Affiliated Researchers: Plant Species

David M. Geiser

Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Fusarium, Cladistics, DNA Sequence, DNA Sequencing, Fusarium Solani Species Complex

Laura Leites

Associate Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Quercus, Growth Potential, Response To Climate, Pseudotsuga Menziesii

Jared Ali

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Plant Defense, Herbivore, Entomopathogenic Nematodes, Host Plant, Natural Enemies

Autumn Sabo

Assistant Professor of Biology, Penn State Beaver
Top research keywords: Deer, Understory, Plant Community, Deer Herbivory, White-tailed Deer

Andrew Deans

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Hymenoptera, Ceraphronoidea, Evaniidae, Gall Wasp, Megaspilidae

Dennis Decoteau

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Watermelon, Far-red Light, Petiole, Common Bean, Snap Bean

Louis Bengyella

Assistant Research Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Cochliobolus Lunatus, Curvularia Lunata, Conidium, Solanum Tuberosum, Lycopersicon

Paul Esker

Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Fungicide, Soybean Yield, United States, Cultivar, Seeds

Kim Steiner

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Oak, Quercus, Seedling, Quercus Rubra, Acer Rubrum

Robert D. Berghage

Associate Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Roofs, Roof, Green Roofs, Stormwater, Runoff

Harland Patch

Assistant Research Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Pollinator, Honey Bees, Apis Mellifera, Apoidea, Honey Bee

Katriona Shea

Alumni Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Carduus Nutans, Seeds, Thistle, Life History, Pollinator

Mary Barbercheck

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Cover Crops, Cover Crop, Entomopathogenic Nematodes, Entomopathogenic Nematode, Tillage

Tanya Renner

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Carnivorous Plants, Evolution, Genomics, Primary Metabolism, Carabid Beetles

Rudolf Schilder

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Alternative Splicing, Skeletal Muscle, Flight, Troponin T, Flight Muscle

Mihail Kantor

Assistant Research Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Nematode, Molecular Characterization, Morphological Characterization, Nematodes, Nematoda

Jesse Lasky

Associate Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Genomics, Arabidopsis Thaliana, Local Adaptation, Genetics, Arabidopsis

Donald Davis

Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Ozone, Ailanthus Altissima, Ailanthus, Oak, Prunus Avium

Kelli Hoover

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Asian Long-Horned Beetle, Anoplophora Glabripennis, Baculovirus, Spotted Lanternfly, Hemiptera

Marc E. McDill

Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Pennsylvania, Forest Planning, Forest Management, Quercus, Harvest-scheduling Model

Marc D. Abrams

Nancy and John Steimer Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Quercus, Oak, Dendroecology, Acer Rubrum, Species Recruitment

Rick Bates

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Horticulture, Vegetative Buffers, Dust, Christmas Trees, Foliar Nitrogen

Jesse Kreye

Assistant Research Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Fire Behavior, Quercus, Flammability, Pinus, Fuel Bed

John Tooker

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Host Plant, Herbivore, Plant Defense, Neonicotinoid, Pest Management

Ed Rajotte

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Bees, Malus, Orchard, Orchards, Apples

Francesco Di Gioia

Associate Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation, Microgreens, Tomato Production, Fresh Tomato, Irrigation

Marcia Maria de Oliveira Buanafina

Research Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Cell Wall, Esterase, Tall Fescue, Ferulic Acid, Festuca Arundinacea

Ángel Ferrero-Serrano

Assistant Research Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Heterotrimeric G Protein, Rice, G Protein, Drought Tolerance, Arabidopsis

Michael G. Jacobson

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Landowner, Pennsylvania, Forestry, Agroforestry, Landowners

Shelby Fleischer

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Chrysomelidae, Beetle, Coleoptera, Acalymma Vittatum, Potato

Bradley Cardinale

Department Head and Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Biodiversity, Species Richness, Species Diversity, Ecosystem Function, Biomass Production

Margarita López-Uribe

Lorenzo L. Langstroth Early Career Professor and Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Apoidea, Pollinator, Hymenoptera, Pollinators, Apidae

Seogchan Kang

Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Infectious Agent, Fusarium Oxysporum, Magnaporthe Grisea, Magnaporthe Oryzae, Pathogenicity

Gretchen A. Kuldau

Associate Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Fusarium, Maize, Fusarium Verticillioides, Mycotoxins, Fusarium Graminearum

Patrick Drohan

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Pennsylvania, Watersheds, United States, Soil Moisture, Land Use

Ruairidh Sawers

Assistant Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Maize, Zea Mays, Zea, Allele, Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi

Alyssa Collins

Director, Southeast Agricultural Research & Extension Center; Asssociate Research Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: United States, Yield Loss, Loss Measurement, Ontario Canada, Soybean Yield

Roberto Iglesias-Prieto

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Coral, Symbiodinium, Symbiont, Coral Reefs, Reef-building Corals

Dave Biddinger

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Pollinator, Apoidea, Pennsylvania, Pollinators, Osmia

Jill Hamilton

Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Genetic Divergence, Hybrid Zone, Seeds, Evolution, Spruce