Paul D. Esker, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Field Crop Pathology
206A Buckhout Lab (lab)
University Park, PA 16802
- Email pde6@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-0680
- Fax 814-863-7217
Areas of Expertise
- Integrated management of field crop diseases
- Plant disease epidemiology
- Statistical methods for the agricultural sciences
Education
- B.S. Genetics and Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin
- M.S. Plant Pathology, Iowa State University
- Ph.D. Plant Pathology and Statistics, Iowa State University
Selected Publications
Esker, P., et al. (2018). "Perceptions of Midwestern Crop Advisors and Growers on Foliar Fungicide Adoption and Use in Maize." Phytopathology.
Barboza, N., M. Blanco-Meneses, P. Esker, E. Moriones, A.K. Inoue-Nagata. 2017. Distribution and diversity of begomoviruses in tomato and sweet pepper plants in Costa Rica. Ann Appl Biol. doi:10.1111/aab.12398
Savary, S., A. Djurle, J. Yuen, A. Ficke, V. Rossi, P.D. Esker, J.M.C. Fernandes, E.M. Del Ponte, J. Kumar, L.V. Madden, P. Paul, N. McRoberts, P.K. Singh, L. Huber, C.P. de Vallavielle, S. Saint-Jean, L. Willocquet. 2017. A white paper on global wheat health based on scenario development and analysis. Phytopathology 107:1109-1122.
Nelson, A., S. Savary, L. Willocquet, S.J. Petrybridge, A. Mila, P. Esker, and N. McRoberts. 2017. Crop pests: Crop-health survey aims to fill data gaps. Nature 541:464 (Correspondence, doi:10.1038/541464a).
Esker, P. 2016. Anthracnose stalk rot, Section 6.1 in: A Farmer's Guide to Corn Diseases, K. Wise, D. Mueller, A. Sisson, D. Smith, C. Bradley and A. Robertson (eds). APS Press, St. Paul, MN.
Esker, P. 2016. Anthracnose leaf blight, Section 4.1 in: A Farmer's Guide to Corn Diseases, K. Wise, D. Mueller, A. Sisson, D. Smith, C. Bradley and A. Robertson (eds). APS Press, St. Paul, MN.
Garrett, K.A., M. Nita, E.D. DeWolf, P.D. Esker, L. Gomez-Montano, and A.H. Sparks. 2016. Plant pathogens as indicators of climate change. pages 325-338 in: Climate Change: Observed Impacts on Planet Earth, 2nd Ed. T.M. Letcher (ed). Elsevier, Amsterdam.
Mallowa, S.O., E.J. Braun, A.E. Robertson, and P.D. Esker. 2016. Fungicides on our field corn - A case study on foliar fungicide use decisions in the US Corn Belt. The Plant Health Instructor DOI: 10.1094/PHI-T-2016-0607-01.
Madden, L.V., D.A. Shah, and P.D. Esker. 2015. Does the P value have a future in plant pathology? Phytopathology 105:1400-1407.
Willyerd, K., C. Bradley, V. Chapra, S. Conley, P. Esker, L. Madden, K. Wise, and P. Paul. 2015. Revisiting fungicide-based management guidelines for leaf blotch diseases in soft red winter wheat. Plant Disease 99:1434-1444.
Mallowa, S.O., P.D. Esker, P. Paul, C. Bradley, S. Conley, and A. Robertson. 2015. Effect of maize hybrid and foliar fungicides on yield under low foliar disease severity conditions. Phytopathology 105:1080-1089.
Marburger, D., S. Conley, P. Esker, J. Lauer, and J.-M. Ané. 2015. Yield response to crop/genotype rotations and fungicide use to manage Fusarium-related diseases. Crop Science 55:889-898.
Murillo-Williams, A., P. Esker, T. Allen, C. Stone, and R. Frederick. 2015. First report of Phakopsora pachyrhizi causing soybean rust in Costa Rica. Plant Disease 99:418.
Marburger, D., V. Muthusubramanian, S. Conley, P. Esker, J. Lauer, and J.-M. Ané. 2015. Crop rotation and management effect on Fusarium graminearum, F. oxysporum, and F. virguliforme populations. Crop Science 55:1-12.
