Cornelius Lott Shear

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'''Cornelius Lott Shear''' (March 26, 1865 February 2, 1956) was an American [[mycology|mycologist]] and [[plant pathologist]] who served as a senior pathologist at the USDA Bureau of Plant Industry.<ref name="Peterson"/>

Born in Coeyman's Hollow, [[Albany County, New York]], on March 26, 1865, Shear was the first to describe the grass ''[[Bromus arizonicus]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-SPECIES/2005/January/Day-25/e1261.htm | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828125329/http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-SPECIES/2005/January/Day-25/e1261.htm | archive-date=2009-08-28 | title=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 | website=[[US EPA]]}}</ref> 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]].<ref name="Peterson"/><ref name="Stevenson">{{cite journal |last1=Stevenson |first1=John A. |title=Cornelius Lott Shear |journal=Mycologia |date=1957 |volume=49 |issue=2 |pages=283–297 |doi=10.1080/00275514.1957.12024643 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3755640 |issn=0027-5514 |jstor=3755640}}</ref> Shear edited the [[exsiccata]] series ''New York fungi''.<ref>{{cite web |title=New York fungi: IndExs ExsiccataID=598199427 |website=IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae |publisher=Botanische Staatssammlung München |url=https://www.botanischestaatssammlung.de/DatabaseClients/IndExs/Exsiccatae_IndExs_Details.jsp?ExsiccataID=598199427 |access-date=10 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=New York fungi: IndExs ExsiccataID=123568296 |website=IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae |publisher=Botanische Staatssammlung München |url=https://www.botanischestaatssammlung.de/DatabaseClients/IndExs/Exsiccatae_IndExs_Details.jsp?ExsiccataID=123568296 |access-date=10 September 2024}}</ref> He played a pivotal role in creating the [[American Phytopathological Society]], founded in 1908.<ref name="Peterson">{{cite journal | last1=Peterson | first1=Paul D. | last2=Griffith | first2=Clay S. | title=C.L. Shear: Gifted Mycologist, Plant Pathologist, and APS Founder | journal=[[Annual Review of Phytopathology]] | publisher=[[Annual Reviews (publisher)|Annual Reviews]] | volume=38 | issue=1 | year=2000 | issn=0066-4286 | doi=10.1146/annurev.phyto.38.1.19 | pages=19–29 | s2cid=4865372 | pmid=11701834| bibcode=2000AnRvP..38...19P | doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Cornelius Lott Shear profile|url=https://www.apsnet.org/members/leadership/history/pioneeringplantpathologists/Pages/ShearCorneliusLott.aspx |website=The American Phytopathological Society |access-date=20 March 2023}}</ref>

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