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Dr. Oscar Pérez-Hernández

Dr. Oscar Pérez-Hernández

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Center for Innovation

Phone

660.562.1157

Joined Northwest in 2017


Associate Professor

Education

  • Ph.D. Agronomy, Specialization in Plant Pathology, Minor in Statistics; University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2013
  • M.S. Plant Pathology (Epidemiology); Iowa State University, 2007
  • B.S. Agronomy, Specialization in Crop Protection (Epidemiology); Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, 2000

Courses Taught

  • AGRI 03234 Fundamentals of Soil Science
  • AGRI 03238 Techniques of Crop Scouting
  • AGRI 03292 Introduction to Agricultural Pesticides
  • AGRI 03336 Crop Physiology
  • AGRI 03381 Applied Entomology
  • AGRI 03434 Weed Science: Ecology and Control
  • AGRI 03438 Advanced Crop Production
  • AGRI 03448 Principles of Spray Application and Technology
  • AGRI 03540 Grain Crops
  • AGRI 03582 Plant Diseases

Academic Interests

  • Epidemiology and management of plant diseases
  • Crossroads between human and botanical epidemiology
  • Statistical methods in biological sciences: experimental design and statistical modeling
  • Physiology and nutrition of crops and their relationship to plant disease

Scholarly Activity

Publications - Peer Reviewed (Last four years)

  • Esquivel-Cervantes L. F, Tlapal-Bolaños B., Tovar-Pedraza J.M, Pérez-Hernández O, Leyva-Mir S.G, and Camacho-Tapia M. 2022. Efficacy of biorational products for managing diseases of tomato in greenhouse production. 2022. Plants (Basel) 21;11(13):1638. doi: 10.3390/plants11131638. PMID: 35807589; PMCID: PMC9269266.
  • Pérez-Hernández, O., Sautua, F., Domínguez-Monge, S., Góngora-Canul C. C., and Carmona, M. 2021. The serial and generation intervals from SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics and their potential application in the epidemiology of two citrus diseases. Mexican Journal of Phytopathology. Special Issue. November 2021.
  • Byamukama, E., Pérez-Hernández, O., and Yabwalo, D. N. 2021. Plant disease threats to food security in the Northern Plains of North America. Special issue: near to mid-term Problems in Meeting World Food Demands at Regional Levels. The Agronomy Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20870
  • Miorini, T. J., Raetano, C. G., Negrisoli, M. M., and Pérez-Hernández, O. 2021. Determination of the protection period of fungicides used for control of Sclerotinia stem rot in soybean through bioassay and chromatography. Eur. J. of Plant Pathol. 159:877-889.
  • Carmona, M., Sautua, F., and Pérez-Hernández, O. Detecting and preventing wheat stripe rust epidemics in Argentina. In Plant Disease Epidemics: detecting, predicting and preventing. Nova Science Publisher, Inc.
  • Rivas-Valencia, P., Domínguez-Monge, S., Santillán-Mendoza, R., Loeza-Kouk, E., Pérez-Hernández, O., Rodríguez-Quibrera, C. G., and Lomas-Barrié, C. 2020. Severe Citrus tristeza virus isolates from Eastern México are related to the T36 genotype group. American Journal of Plant Sciences 11:1521-1532.
  • Carmona, M., Sautua, F., Pérez-Hernández, O. and Reis, E. M. 2020. Role of fungicide applications on the integrated management of wheat stripe rust. Frontiers in Plant Science 11:733. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00733
  • Pérez-Hernández, O., Giesler, L. J., and Hilbe, J. M. 2019. A negative binomial regression model of the observed population density of Heterodera glycines after annual corn rotation in Nebraska. Plant Disease 103:3093-3100.
  • Carmona, M., Sautua, F., Pérez-Hernández, O., Grosso, C. G., Vettorello, L., Milanesio, B., Corvi, E., Almada, G., and Støvring-Hovmøller, M. 2019. Rapid emergency response to yellow rust epidemics caused by newly introduced lineages of Puccinia striiformis sp. tritici. Tropical Plant Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40858-019-00295-y
  • Sautua, F., Baron, C., Pérez-Hernández, O., and Carmona, M. 2019. First report of resistance to carbendazim and procymidone in Botrytis cinerea from strawberry, blueberry and tomato in Argentina. Crop Protection 125:104879.
  • Bashyal, M., Ferguson, C., Pérez-Hernández, O., and Hoilett, N. 2019. Effect of cereal rye and hairy vetch on pest suppression and corn yield. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. DOI:10.1080/00103624.2019.1603309.
  • Carmona, M., Sautua, F. and Pérez-Hernández, O. 2019. Copper phosphite enhances efficacy of a strobilurin-triazole fungicide in controlling late season foliar diseases of soybean. Crop Protection. 115:130-134.
  • Pérez-Hernández, O., Cravens, C., and Olewenne, C. 2018. Efficacy of foliar fungicides in the control of frogeye leaf spot in soybean in Central Missouri, 2017. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. doi:10.1094/PDMR12.
  • Carmona, M., Sautua, F. J. Pérez-Hernández, O., and Mandolesi, J. I. 2018. AgroDecisor EFC: First Android app decision support tool for timing fungicide applications for management of late-season soybean diseases. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 144:310-313.
  • Góngora-Canul, C. C., Martínez-Sebastián, Aguilera-Cauich, E. A., Uc-Varguez, A., López-Puc, G., and Pérez-Hernández, O. 2018. Spatio-temporal dynamics of mealybug (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) populations in plantations of Jatropha curcas in Yucatan, Mexico. Industrial Crops & Products.  
  • Pérez-Hernández, O., and Giri, A. 2017. Efficacy of fungicides in the control of foliar diseases of soybean in West Central Missouri. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 11:FC120. Online Publication. doi:10.1094/PDMR11
  • Pérez-Hernández, O., and Giesler, L. J. 2017. Intra- and interplot variability of Heterodera glycines population densities in experimental settings to soybean variety evaluations in Nebraska. Crop Protection 94:123-136.
  • Carmona, M., Sautua, and Pérez-Hernández, O. 2017. Efficacy of K and Mn phosphites on the control of Pythium damping off in soybean seed treatments. Pest Management 17:100-110.