Weidenbenner, N.H., S.C. Rowntree, E.W. Wilson, J.J. Suhre, S.P. Conley, S.N. Casteel, V.M. Davis, B.W. Diers, P.D. Esker, J.E. Specht, and S.L. Naeve. 2014. Fungicide management does not affect the rate of genetic gain in soybean. Agronomy Journal 106:2043-2054.
Mourtzinis, S., S.C. Rowntree, J.J. Suhre, N.H. Weidenbenner, E.W. Wilson, V.M. Davis, S.L. Naeve, S.N. Casteel, B.W. Diers, P.D. Esker, J.E. Specht, and S.P. Conley. 2014. The use of reflectance data for in-season soybean yield prediction. Agronomy Journal 106:1159-1168.
Marburger, D., S. Conley, P. Esker, A. MacGuidwin, and D. Smith. 2014. Relationship between Fusarium virguliforme and Heterodera glycines in commercial soybean (fields in Wisconsin. Plant Health Progress doi:10.1094/PHP-RS-13-0107.
Esker, P.D., S. Savary, and N. McRoberts. 2012. Crop loss analysis and global food supply: focusing now on required harvests. CAB Reviews 7, No. 052.
Peltier, A., C. Bradley, M. Chilvers, D. Malvick, D. Mueller, K. Wise, and P. Esker. 2012. Sclerotinia stem rot of soybean: Biology and control. Journal of Integrated Pest Management 3(2), DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/IPM11033.
Esker, P.D., and Conley, S.P. 2012. Probability of yield response and breaking-even for soybean seed treatments. Crop Science 52: 351-359.
Swoboda, C.M., P. Pedersen, P.D. Esker, and G. Munkvold. 2011. Soybean yield response to plant distribution in Fusarium virguliforme infested soils. Agronomy Journal 103:1712-1716.
Conley, S. P., P. Pedersen, P. Esker, and J. Gaska. 2011. Soybean yield and Heterodera glycines response to rotation, tillage and source of genetic resistance. Agronomy Journal 103:1604-1609.
Lackermann, K. V., and P. D. Esker. 2011. Application of a rank-based method for improved cultivar selection in soft red winter wheat. Plant Disease 95:1407-1413.
Lackermann, K. V., Conley, S. P., Gaska, J. M., Martinka, M. J., and Esker, P. D. 2011. Effect of location, cultivar and disease severity on grain yield of soft red winter wheat in Wisconsin. Plant Disease 95:1401-1406.
Jirak, J. C., and P. D. Esker. 2011. Tillage, crop rotation, and hybrid effects on residue and corn anthracnose occurrence in Wisconsin. Plant Disease 95:601-610.
Li, X., P. Esker, Z. Pan, A. P. Dias, L. Xue, and X. B. Yang. 2010. Uniqueness of soybean rust pathosystem: improved understanding of the risk in different regions of the world. Plant Disease 84: 796-806.
Publications
Modeling the relationship between estimated fungicide use and disease-associated yield losses of soybean in the United States I: Foliar fungicides vs foliar diseases
PloS one, Bandara, Ananda Y., Weerasooriya, Dilooshi K., Conley, Shawn P., Bradley, Carl A., Allen, Tom W., Esker, Paul D., 2020
Relationship between soybean yield from high and low yielding field positions and selected soil characteristics across farms
Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment, Bandara, Ananda, Weerasooriya, Dilooshi, Murillo-Williams, Adriana, White, Charlie, Collins, Alyssa, Bell, Terrence, Esker, Paul, 2020
Prospects of alleviating early planting-associated cold susceptibility of soybean using microbes: insights from microbiome analysis
Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, Bandara, Ananda, Weerasooriya, Dilooshi, Bell, Terrence, Esker, Paul, 2020
