Bluejoint Grass – Calamagrostis canadensis

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Cornelius Lott Shear (March 26, 1865 February 2, 1956) was an American mycologist and plant pathologist who served as a senior pathologist at the USDA Bureau of Plant Industry.[1]

Born in Coeyman's Hollow, Albany County, New York, on March 26, 1865, Shear was the first to describe the grass Bromus arizonicus.[2] He was a pioneer in the study of pathogenic fungi who studied crop diseases and developed control measures for treatment of economically-important crops such as cranberries, grapes and cotton.[1][3] He played a pivotal role in creating the American Phytopathological Society, founded in 1908.[1][4]

The standard author abbreviation Shear is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Peterson, Paul D.; Griffith, Clay S. (2000). "C.L. Shear: Gifted Mycologist, Plant Pathologist, and APS Founder". Annual Review of Phytopathology. 38 (1). Annual Reviews: 19–29. doi:10.1146/annurev.phyto.38.1.19. ISSN 0066-4286. PMID 11701834. S2CID 4865372.
  2. ^ "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Finding on Petitions To List Bromus arizonicus (Arizona brome) and Nassella cernua (nodding needlegrass) as Endangered| Federal Register Environmental Documents". US EPA. Archived from the original on August 28, 2009.
  3. ^ Stevenson, John A. (1957). "Cornelius Lott Shear". Mycologia. 49 (2): 283–297. doi:10.1080/00275514.1957.12024643. ISSN 0027-5514. JSTOR 3755640.
  4. ^ "Cornelius Lott Shear profile". The American Phytopathological Society. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  5. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Shear.


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