Research Summary
Health of hardwood forests, hardwood tree fungal pathogens and etiology of hardwood tree diseases, susceptibility of forest plants to ozone, temporal and spatial trends of mercury accumulation in the forest, biocontrol of artillery fungi (Sphaerobolusspp.) using spent mushroom compost, and biocontrol of tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus altissima) using Verticillium.
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Recent Publications
Response of sensitive and resistant snap bean genotypes to nighttime ozone concentration
Lloyd, K. L., Davis, D. D., Marini, R. P. & Decoteau, D. R., 2020, In: Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 145, 6, p. 331-339 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ozone-Sensitivity of Ten Milkweed Species (Asclepias spp.)
Mercado, M., Decoteau, D. R., Marini, R. & Davis, D. D., Nov 4 2020, In: Northeastern Naturalist. 27, 4, p. 656-668 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Impact of Ammonia During Composting on Calonectria pseudonaviculata and C. henricotiae, Causal Agents of Boxwood Blight
Harvey, R. J., Shishkoff, N., Pecchia, J. A. & Davis, D. D., Apr 3 2019, In: Compost Science and Utilization. 27, 2, p. 116-123 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Survival of Lab Grown Calonectria pseudonaviculata Microsclerotia During Small-Scale Composting
Harvey, R. J., Davis, D. D., Shishkoff, N. & Pecchia, J., Jan 2 2019, In: Compost Science and Utilization. 27, 1, p. 24-34 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Genome sequence of a lethal vascular wilt fungus, verticillium nonalfalfae, a biological control used against the invasive ailanthus altissima
Kasson, M. T., Kasson, L. R., Wickert, K. L., Davis, D. D. & Stajich, J. E., Jan 24 2019, In: Microbiology Resource Announcements. 8, 4, e01619-18.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina): A New Bioindicator to Detect Phytotoxic Levels of Ambient Ozone in the Eastern United States
Seiler, L. K., Decoteau, D. R., Marini, R. P. & Davis, D. D., Dec 1 2019, In: Northeastern Naturalist. 26, 4, p. 807-816 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
First report of Uromyces halstedii rust on native painted trillium in Pennsylvania
Davis, D. D. & Harvey, R. J., Feb 2018, In: Plant disease. 102, 2, p. 447 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
New records of rust disease caused by Uromyces halstedii in North America
Davis, D. D., Harvey, R. J. & Aime, M. C., 2018, In: Plant disease. 102, 11, p. 2382 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Effects of nighttime ozone treatment at ambient concentrations on sensitive and resistant snap bean genotypes
Lloyd, K. L., Davis, D. D., Marini, R. P. & Decoteau, D. R., Jan 2018, In: Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 143, 1, p. 23-33 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Sensitivity of Eleven Milkweed (Asclepias) Species to Ozone
Myers, A. C., Decoteau, D. R., Marini, R. & Davis, D. D., May 2018, In: Northeastern Naturalist. 25, 2, p. 265-276 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
First report of fusarium stem canker on pyrularia pubera, a rare native parasitic shrub in forests of southwestern Pennsylvania
Wickert, K. L., Metheny, A. M., Davis, D. D., Geiser, D. M., Wenzel, J. W., Planinsek, D. & Kasson, M. T., Sep 2018, In: Plant disease. 102, 9, p. 1852 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Seed production, viability, and reproductive limits of the invasive Ailanthus altissima (tree-of-heaven) within invaded environments
Wickert, K. L., O'Neal, E. S., Davis, D. D. & Kasson, M. T., Jun 27 2017, In: Forests. 8, 7, 226.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Insights into the biology of sphaerobolus stellatus as a causal agent of thatch collapse in golf turfs
Baetsen-Young, A. M., Kaminski, J. E., Kasson, M. T. & Davis, D. D., Sep 1 2015, In: Crop Science. 55, 5, p. 2342-2351 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Expanded host range testing for Verticillium nonalfalfae: Potential biocontrol agent against the invasive Ailanthus altissima
Kasson, M. T., O’Neal, E. S. & Davis, D. D., 2015, In: Plant disease. 99, 6, p. 823-835 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Morphology of Puccinia horiana, causal agent of chrysanthemum white rust, sampled from naturally infected plants
O’Keefe, G. & Davis, D. D., Dec 2015, In: Plant disease. 99, 12, p. 1738-1743 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review