Abiotic conditions outweigh microbial origin during bacterial assembly in soils
Environmental Microbiology, Kaminsky, Laura, Esker, Paul, Bell, Terrence, 2020
Modeling yield losses and fungicide profitability for managing Fusarium head blight in Brazilian spring wheat
PHYTOPATHOLOGY, Duffeck, Maíra Rodrigues, dos Santos Alves, Kaique, Machado, Franklin Jackson, Esker, Paul David, Del Ponte, Emerson Medeiros, 2020
Dissecting the economic impact of soybean diseases in the United States over two decades
PloS one, Bandara, Ananda Y., Weerasooriya, Dilooshi K., Bradley, Carl A., Allen, Tom W., Esker, Paul D., 2020
Corn yield loss estimates due to diseases in the United States and Ontario, Canada, from 2016 to 2019
Plant Health Progress, Mueller, Daren S., Wise, Kiersten A., Sisson, Adam J., Allen, Tom W., Bergstrom, Gary C., Bissonnette, Kaitlyn M., Bradley, Carl A., Byamukama, Emmanuel, Chilvers, Martin I., Collins, Alyssa A., Esker, Paul D., Faske, Travis R., Friskop, Andrew J., Hagan, Austin K., Heiniger, Ron W., Hollier, Clayton A., Isakeit, Tom, Jackson-Ziems, Tamra A., Jardine, Douglas J., Kelly, Heather M., Kleczewski, Nathan M., Koehler, Alyssa M., Koenning, Steve R., Malvick, Dean K., Mehl, Hillary L., Meyer, Ron F., Paul, Pierce A., Peltier, Angie J., Price, Paul P., Robertson, Alison E., Roth, Gregory W., Sikora, Edward J., Smith, Damon L., Tande, Connie A., Telenko, Darcy E.P., Tenuta, Albert U., Thiessen, Lindsey D., Wiebold, William J., 2020
Sowing uncertainty: What we do and don't know about the planting of pesticide-treated seed
BioScience, Smith, D., Code, A., Wechsler, S., Hitaj, C., Esker, Paul, Douglas, M., 2020
Neonicotinoid seed treatments of soybean provide negligible benefits to US farmers
Scientific reports, Mourtzinis, Spyridon, Krupke, Christian H., Esker, Paul D., Varenhorst, Adam, Arneson, Nicholas J., Bradley, Carl A., Byrne, Adam M., Chilvers, Martin I., Giesler, Loren J., Herbert, Ames, Kandel, Yuba R., Kazula, Maciej J., Hunt, Catherine, Lindsey, Laura E., Malone, Sean, Mueller, Daren S., Naeve, Seth, Nafziger, Emerson, Reisig, Dominic D., Ross, William J., Rossman, Devon R., Taylor, Sally, Conley, Shawn P., 2019
Manipulating Wild and Tamed Phytobiomes: Challenges and Opportunities
Phytobiomes Journal, Bell, Terrence H, Hockett, Kevin, Alcalá-Briseño, Ricardo Ivan, Barbercheck, Mary, Beattie, Gwyn A, Bruns, Mary Ann, Carlson, John, Chung, Taejung, Collins, Alyssa, Emmett, Bryan, Esker, Paul, Garrett, karen, Glenna, Leland, Gugino, Beth K., Jimenez Gasco, Maria del Mar, Kinkel, Linda, Kovac, Jasna, Kowalski, Kurt, Kuldau, Gretchen, Leveau, Johan, Michalska-Smith, Matthew, Myrick, Jessica, Peter, Kari, Salazar, Maria Vivanco, Shade, Ashley, Stopnisek, Nejc, Tan, Xiaoqing, Welty, Amy, Wickings, Kyle, Yergeau, Etienne, 2019
The global burden of pathogens and pests on major food crops
Nature Ecology and Evolution, Savary, Serge, Willocquet, Laetitia, Pethybridge, Sarah Jane, Esker, Paul, McRoberts, Neil, Nelson, Andy, 2019
Genetic diversity and geographic distribution of Bemisia tabaci and Trialeurodes vaporariorum in Costa Rica
Annals of Applied Biology, Barboza, Natalia M., Esker, Paul, Inoue-Nagata, Alice K., Moriones, Enrique, 2019
