Sharifa Crandall
Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology

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217 Buckhout Lab
University Park, PA - svc6075@psu.edu
- 814-863-3333
Research Summary
Drawing from community ecology theory to understand how fungal and oomycete pathogens shape plant disease dynamics, with a focus on root and soil microbiome diversity, structure, and function; how ecological disturbances drive the complex interactions between hosts, microbes, and the environment across time and space and using this information to inform plant disease management.
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Vegetation Community Structure Research Method Spore Downy Mildew Pathogens Spores Mosaic Conservation Pseudoperonospora Cubensis Beaches Beach Ecology Public Oomycetes Best Practice Assays Fungal Spores Pseudoperonospora Humuli Marine Park Plant Diseases Coasts Coast Social Research ChaparralMost Recent Papers
Water-use efficiency in Hawaiian trees: an eco-‐physiological approach and methodology
Sharifa Crandall, Tropical Resources: The Bulletin of the Yale Tropical Resources Institute on p. 30-33
Ecological distribution of the filmy fern genus Trichomanes on Mo'orea, French Polynesia. Berkeley Scientific Journal
Sharifa Crandall, Berkeley Scientific Journal on p. 81-84
A Multiplex taqman qPCR assay for detection and quantification of clade 1 and clade2 isolates of pseudoperonospora cubensis and pseudoperonospora humuli
Sharifa G. Crandall, Marina L. Ramon, Alyssa K. Burkhardt, Julian Camilo Bello Rodriguez, Nanci Adair, David H. Gent, Mary K. Hausbeck, Lina M.Quesada Ocampo, Frank N. Martin, 2021, Plant Disease
Fungal spore diversity, community structure, and traits across a vegetation mosaic
Sharifa G. Crandall, Norah Saarman, Gregory S. Gilbert, 2020, Fungal Ecology
A multi-omics approach to solving problems in plant disease ecology
Sharifa G Crandall, Kaitlin M Gold, María Del Mar Jiménez-Gasco, Camila C Filgueiras, Denis S Willett, 2020, PLoS One on p. e0237975
Beach environmental etiquette
Monica Moritsch, Lauren Strope, Sharifa G. Crandall, 2019, Ocean and Coastal Management on p. 104-114
First report of leaf rust on southern highbush blueberry caused by thekopsora minima in California
A. C. Shands, S. G. Crandall, T. Ho, T. D. Miles, 2018, Plant Disease on p. 1171
First report of leaf rust on california blackberry (Rubus ursinus) caused by kuehneola uredinis in california
A. C. Shands, S. G. Crandall, T. D. Miles, 2018, Plant Disease on p. 682
Advances in diagnostics of downy mildews: Lessons learned from other oomycetes and future challenges
Sharifa G. Crandall, Alamgir Rahman, Lina M. Quesada-Ocampo, Frank N. Martin, Guillaume J. Bilodeau, Timothy D. Milest, 2018, Plant Disease on p. 265-275
Best practices
Sharifa G. Crandall, Jennifer L. Ohayon, Luz A. de Wit, J. E. Hammond, Kate L. Melanson, Monica M. Moritsch, Rob Davenport, Diana Ruiz, Bradford Keitt, Nick D. Holmes, Heath G. Packard, Jeffrey Bury, Gregory S. Gilbert, Ingrid M. Parker, 2018, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management on p. 6-23
Most-Cited Papers
Meteorological factors associated with abundance of airborne fungal spores over natural vegetation
Sharifa G. Crandall, Gregory S. Gilbert, 2017, Atmospheric Environment on p. 87-99
Advances in diagnostics of downy mildews: Lessons learned from other oomycetes and future challenges
Sharifa G. Crandall, Alamgir Rahman, Lina M. Quesada-Ocampo, Frank N. Martin, Guillaume J. Bilodeau, Timothy D. Milest, 2018, Plant Disease on p. 265-275
Best practices
Sharifa G. Crandall, Jennifer L. Ohayon, Luz A. de Wit, J. E. Hammond, Kate L. Melanson, Monica M. Moritsch, Rob Davenport, Diana Ruiz, Bradford Keitt, Nick D. Holmes, Heath G. Packard, Jeffrey Bury, Gregory S. Gilbert, Ingrid M. Parker, 2018, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management on p. 6-23
A multi-omics approach to solving problems in plant disease ecology
Sharifa G Crandall, Kaitlin M Gold, María Del Mar Jiménez-Gasco, Camila C Filgueiras, Denis S Willett, 2020, PLoS One on p. e0237975
Fungal spore diversity, community structure, and traits across a vegetation mosaic
Sharifa G. Crandall, Norah Saarman, Gregory S. Gilbert, 2020, Fungal Ecology
First report of the ability of Olpidium virulentus to vector blueberry mosaic associated virus (BlMaV) on southern highbush blueberry in California
A. C. Shands, S. G. Crandall, T. D. Miles, 2017, Plant Disease on p. 1683
A Multiplex taqman qPCR assay for detection and quantification of clade 1 and clade2 isolates of pseudoperonospora cubensis and pseudoperonospora humuli
Sharifa G. Crandall, Marina L. Ramon, Alyssa K. Burkhardt, Julian Camilo Bello Rodriguez, Nanci Adair, David H. Gent, Mary K. Hausbeck, Lina M.Quesada Ocampo, Frank N. Martin, 2021, Plant Disease
Beach environmental etiquette
Monica Moritsch, Lauren Strope, Sharifa G. Crandall, 2019, Ocean and Coastal Management on p. 104-114
First report of leaf rust on california blackberry (Rubus ursinus) caused by kuehneola uredinis in california
A. C. Shands, S. G. Crandall, T. D. Miles, 2018, Plant Disease on p. 682
First report of leaf rust on southern highbush blueberry caused by thekopsora minima in California
A. C. Shands, S. G. Crandall, T. Ho, T. D. Miles, 2018, Plant Disease on p. 1171