Pierce Paul

About

Pierce Paul is a Chair and Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at The Ohio State University, based in Selby Hall, Wooster. His research focuses on Cereal Pathology and Epidemiology, contributing to the understanding and management of plant diseases affecting cereal crops. As a leading expert in his field, he plays a significant role in advancing knowledge related to plant health and disease control within cereal agriculture.

Research topics

• Agronomy
• Biology
• Horticulture
• Political Science
• Botany
• Geography
• Biotechnology
• Ecology

Selected publications

• Corn Yield Loss Estimates Due to Diseases in the United States and Ontario, Canada, from 2016 to 2019

  Plant Health Progress · 2020 · 190 citations

  Annual reductions in corn (Zea mays L.) yield caused by diseases were estimated by university Extension-affiliated plant pathologists in 26 corn-producing states in the United States and in Ontario, Canada, from 2016 through 2019. Estimated loss from each disease varied greatly by state or province and year. Gray leaf spot (caused by Cercospora zeae-maydis Tehon & E.Y. Daniels) caused the greatest estimated yield loss in parts of the northern United States and Ontario in all years except 201…

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• Tar Spot: An Understudied Disease Threatening Corn Production in the Americas

  Plant Disease · 2020 · 67 citations

  and thus requires a living host to grow and reproduce. Due to its obligate nature, biological and epidemiological studies are limited and impact of disease in corn production has been understudied. Here we present the current literature and gaps in knowledge of tar spot of corn in the Americas, its etiology, distribution, impact and known management strategies as a resource for understanding the pathosystem. This will in tern guide current and future research and aid in the development of effect…

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• Recovery Plan for Tar Spot of Corn, Caused by <i>Phyllachora maydis</i>

  Plant Health Progress · 2021 · 37 citations

  Tar spot is a foliar disease of corn threatening production across the Americas. The disease was first documented in Mexico in 1904 and is now present in 15 additional countries throughout Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. Researchers and growers in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean consider tar spot to be a disease complex caused by multiple fungal pathogens. When environmental conditions are conducive for infection, these regions have experienced yield losses t…

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• Recovery Plan for Wheat Blast Caused by <i>Magnaporthe oryzae</i> Pathotype <i>Triticum</i>

  Plant Health Progress · 2021 · 34 citations

  Wheat blast is an explosive new fungal disease of wheat caused by an Magnaporthe oryzae (synonym of Pyricularia oryzae) host-adapted subpopulation, the M. oryzae Triticum pathotype (MoT). MoT has been found in South America, South Asia, and Africa, but not in the United States. Wheat blast caused by the MoT fungus was first reported in Brazil in 1985 and subsequently spread to Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina in the 1990s and 2000s. The disease first appeared in Bangladesh in 2016 and in Zambia…

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• A Global Assessment of the State of Plant Health

  Plant Disease · 2023-05-13 · 23 citations

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  The Global Plant Health Assessment (GPHA) is a collective, volunteer-based effort to assemble expert opinions on plant health and disease impacts on ecosystem services based on published scientific evidence. The GPHA considers a range of forest, agricultural, and urban systems worldwide. These are referred to as (Ecoregion × Plant System), i.e., selected case examples involving keystone plants in given parts of the world. The GPHA focuses on infectious plant diseases and plant pathogens, but enc…

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Frequent coauthors

• L. V. Madden

  108 shared

• Paul D. Esker

  Pennsylvania State University

  98 shared

• D. A. Shah

  Kansas State University

  75 shared

• Alison E. Robertson

  Iowa State University

  71 shared

• Carl A. Bradley

  University of Kentucky

  70 shared

• Shawn P. Conley

  University of Wisconsin–Madison

  60 shared

• Anne E. Dorrance

  The Ohio State University

  41 shared

• E. D. De Wolf

  Kansas State University

  38 shared

Labs

• Paul LabPI

Education

• Ph.D., Plant Pathology

  The Ohio State University

  1990

• M.S., Plant Pathology

  The Ohio State University

  1986

• B.S., Botany

  The Ohio State University

  1982

Awards & honors

• Syngenta Award (outstanding recent contributions to plant pa…
• American Phytopathological Society Distinguished Junior Facu…
• Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center William Bo…
• Certificate of Excellence in the Agronomy Society of America…

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