Effects of pre- and post-anthesis applications of demethylation inhibitor fungicides on Fusarium head blight and deoxynivalenol in spring and winter wheat
Plant disease, Paul, Pierce A., Bradley, Carl A., Madden, Laurence V., Dalla Lana, Felipe, Bergstrom, Gary C., Dill-Macky, Ruth, Wise, Kiersten A., Esker, Paul D., McMullen, Marcia, Grybauskas, Arvydas, Kirk, William W., Milus, Eugene, Ruden, Kay, 2018
Meta-analysis of the effects of QoI and DMI fungicide combinations on Fusarium head blight and deoxynivalenol in wheat
Plant disease, Paul, P. A., Bradley, C. A., Madden, L. V., Lana, F. Dalla, Bergstrom, G. C., Dill-Macky, R., Esker, P. D., Wise, K. A., McMullen, M., Grybauskas, A., Kirk, W. W., Milus, E., Ruden, K., 2018
Concepts, approaches, and avenues for modelling crop health and crop losses
European Journal of Agronomy, Savary, Serge, Nelson, Andrew D., Djurle, Annika, Esker, Paul, Sparks, Adam, Amorim, Lilian, Bergamin Filho, Armando, Caffi, Tito, Castilla, Nancy, Garrett, Karen, McRoberts, Neil, Rossi, Vittorio, Yuen, Jonathan, Willocquet, Laetitia, 2018
Perceptions of midwestern crop advisors and growers on foliar fungicide adoption and use in maize
PHYTOPATHOLOGY, Esker, P. D., Shah, D. A., Bradley, C. A., Conley, S. P., Paul, P. A., Robertson, A. E., 2018
Distribution and diversity of begomoviruses in tomato and sweet pepper plants in Costa Rica
Annals of Applied Biology, Barboza, N., Blanco-Meneses, M., Esker, P., Moriones, E., Inoue-Nagata, A. K., 2018
Statistical power in plant pathology research
PHYTOPATHOLOGY, Gent, David H., Esker, Paul D., Kriss, Alissa B., 2018
A white paper on global wheat health based on scenario development and analysis
PHYTOPATHOLOGY, Savary, S., Djurle, A., Yuen, J., Ficke, A., Rossi, V., Esker, P. D., Fernandes, J. M.C., Del Ponte, E. M., Kumar, J., Madden, L. V., Paul, P., McRoberts, N., Singh, P. K., Huber, L., Pope de Vallavielle, C., Saint-Jean, S., Willocquet, L., 2017
Crop health and its global impacts on the components of food security
Food Security, Savary, S., Bregaglio, S., Willocquet, L., Gustafson, D., Mason D’Croz, D., Sparks, A., Castilla, N., Djurle, A., Allinne, C., Sharma, Mamta, Rossi, V., Amorim, L., Bergamin, A., Yuen, J., Esker, P., McRoberts, Neil, Avelino, J., Duveiller, E., Koo, J., Garrett, K., 2017
Oomycete species associated with soybean seedlings in North America - Part II: Diversity and ecology in relation to environmental and edaphic factors
Phytopathology, Rojas, J. Alejandro, Jacobs, Janette L., Napieralski, Stephanie, Karaj, Behirda, Bradley, Carl A., Chase, Thomas, Esker, Paul D., Giesler, Loren J., Jardine, Doug J., Malvick, Dean K., Markell, Samuel G., Nelson, Berlin D., Robertson, Alison E., Rupe, John C., Smith, Damon L., Sweets, Laura E., Tenuta, Albert U., Wise, Kiersten A., Chilvers, Martin I., 2017
Oomycete species associated with soybean seedlings in North America - Part I: Identification and pathogenicity characterization
Phytopathology, Rojas, J. Alejandro, Jacobs, Janette L., Napieralski, Stephanie, Karaj, Behirda, Bradley, Carl A., Chase, Thomas, Esker, Paul D., Giesler, Loren J., Jardine, Doug J., Malvick, Dean K., Markell, Samuel G., Nelson, Berlin D., Robertson, Alison E., Rupe, John C., Smith, Damon L., Sweets, Laura E., Tenuta, Albert U., Wise, Kiersten A., Chilvers, Martin I., 2017
Crop-health survey aims to fill data gaps