Journal - Peer Reviewed (Before 2017)

  • Montesinos-López, O. A., Montesinos-López, A., Crossa, J., Toledo, F., Pérez-Hernández, O., Eskridge, K., and Rutkoski, J. 2016. A genomic Bayesian multi-trait and multi-environment model. Genetics 6:2725-2744.
  • Pérez-Hernández, O., and Giesler, L. J. 2014. Quantitative relationship of soil texture with the observed population density reduction of Heterodera glycines after annual corn rotation in Nebraska. Journal of Nematology 46:90-100.
  • Giesler, L. J., and Pérez-Hernández, O. 2014. Chapter 4: Field crop diseases. in: E. C., Bauer, ed. Agricultural Pest Control. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Extension. Lincoln, Nebraska.
  • Pérez-Hernández, O., Nam, M. H., Gleason, M. L., and Kim, H. G. 2008. Development of a nested polymerase chain reaction assay for detection of Colletotrichum acutatum in symptomless strawberry leaves. Plant Dis. 92:1655-1661.
  • Pérez-Hernández, O., Góngora-Canul, C. C., Medina-Lara, M. F., Oropeza-Salín, C., Escamilla-Bencomo, J. A., and Mora-Aguilera, G. 2004. Spatio-temporal pattern of lethal yellowing in coconut (Cocos nucifera) in Yucatán, México [published in Spanish]. Revista Mexicana de Fitopatología 22:231-238.
  • Góngora-Canul, C. C., Pérez-Hernández, O., Pech-Cauich, O., Escamilla-Bencomo, J. A.,  and Mora-Aguilera, G. 2004. Dispersal gradients of lethal yellowing in coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) in Yucatán, México [published in Spanish]. Revista Mexicana de Fitopatología 22:370-376.

Abstracts (peer-reviewed)-Proceedings of Congresses and Scientific Meetings (Last four years)

