Paul Esker

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Field Crop Pathology

Paul Esker

Publication Tags

Soybeans Seeds Virulence Meta Analysis Pythium Plant Diseases And Disorders Phytophthora Plant Diseases Seedlings Aphanomyces Oomycetes Cultivars Disease Control Pyrazoles High Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing Malus North America Pyrimidines Genetic Improvement Triazoles Acetates Pesticides Geography Ecology Zea Mays

Most Recent Papers

Abiotic conditions outweigh microbial origin during bacterial assembly in soils

Laura Kaminsky, Paul Esker, Terrence Bell, 2021, Enviromental Microbiology on p. 358-371

Spatial and spatiotemporal analysis of Meloidogyne hapla and Pratylenchus spp. populations in commercial potato fields in New York

Adrienne Gorny, Frank Hay, Paul Esker, Sarah Pethybridge, 2020, Nematology on p. 1-13

Modeling yield losses and fungicide profitability for managing Fusarium head blight in Brazilian spring wheat

Maíra Rodrigues Duffeck, Kaique dos Santos Alves, Franklin Jackson Machado, Paul David Esker, Emerson Medeiros Del Ponte, 2020, PHYTOPATHOLOGY on p. 370-378

Dissecting the economic impact of soybean diseases in the United States over two decades

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

Abiotic conditions outweigh microbial origin during bacterial assembly in soils

Laura Kaminsky, Paul Esker, Terrence Bell, 2020, Environmental Microbiology on p. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15322

Sowing uncertainty: What we do and don't know about the planting of pesticide-treated seed

D. Smith, A. Code, S. Wechsler, C. Hitaj, Paul Esker, M. Douglas, 2020, BioScience on p. 390-403

Prospects of alleviating early planting-associated cold susceptibility of soybean using microbes: insights from microbiome analysis

Ananda Bandara, Dilooshi Weerasooriya, Terrence Bell, Paul Esker, 2020, Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science on p. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jac.12476

Corn yield loss estimates due to diseases in the United States and Ontario, Canada, from 2016 to 2019

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

Neonicotinoid seed treatments of soybean provide negligible benefits to US farmers

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

Manipulating Wild and Tamed Phytobiomes: Challenges and Opportunities

Terrence H Bell, Kevin Hockett, Ricardo Ivan Alcalá-Briseño, Mary Barbercheck, Gwyn A Beattie, Mary Ann Bruns, John Carlson, Taejung Chung, Alyssa Collins, Bryan Emmett, Paul Esker, karen Garrett, Leland Glenna, Beth K. Gugino, Maria del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Linda Kinkel, Jasna Kovac, Kurt Kowalski, Gretchen Kuldau, Johan Leveau, Matthew Michalska-Smith, Jessica Myrick, Kari Peter, Maria Vivanco Salazar, Ashley Shade, Nejc Stopnisek, Xiaoqing Tan, Amy Welty, Kyle Wickings, Etienne Yergeau, 2019, Phytobiomes Journal

Most-Cited Papers

The global burden of pathogens and pests on major food crops

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

Soybean yield loss estimates due to diseases in the United States and Ontario, Canada, from 2010 to 2014

Tom W. Allen, Carl A. Bradley, Adam J. Sisson, Emmanuel Byamukama, Martin I. Chilvers, Cliff M. Coker, Alyssa Anne Collins, John P. Damicone, Anne E. Dorrance, Nicholas S. Dufault, Paul 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

Efficacy and stability of integrating fungicide and cultivar resistance to manage fusarium head blight and deoxynivalenol in wheat

K. T. Willyerd, C. Li, L. V. Madden, C. A. Bradley, G. C. Bergstrom, L. E. Sweets, M. Mcmullen, J. K. Ransom, A. Grybauskas, L. Osborne, S. N. Wegulo, D. E. Hershman, K. Wise, W. W. Bockus, D. Groth, R. Dill-Macky, E. Milus, P. D. Esker, K. D. Waxman, E. A. Adee, S. E. Ebelhar, B. G. Young, P. A. Paul, 2012, Plant disease on p. 957-967

Meta-analysis of yield response of hybrid field corn to foliar fungicides in the U.S. corn belt

P. A. Paul, L. V. Madden, C. A. Bradley, A. E. Robertson, G. P. Munkvold, G. Shaner, K. A. Wise, D. K. Malvick, T. W. Allen, A. Grybauskas, P. Vincelli, P. Esker, 2011, PHYTOPATHOLOGY on p. 1122-1132

Genetic gain × management interactions in soybean: I. Planting date

Scott C. Rowntree, Justin J. Suhre, Nicholas H. Weidenbenner, Eric W. Wilson, Vince M. Davis, Seth L. Naeve, Shaun N. Casteel, Brian W. Diers, Paul D. Esker, James E. Specht, Shawn P. Conley, 2013, Crop Science on p. 1128-1138

Biology, yield loss and control of sclerotinia stem rot of soybean

Angelique J. Peltier, Carl A. Bradley, Martin I. Chilvers, Dean K. Malvick, Daren S. Mueller, Kiersten A. Wise, Paul D. Esker, 2012, Journal of Integrated Pest Management

Oomycete species associated with soybean seedlings in North America - Part I: Identification and pathogenicity characterization

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

Soybean yield partitioning changes revealed by genetic gain and seeding rate interactions

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, Agronomy Journal on p. 1631-1642

Meta-analysis to determine the effects of plant disease management measures

Henry K. Ngugi, Paul D. Esker, Harald Scherm, 2011, PHYTOPATHOLOGY on p. 31-41

Oomycete species associated with soybean seedlings in North America - Part II: Diversity and ecology in relation to environmental and edaphic factors

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