Nature, Nelson, Andy, Savary, Serge, Willocquet, Laetitia, Pethybridge, Sarah, Mila, Asimina, Esker, Paul, McRoberts, Neil, 2017
Concepts, approaches, and avenues for modelling crop health and crop losses
FACCE MACSUR Reports, Savary, Serge, Nelson, Andrew, Djurle, Annika, Esker, Paul, Sparks, Adam, Amorim, Lilian, Bergamin Filho, Armando, Caffi, Tito, Castilla, Nancy, Garrett, Karen, others, None, 2017
Production situations as drivers of crop health: evidence and implications
Plant Pathology, Savary, Serge, Mcroberts, Neil, Esker, Paul, Willocquet, L, Teng, Paul, 2017
Soybean yield loss estimates due to diseases in the United States and Ontario, Canada, from 2010 to 2014
Plant Health Progress, Allen, Tom W., Bradley, Carl A., Sisson, Adam J., Byamukama, Emmanuel, Chilvers, Martin I., Coker, Cliff M., Collins, Alyssa Anne, Damicone, John P., Dorrance, Anne E., Dufault, Nicholas S., Esker, Paul, Faske, Travis R., Giesler, Loren J., Grybauskas, Arvydas P., Hershman, Donald E., Hollier, Clayton A., Isakeit, Tom, Jardine, Douglas J., Kelly, Heather M., Kemerait, Robert C., Kleczewski, Nathan M., Koenning, Steve R., Kurle, James E., Malvick, Dean K., Markell, Samuel G., Mehl, Hillary L., Mueller, Daren S., Mueller, John D., Mulrooney, Robert P., Nelson, Berlin D., Newman, Melvin A., Osborne, Larry, Overstreet, Charles, Padgett, Guy B., Phipps, Patrick M., Price, Paul P., Sikora, Edward J., Smith, Damon L., Spurlock, Terry N., Tande, Connie A., Tenuta, Albert U., A.Wise, Kiersten, Allen Wrather, J., 2017
Fungicides on our field corn - A case study on foliar fungicide use decisions in the U.S. Corn Belt
The Plant Health Instructor, Mallowa, Sally, Braun, Edward, Robertson, Alison, Esker, Paul, 2016
Desarrollo de una escala de severidad de Pyricularia en arroz mediante análisis de imágenes.
, Turcios, Marcela, Esker, Paul, Arrieta Espinoza, Griselda, Barboza Barquero, Luis, 2016
Does the P value have a future in plant pathology?
PHYTOPATHOLOGY, Madden, L. V., Shah, D. A., Esker, Paul, 2015
Revisiting fungicide-based management guidelines for leaf blotch diseases in soft red winter wheat
Plant disease, Willyerd, K. T., Bradley, C. A., Chapara, V., Conley, S. P., Esker, Paul, Madden, L. V., Wise, K. A., Paul, P. A., 2015
Effect of maize hybrid and foliar fungicides on yield under low foliar disease severity conditions
PHYTOPATHOLOGY, Mallowa, Sally O., Esker, Paul D., Paul, Pierce A., Bradley, Carl A., Chapara, Venkata R., Conley, Shawn P., Robertson, Alison E., 2015
Crop Rotation and Management Effect on Fusarium spp. Populations
Crop Science, Marburger, David A., Venkateshwaran, Muthusubramanian, Conley, Shawn P., Esker, Paul D., Lauer, Joseph G., Ané, Jean Michel, 2015
Effect of glyphosate application on sudden death syndrome of glyphosate-resistant soybean under field conditions
Plant disease, Kandel, Yuba R., Bradley, Carl A., Wise, Kiersten A., Chilvers, Martin I., Tenuta, Albert U., Davis, Vince M., Esker, Paul D., Smith, Damon L., Licht, Mark A., Mueller, Daren S., 2015
First report of Phakopsora pachyrhizi on soybean in Costa Rica
Plant Disease, Murillo-Williams, Adriana, Esker, Paul, Allen, Tom, Stone, Christine, Frederick, Reid, 2015
Yield response to crop/genotype rotations and fungicide use to manage Fusarium-related diseases