  • Ortíz-Saavedra, S., Domínguez-Monge, S., Allende-Molar, R., Mendoza-García, J.D., Pérez-Hernández, O., Rodríguez-Quibrera, C.G., Curti-Díaz, S., Flores-Sánchez, J.L. y Sarmiento-Tejeda, R. 2022. Influencia del huanglongbing en pérdidas de producción y calidad de frutos de limón Persa en Veracruz. Revista Mexicana de Fitopatología.
  • Hernández-Lara, B. E., Domínguez-Monge, S., Rodríguez-Quibrera, C. G., González-Cárdenas, J.S., Pérez-Hernández, O., Matilde-Hernández, C., and Curti-Díaz, S. A. 2020. Temporal and spatial progress of huanglongbing in Persian lime in Veracruz, México. Mexican Congress of Phytopathology.
  • Pérez-Hernández, O., Hoilett, N., Soman, S., Carmona, M., and Sautua, F. 2019. Statistical modeling in designed studies in phytopathology. 58th Meeting of the American Phytopathological Society-Caribbean Division. May 6-10, 2019. Varadero, Cuba.
  • Pérez-Hernández, O., Olewunne, C., and Hoilett, N. 2019. Predicting intensity levels of frogeye leaf spot (Cercospora sojina) in Northwest Missouri. Missouri Academy of Science Annual Meeting. Maryville, MO.
  • Ernat, E., Zell, T., and Pérez-Hernández, O. 2019. Overwintering behavior and end-of-season mortality of the soybean leaf beetle (Cerotoma trifurcata) in Northwest Missouri. Missouri Academy of Science Annual Meeting. Maryville, MO.
  • Cloughley, V. Tharp, K., and Pérez-Hernández, O. 2019. Efficacy of a nutritional seed treatment on early development of soybean (Glycine max) in controlled conditions. Missouri Academy of Science Annual Meeting. Maryville, MO.
  • Singamreddy, V., Kipping, C., Hoilett, N., and Pérez-Hernández, O. 2019. Characterization and identification of mold fungi in harvested soybean seed in Northwest Missouri. Missouri Academy of Science Annual Meeting. Maryville, MO.
  • Dudusola, H., Orunganti, P., Soman, S., Anuoluwa, S., Hoilett, N., and Pérez-Hernández, O. 2019. Spatial analysis of cover crop influence on soil health using kriging geostatistical procedures. Missouri Academy of Science Annual Meeting. Maryville, MO.
  • Reyes, P. E. and Pérez-Hernández, O. 2018. Aspects of linear mixed models for multinomial responses with observed low frequencies. Presented at the Conference on Applied Statistics in Agriculture. May 6 to 8, 2018. Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.
  • Pérez-Hernández, O., and Esker, P. D. 2018. Modeling count response data in phytopathology: beyond the overdispersed Poisson model. Phytopathology.
  • Pérez-Hernández, O., Sautua, F., Ziegler, V., Scandiani, M., and Carmona, M. 2018. A new, practical, and reliable method to assess intensity of Cercospora leaf blight in soybean. Phytopathology.
  • Reyes, P. E. and Pérez-Hernández, O. 2018. Aspects of linear mixed models for multinomial responses with observed low frequencies. Presented at the Conference on Applied Statistics in Agriculture. May 6 to 8, 2018. Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.
  • Sautua, F., Pérez-Hernández, O., Carmona, M., Scandiani, M., and Ziegler, V. 2018. Characterization of the temporal progress of soybean Cercospora leaf blight using a tactical on-plant canopy method.
  • Pérez-Hernández, O., Giesler, L. J., and Hubbard, K. 2016. Implications of an epidemiological study to management of the soybean cyst nematode in Nebraska. Phytopathology 106:S4.192.
  • Pérez-Hernández, O., Giri, A., Kidwaro, F., and Montesinos-López, O. 2016. Subsampling and counting in nematology: a case study with population densities of Heterodera glycines. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Nematologists and The Organization of Nematologists of Tropical America. July 17 to 21, 2016. Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Zancan, W., and Pérez-Hernández, O. 2016. Transmission potential of Sclerotinia sclerotiourum to cotton seedlings from differential exposure times of seeds to mycelium. Phytopathology 106.S4.194.
  • Pérez-Hernández, O., and Giesler, L. J. 2015. Spatial pattern analysis of Heterodera glycines population densities in experimental settings to soybean variety evaluations in the United States. Presented at the 2015 annual meeting of the ASA, CSSA, and SSSA. Nov. 15-18, Minneapolis, MN.
  • Pérez-Hernández, O., and Byamukama, E. 2015. Tillage effect on population densities of Heterodera glycines in the United States: A review. Presented at the 2015 annual meeting of the ASA, CSSA, and SSSA. Nov. 15-18, Minneapolis, MN.

Abstracts (peer-reviewed)-Proceedings of Congresses and Scientific Meetings (Before 2015)

