Paul Esker

Professor of Plant Disease Epidemiology

Paul Esker

Most Recent Publications

Relationship between soil fungal densities and soil chemical properties in Pennsylvania

Ananda Bandara, Paul Esker,

Fusarium Head Scab Update for May 28, 2019

Alyssa Collins, P Esker,

MSE FINDR: A Shiny R Application to Estimate Mean Square Error Using Treatment Means and Post Hoc Test Results

Vinicius C. Garnica, Denis A. Shah, Paul D. Esker, Peter S. Ojiambo, 2024, Plant Disease on p. 1937-1945

Looking back at the 2023 growing season

Adriana Murillo-Williams, Paul Esker, 2024, Lock Haven Express

Patrick Becker, Paul Esker, Gerardina Umaña, 2024, Agronomia Mesoamericana

Andrew Lefever, John M. Wallace, Paul Esker, Charles M. White, Charles White, Sjoerd W. Duiker, Sjoerd Duiker, Paul D. Esker, John Tooker, 2023, Journal of Production Agriculture on p. 520-530

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

Patrick Becker, Paul Esker, Gerardina Umaña, 2023, Biological Control

Spyridon Mourtzinis, Paul Mitchell, Paul Esker, Anibal Cerrudo, Seth Naeve, Shawn Conley, 2023, Field Crops Research

What is the current soybean crop condition in Central PA?

Adriana Murillo-Williams, Paul Esker, 2023, Lock Haven Express

Association of microclimates, soil, and histories on the population structure and diversity of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in Pennsylvania and New York

Karen Luong, Tyler McFeaters, Sarah Pethybridge, Paul Esker, 2023, Plant Health 2023

Most-Cited Papers

Serge Savary, Laetitia Willocquet, Sarah Jane Pethybridge, Paul Esker, Neil McRoberts, Andy Nelson, 2019, Nature Ecology and Evolution on p. 430-439

Tom W. Allen, Carl A. Bradley, Adam J. Sisson, Emmanuel Byamukama, Martin I. Chilvers, Cliff M. Coker, Alyssa A. Collins, John P. Damicone, Anne E. Dorrance, Nicholas S. Dufault, Paul D. Esker, Travis R. Faske, Loren J. Giesler, Arvydas P. Grybauskas, Donald E. Hershman, Clayton A. Hollier, Tom Isakeit, Douglas J. Jardine, Heather M. Kelly, Robert C. Kemerait, Nathan M. Kleczewski, Steve R. Koenning, James E. Kurle, Dean K. Malvick, Samuel G. Markell, Hillary L. Mehl, Daren S. Mueller, John D. Mueller, Robert P. Mulrooney, Berlin D. Nelson, Melvin A. Newman, Larry Osborne, Charles Overstreet, Guy B. Padgett, Patrick M. Phipps, Paul P. Price, Edward J. Sikora, Damon L. Smith, Terry N. Spurlock, Connie A. Tande, Albert U. Tenuta, Kiersten A.Wise, J. Allen Wrather, 2017, Plant Health Progress on p. 19-27

Ananda Y. Bandara, Dilooshi K. Weerasooriya, Carl A. Bradley, Tom W. Allen, Paul D. Esker, 2020, PLoS One

Daren Mueller, Kiersten Wise, Adam Sisson, Tom Allen, others (37 total authors), Gary Bergstrom, Kaitlyn Bissonnette, Carl Bradley, Emmanuel Byamukama, Martin Chilvers, Alyssa A. Collins, Paul D. Esker, Travis Faske, Andrew Friskop, Austin Hagan, Ron Heiniger, Clayton Hollier, Tom Isakeit, Tamra Jackson-Ziems, Douglas Jardine, Heather Kelly, Nathan Kleczewski, Alyssa Koehler, Steve Koenning, Dean Malvick, Hillary Mehl, Ron Meyer, Pierce Paul, Angie Peltier, Paul Price, Alison Robertson, G Roth, Edward Sikora, Damon Smith, Connie Tande, Darcy Telenko, Albert Tenuta, Lindsey Thiessen, William Wiebold, 2020, Plant Health Progress on p. 238-247