Crop Science, Marburger, David A., Conley, Shawn P., Esker, Paul D., Lauer, Joseph G., Ane, Jean Michel, 2015
A Profile of and Communication between Certified Crop Advisors and Maize Growers in the Midwest United States
, Shah, Denis, Esker, Paul, Bradley, Carl, Conley, Shawn, Paul, Pierce, Robertson, Alison, 2015
An introduction to key distributions and models in epidemiology using R
, Garrett, Karen, Esker, Paul, Sparks, Adam, 2015
Evaluación de la incidencia y la diversidad de begomovirus en Costa Rica
Revista de Protección Vegetal, Barboza, N, Blanco-Meneses, M, Esker, Paul, Moriones, E, Inoue-Nagata, AK, 2015
Fungicide management does not affect the rate of genetic gain in soybean
Agronomy Journal, Weidenbenner, Nicholas H., Rowntree, Scott C., Wilson, Eric W., Suhre, Justin J., Conley, Shawn P., Casteel, Shaun N., Davis, Vince M., Diers, Brian W., Esker, Paul D., Specht, James E., Naeve, Seth L., 2014
Soybean yield partitioning changes revealed by genetic gain and seeding rate interactions
Agronomy Journal, Suhre, Justin J., Weidenbenner, Nicholas H., Rowntree, Scott C., Wilson, Eric W., Naeve, Seth L., Conley, Shawn P., Casteel, Shaun N., Diers, Brian W., Esker, Paul D., Specht, James E., Davis, Vince M., 2014
Physiological and phenological responses of historical soybean cultivar releases to earlier planting
Crop Science, Rowntree, Scott C., Suhre, Justin J., Weidenbenner, Nicholas H., Wilson, Eric W., Davis, Vince M., Naeve, Seth L., Casteel, Shaun N., Diers, Brian W., Esker, Paul D., Conley, Shawn P., 2014
Genetic gain × management interactions in soybean: II. nitrogen utilization
Crop Science, Wilson, Eric W., Rowntree, Scott C., Suhre, Justin J., Weidenbenner, Nicholas H., Conley, Shawn P., Davis, Vince M., Diers, Brian W., Esker, Paul D., Naeve, Seth L., Specht, James E., Casteel, Shaun N., 2014
The use of reflectance data for in-season soybean yield prediction
Agronomy Journal, Mourtzinis, Spyridon, Rowntree, Scott C., Suhre, Justin J., Weidenbenner, Nicholas H., Wilson, Eric W., Davis, Vince M., Naeve, Seth L., Casteel, Shaun N., Diers, Brian W., Esker, Paul D., Specht, James E., Conley, Shawn P., 2014
A coordinated effort to manage soybean rust in North America
Plant disease, Sikora, E. J., Allen, T. W., Wise, K. A., Bergstrom, G., Bradley, C. A., Bond, J., Brown-Rytlewski, D., Chilvers, M., Damicone, J., DeWolf, E., Dorrance, A., Dufault, N., Esker, Paul, Faske, T. R., Giesler, L., Goldberg, N., Golod, J., Gómez, I. R.G., Grau, C., Grybauskas, A., Franc, G., Hammerschmidt, R., Hartman, G. L., Henn, R. A., Hershman, D., Hollier, C., Isakeit, T., Isard, Scott Alan, Jacobsen, B., Jardine, D., Kemerait, R., Koenning, S., Langham, M., Malvick, D., Markell, S., Marois, J. J., Monfort, S., Mueller, D., Mueller, J., Mulrooney, R., Newman, M., Osborne, L., Padgett, G. B., Ruden, B. E., Rupe, J., Schneider, R., Schwartz, H., Shaner, G., Singh, S., Stromberg, E., Sweets, L., Tenuta, A., Vaiciunas, S., Yang, X. B., Young-Kelly, H., Zidek, J., 2014
Agronomic evaluation of thirteen genotypes of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.)
Agronomía Costarricense, Castillo Matamoros, Rolbin, Brenes Angulo, Arturo, Esker, Paul, Gómez-Alpízar, Luis, 2014
Evaluación agronómica de trece genotipos de camote (Ipomoea batatas L.)
