Paul Esker

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Titles and Affiliations
Associate Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology

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Recent Publications

Defense-related gene expression in response to the application of biological control agents in banana

Becker, P., Esker, P. & Umaña, G., Nov 2023, In: Biological Control. 186, 105317.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Field-level yield benefits and risk effects of intensive soybean management across the US

Mourtzinis, S., Mitchell, P., Esker, P., Cerrudo, A., Naeve, S. & Conley, S., Oct 1 2023, In: Field Crops Research. 301, 109012.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Population Genomics Provide Insights into the Global Genetic Structure of Colletotrichum graminicola, the Causal Agent of Maize Anthracnose

Rogério, F., Baroncelli, R., Cuevas-Fernández, F. B., Becerra, S., Crouch, J. A., Bettiol, W., Azcárate-Peril, M. A., Malapi-Wight, M., Ortega, V., Betran, J., Tenuta, A., Dambolena, J. S., Esker, P. D., Revilla, P., Jackson-Ziems, T. A., Hiltbrunner, J., Munkvold, G., Buhiniček, I., Vicente-Villardón, J. L., Sukno, S. A., & 1 othersThon, M. R., Jan 2023, In: mBio. 14, 1

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

A phytopathometry glossary for the twenty-first century: towards consistency and precision in intra- and inter-disciplinary dialogues

Bock, C. H., Pethybridge, S. J., Barbedo, J. G. A., Esker, P. D., Mahlein, A. K. & Del Ponte, E. M., Feb 2022, In: Tropical Plant Pathology. 47, 1, p. 14-24 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

Fusarium graminearum Species Complex: A Bibliographic Analysis and Web-Accessible Database for Global Mapping of Species and Trichothecene Toxin Chemotypes

Del Ponte, E. M., Moreira, G. M., Ward, T. J., O’Donnell, K., Nicolli, C. P., Machado, F. J., Duffeck, M. R., Alves, K. S., Tessmann, D. J., Waalwijk, C., van der Lee, T., Zhang, H., Chulze, S. N., Stenglein, S. A., Pan, D., Vero, S., Vaillancourt, L. J., Schmale, D. G., Esker, P. D., Moretti, A., & 7 othersLogrieco, A. F., Corby Kistler, H., Bergstrom, G. C., Viljoen, A., Rose, L. J., van Coller, G. J. & Lee, T., Apr 2022, In: PHYTOPATHOLOGY. 112, 4, p. 741-751 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

Fusarium Head Blight of Small Grains in Pennsylvania: Unravelling Species Diversity, Toxin Types, Growth, and Triazole Sensitivity

Duffeck, M. R., Bandara, A. Y., Weerasooriya, D. K., Collins, A. A., Jensen, P. J., Kuldau, G. A., Del Ponte, E. M. & Esker, P. D., Apr 2022, In: PHYTOPATHOLOGY. 112, 4, p. 794-802 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Forrest W. Nutter, Jr. a career in phytopathometry

Madden, L. V., Esker, P. D. & Pethybridge, S. J., Feb 2022, In: Tropical Plant Pathology. 47, 1, p. 5-13 9 p.

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Soybean Roots and Soil From High- and Low-Yielding Field Sites Have Different Microbiome Composition

Bandara, A. Y., Weerasooriya, D. K., Trexler, R. V., Bell, T. H. & Esker, P. D., Nov 30 2021, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 12, 675352.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Incorporation of microorganisms to reduce chemical fungicide usage in black sigatoka control programs in Costa Rica by use of biological fungicides

Becker, P., Esker, P. & Umaña, G., Aug 2021, In: Crop Protection. 146, 105657.

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Soybean Yield Loss Estimates Due to Diseases in the United States and Ontario, Canada, from 2015 to 2019

Bradley, C. A., Allen, T. W., Sisson, A. J., Bergstrom, G. C., Bissonnette, K. M., Bond, J., Byamukama, E., Chilvers, M. I., Collins, A. A., Damicone, J. P., Dorrance, A. E., Dufault, N. S., Esker, P. D., Faske, T. R., Fiorellino, N. M., Giesler, L. J., Hartman, G. L., Hollier, C. A., Isakeit, T., Jackson-Ziems, T. A., & 29 othersJardine, D. J., Kelly, H. M., Kemerait, R. C., Kleczewski, N. M., Koehler, A. M., Kratochvil, R. J., Kurle, J. E., Malvick, D. K., Markell, S. G., Mathew, F. M., Mehl, H. L., Mehl, K. M., Mueller, D. S., Mueller, J. D., Nelson, B. D., Overstreet, C., Padgett, G. B., Price, P. P., Sikora, E. J., Small, I., Smith, D. L., Spurlock, T. N., Tande, C. A., Telenko, D. E. P., Tenuta, A. U., Thiessen, L. D., Warner, F., Wiebold, W. J. & Wise, K. A., 2021, In: Plant Health Progress. 22, 4, p. 483-495 13 p.

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First Report of Tar Spot of Maize (Zea mays) Caused by Phyllachora maydis in Pennsylvania

Collins, A. A., Bandara, A. Y., May, S. R., Weerasooriya, D. K. & Esker, P. D., Aug 2021, In: Plant disease. 105, 8

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Recovery Plan for Tar Spot of Corn, Caused by Phyllachora maydis

da Silva, C. R., Check, J., MacCready, J. S., Alakonya, A. E., Beiriger, R., Bissonnette, K. M., Collins, A., Cruz, C. D., Esker, P. D., Goodwin, S. B., Malvick, D., Mueller, D. S., Paul, P., Raid, R., Robertson, A. E., Roggenkamp, E., Ross, T. J., Singh, R., Smith, D. L., Tenuta, A. U., & 2 othersChilvers, M. I. & Telenko, D. E. P., 2021, In: Plant Health Progress. 22, 4, p. 596-616 21 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Multifaceted Insights on Fusarium Head Blight in Small Grains in Pennsylvania

Duffeck, M. R., Ponte, E. M. D. & Esker, P. D., 2021, In: Plant Health Progress. 22, 4, p. 459-464 6 p.

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Spatial and spatiotemporal analysis of Meloidogyne hapla and Pratylenchus penetrans populations in commercial potato fields in New York, USA

Gorny, A. M., Hay, F. S., Esker, P. & Pethybridge, S. J., 2021, In: Nematology. 23, 2, p. 139-151 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Abiotic conditions outweigh microbial origin during bacterial assembly in soils

Kaminsky, L. M., Esker, P. D. & Bell, T. H., Jan 2021, In: Environmental microbiology. 23, 1, p. 358-371 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review