Carl A. Bradley, Tom W. Allen, Adam J. Sisson, Gary C. Bergstrom, Kaitlyn Bissonette, Kaitlyn M. Bissonnette, Jason Bond, Emmanuel Byamukama, Martin I. Chilvers, Alyssa Collins, John P. Damicone, Anne E. Dorrance, Nicholas S. Dufault, Paul D. Esker, Travis R. Faske, Nicole M. Fiorellino, Loren J. Giesler, Glen L. Hartman, Clayton A. Hollier, Tom Isakeit, Tamra A. Jackson-Ziems, Douglas J. Jardine, Heather M. Kelly, Robert C. Kemerait, Nathan M. Kleczewski, Alyssa M. Koehler, Robert J. Kratochvil, James E. Kurle, Dean K. Malvick, Samuel G. Markell, Febina M. Mathew, Hillary L. Mehl, Kelsey M. Mehl, Daren S. Mueller, John D. Mueller, Berlin D. Nelson, Charles Overstreet, G. Boyd Padgett, Paul P. Price, Edward J. Sikora, Ian Small, Damon L. Smith, Terry N. Spurlock, Connie A. Tande, Darcy E.P. Telenko, Albert U. Tenuta, Lindsey D. Thiessen, Fred Warner, William J. Wiebold, Kiersten A. Wise, 2021, Plant Health Progress on p. 483-495

J. Alejandro Rojas, Janette L. Jacobs, Stephanie Napieralski, Behirda Karaj, Carl A. Bradley, Thomas Chase, Paul D. Esker, Loren J. Giesler, Doug J. Jardine, Dean K. Malvick, Samuel G. Markell, Berlin D. Nelson, Alison E. Robertson, John C. Rupe, Damon L. Smith, Laura E. Sweets, Albert U. Tenuta, Kiersten A. Wise, Martin I. Chilvers, 2017, Phytopathology on p. 280-292

Justin J. Suhre, Nicholas H. Weidenbenner, Scott C. Rowntree, Eric W. Wilson, Seth L. Naeve, Shawn P. Conley, Shaun N. Casteel, Brian W. Diers, Paul D. Esker, James E. Specht, Vince M. Davis, 2014, Journal of Production Agriculture on p. 1631-1642

S. Savary, S. Bregaglio, L. Willocquet, D. Gustafson, D. Mason D’Croz, A. Sparks, N. Castilla, A. Djurle, C. Allinne, Mamta Sharma, V. Rossi, L. Amorim, A. Bergamin, J. Yuen, P. Esker, Neil McRoberts, J. Avelino, E. Duveiller, J. Koo, K. Garrett, 2017, Food Security on p. 311-327

J. Alejandro Rojas, Janette L. Jacobs, Stephanie Napieralski, Behirda Karaj, Carl A. Bradley, Thomas Chase, Paul D. Esker, Loren J. Giesler, Doug J. Jardine, Dean K. Malvick, Samuel G. Markell, Berlin D. Nelson, Alison E. Robertson, John C. Rupe, Damon L. Smith, Laura E. Sweets, Albert U. Tenuta, Kiersten A. Wise, Martin I. Chilvers, 2017, Phytopathology on p. 293-304

Spyridon Mourtzinis, Christian H. Krupke, Paul D. Esker, Adam Varenhorst, Nicholas J. Arneson, Carl A. Bradley, Adam M. Byrne, Martin I. Chilvers, Loren J. Giesler, Ames Herbert, Yuba R. Kandel, Maciej J. Kazula, Catherine Hunt, Laura E. Lindsey, Sean Malone, Daren S. Mueller, Seth Naeve, Emerson Nafziger, Dominic D. Reisig, William J. Ross, Devon R. Rossman, Sally Taylor, Shawn P. Conley, 2019, Scientific Reports