Agronomía Costarricense, Castillo Matamoros, Rolbin, Brenes Angulo, Arturo, Esker, Paul, Gómez-Alpízar, Luis, 2014
Relationship between Fusarium virguliforme and Heterodera glycines in commercial soybean fields in Wisconsin
Plant Health Progress, Marburger, David, Conley, Shawn, Esker, Paul, MacGuidwin, Ann, Smith, Damon, 2014
Factors influencing aster leafhopper (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) abundance and aster yellows phytoplasma infectivity in Wisconsin carrot fields
Environmental Entomology, Frost, K. E., Esker, Paul, Haren, R. Van, Kotolski, L., Groves, R. L., 2013
Seasonal patterns of aster leafhopper (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) abundance and aster yellows phytoplasma infectivity in Wisconsin carrot fields
Environmental Entomology, Frost, K. E., Esker, P. D., Van Haren, R., Kotolski, L., Groves, R. L., 2013
Genetic gain × management interactions in soybean: I. Planting date
Crop Science, Rowntree, Scott C., Suhre, Justin J., Weidenbenner, Nicholas H., Wilson, Eric W., Davis, Vince M., Naeve, Seth L., Casteel, Shaun N., Diers, Brian W., Esker, Paul D., Specht, James E., Conley, Shawn P., 2013
Efficacy and stability of integrating fungicide and cultivar resistance to manage fusarium head blight and deoxynivalenol in wheat
Plant disease, Willyerd, K. T., Li, C., Madden, L. V., Bradley, C. A., Bergstrom, G. C., Sweets, L. E., Mcmullen, M., Ransom, J. K., Grybauskas, A., Osborne, L., Wegulo, S. N., Hershman, D. E., Wise, K., Bockus, W. W., Groth, D., Dill-Macky, R., Milus, E., Esker, P. D., Waxman, K. D., Adee, E. A., Ebelhar, S. E., Young, B. G., Paul, P. A., 2012
Biology, yield loss and control of sclerotinia stem rot of soybean
Journal of Integrated Pest Management, Peltier, Angelique J., Bradley, Carl A., Chilvers, Martin I., Malvick, Dean K., Mueller, Daren S., Wise, Kiersten A., Esker, Paul D., 2012
Crop loss analysis and global food supply: focusing now on required harvests
CAB Review, Esker, Paul, Savary, Serge, McRoberts, Neil, 2012
2011 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN and UW-EXTENSION CORN FOLIAR FUNGICIDE RESEARCH: RESULTS FOR V5 AND 41 APPICATION TIMINGS
2011 Wisconsin Crop Production Association Distinguished Service Awards, Esker, Paul, Ballweg, Mike, Clark, Jerry, Halfman, Bill, Halopka, Richard, Hanson, Matt, Huntzicker, Steve, Proost, Richard, Jensen, Bryan, 2012
ASSESSING TRAIT BY MANAGEMENT INTERACTION:“NO UNITARDS ALLOWED”
2011 Wisconsin Crop Production Association Distinguished Service Awards, Conley, Shawn, Gaska, John, Martinka, Mark, Esker, Paul, 2012
Modeling long-term trends in russet burbank potato growth and development in Wisconsin
Agronomy, Goeser, Nicholas, Mitchell, Paul, Esker, Paul, Curwen, David, Weis, Gavin, Bussan, Alvin, 2012
Probability of yield response and breaking even for soybean seed treatments
Crop Science, Esker, Paul, Conley, Shawn, 2012
Baseline sensitivity of Exserohilum turcicum to the quinone outside inhibitor pyraclostrobin
Phytopathology, Chapara, V, Pedersen, DK, Balint-Kurti, P, Esker, PD, Robertson, AE, Paul, PA, Bradley, CA, 2012
Application of a rank-based method for improved cultivar selection in soft red winter wheat
Plant disease, Lackermann, Karen V., Esker, Paul D., 2011
Effect of location, cultivar, and diseases on grain yield of soft red winter wheat in Wisconsin
Plant disease, Lackermann, Karen V., Conley, Shawn P., Gaska, John M., Martinka, Mark J., Esker, Paul D., 2011
Soybean yield response to plant distribution in Fusarium virguliforme infested soils
Agronomy Journal, Swoboda, C. M., Pedersen, P., Esker, P. D., Munkvold, G. P., 2011
Soybean yield and heterodera glycines response to rotation, tillage, and genetic resistance
Agronomy Journal, Conley, S. P., Gaska, J. M., Pedersen, P., Esker, P., 2011
Meta-analysis of yield response of hybrid field corn to foliar fungicides in the U.S. corn belt
PHYTOPATHOLOGY, Paul, P. A., Madden, L. V., Bradley, C. A., Robertson, A. E., Munkvold, G. P., Shaner, G., Wise, K. A., Malvick, D. K., Allen, T. W., Grybauskas, A., Vincelli, P., Esker, P., 2011
Risk factors for crop health under global change and agricultural shifts
PHYTOPATHOLOGY, Savary, S., Mila, A., Willocquet, L., Esker, Paul, Carisse, O., McRoberts, N., 2011
Tillage, crop rotation, and hybrid effects on residue and corn anthracnose occurrence in Wisconsin
Plant disease, Jirak-Peterson, Jennifer C., Esker, Paul D., 2011
Meta-analysis to determine the effects of plant disease management measures
PHYTOPATHOLOGY, Ngugi, Henry K., Esker, Paul D., Scherm, Harald, 2011