Cornelius Lott Shear

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

Cornelius Lott Shear
Born26 March 1865 Edit this on Wikidata
Albany Edit this on Wikidata
Died2 February 1956 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 90)
Alma mater
OccupationMycologist Edit this on Wikidata
Employer

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. Peterson, Paul D.; Griffith, Clay S. (2000). "C.L. Shear: Gifted Mycologist, Plant Pathologist, and APS Founder". Annual Review of Phytopathology. Annual Reviews. 38 (1): 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 2009-08-28.
  3. Stevenson, John A. (1957). "Cornelius Lott Shear". Mycologia. 49 (2): 283–297. ISSN 0027-5514. JSTOR 3755640.
  4. "Cornelius Lott Shear". The American Phytopathological Society. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  5. International Plant Names Index.  Shear.
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