathology.
There, he researched the genetics of fungi that affected field crops; he developed a special interest in the pathogens of rice.
[5] He served time as the chair of their Department of Plant Pathology, and was additionally the interim dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
[7] Webster retired from UC Davis in 2006, at which time he became a professor emeritus.