  • Pérez-Hernández, O., Giesler, L. J., and Reyes, P. E. 2014. A Bayesian approach to estimation of error rates in detection of Heterodera glycines in processed soil samples with low egg concentrations. Phytopathology 104:S3.91.
  • Pérez-Hernández, O., Broderick, K. C., and Giesler, L. J. 2014. Population dynamics of Heterodera glycines in corn-soybean rotated fields in Nebraska. Phytopathology 104:S3.174.
  • Broderick, K. C., Pérez-Hernández, O., Wilson, J., and Giesler, L. 2014. Influence of soil texture on yield benefits for soybean cyst nematode resistant varieties. Phytopathology 104:S3.167.
  • Pérez-Hernández, O., and Giesler, L. J. 2013. Principal component analysis of soil texture and soybean cyst nematode populations before and after corn rotation in Nebraska. Phytopathology 103:S3.7.
  • Liu, B., Wei, H., Shen, W., Smith, H., Pérez-Hernández, O., and Giesler, L. 2013. Microbial and nematode communities in soils from Nebraska soybean farms. Phytopathology 103:S2.83.
  • Pérez-Hernández, O., and Giesler, L. 2011. Field mortality of soybean cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines) populations in soybean-corn rotation systems in Nebraska. Phytopathology 101:S2.8
  • Pérez-Hernández, O., Nam, M., and Gleason, M. 2007. Colonization of strawberry flower parts by Colletotrichum acutatum. Phytopathology 97:S91.
  • Nam, M., Pérez-Hernández, O., Kim, H. G., and Gleason, M. 2007. Development of a nested-PCR assay for detection of Colletotrichum acutatum in vitro. Phytopathology 97:S82.
  • Nam M., Pérez-Hernández, O. and Gleason, M. 2007. A nested PCR assay for detection of Colletotrichum acutatum on symptomless strawberry leaves. Phytopathology 97:S82.
  • Silva-Diaz, A. P., Pérez-Hernández, O., and Yang, X. B. 2007. Spatio-temporal analysis of Asian soybean rust spread along central U.S. Phytopathology 97:S28.
  • Silva-Dias, A. P., Pérez-Hernández, O., and Yang, X. B. 2005. Role of susceptible kudzu and volunteer soybeans in the epidemiology of soybean rust: an analysis of the USA and Brazil scenario. Phytopathology 95:S24.
  • Kim, K., Yang, X. B., Pan, Z., and Pérez-Hernández, O. 2005. Simulation of spore trajectories to identify potential pathways of soybean rust in the United States. Phytopathology 95:S54.
  • Bonde, M. R., Pérez-Hernández, O., and Yang, X. B. 2005. Studies to determine the importance of alternative hosts in the overwintering of Phakopsora pachyrhizi. Phytopathology 94:S144.
  • Pérez-Hernández, O., Yang, X. B., Pivonia, S., and Guan, J. 2004. Assessing the role of kudzu (Pueraria lobata) in potential epidemics of soybean rust in the United States. Phytopathology 94:S83.
  • Góngora-Canul, C., Mora-Aguilera, G., Pérez-Hernández, O., and Escamilla. J. 2001. Does the lethal yellowing of coconut progress through infection foci? XXXVI National Congress of Entomology and XXVIII National Congress of Phytopathology. Mexican Phytopathological Society. Querétaro, México. F-153.
  • Pérez-Hernández, O., Mora-Aguilera, G., Escamilla-Bencomo, J. A., and Góngora-Canul, C. 2000. Spatio-temporal pattern of lethal yellowing of coconut (Cocos nucifera) in Yucatán. XXVII National Congress of Phytopathology. Mexican Phytopathological Society. Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, México. L-84.
  • Góngora-Canul, C., Escamilla-Bencomo, J. A., Mora-Aguilera, G., and Pérez-Hernández, O. Dispersal Gradients of lethal yellowing of coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) in Yucatán and Campeche. National Congress of Phytopathology. Mexican Phytopathological Society. Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco. L-77.

Extension Publications

  • Pérez-Hernández, O. and Jones, C. 2022. What does yellowing or chlorosis tell us about the health of a plant? MontGuide MT202205AG
  • Pérez-Hernández, O., Dyer, A., and Fine, T. 2022. Soybean diseases and their management in Montana. MontGuide MT202206AG
  • Pérez-Hernández, O., and Meyer, J. 2021. Powdery mildew showing up late in sugar beet in south central Montana. Ag. Alert. Montana State University Extension. September 2021.
  • Miller, M., and Pérez-Hernández, O. Coronavirus food assistance program (CFAP) payments for Missouri producers. Nodaway Forum Journal. Maryville, MO.
  • Pérez-Hernández, O., Sautua, F., and Bissonnette, K. Cedar-quince rust. Integrated Pest and Crop Management Newsletter, University of Missouri-Columbia.
  • Pérez-Hernández, O. Evaluation of foliar fungicides on soybean in West Central Missouri: 2016. Integrated Pest and Crop Management Newsletter, University of Missouri-Columbia.
  • Pérez-Hernández, O., Kidwaro, F., and Hume, T. Performance of corn hybrids in Central Missouri. Agriculture Program Newsletter. University of Central Missouri.
  • Giri, A., and Pérez-Hernández, O. 2016. Comparative analysis of corn yield in the west central region of Missouri. Star Journal, UCM. September 2016.
  • Andersen, B., Bradley, K., and Pérez-Hernández, O. 2016. Weed of the month. Integrated Pest and Crop Management Newsletter, University of Missouri-Columbia.

Other Professional Experiences

Professional Experience

  • Assistant Professor-Plant Pathology Extension; Montana State University, 2021-2022
  • Assistant Professor-Agronomy (crop protection); Northwest Missouri State University, 2017-2021
  • Assistant Professor-Agronomy; University of Central Missouri, 2015-2017
  • Director of Res. and Development; Spraytec Fertilizers, 2014-2015
  • Postdoc. Res. Ass. Dept. of Plant Pathology; Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2013-2014

Reviewer of Scientific Journals

  • International Journal of Crop Protection
  • Plant Disease
  • Plant Health Progress
  • Mexican Journal of Phytopathology

Memberships in Scientific Societies

  • The American Phytopathological Society
  • American Statistical Association
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science

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