Dennis R. Decoteau, Ph.D.
- Program Coordinator, Plant Science Major
- Professor of Horticulture and Plant Ecosystem Health
University Park, PA 16802
- Email drd10@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-5587
Areas of Expertise
- Air Pollution Injury on Plants
- Air Quality and Ecosystem Responses
- Environmental Plant Physiology
- Vegetable Crops
- Photomorphogenesis (light regulated plant growth)
Education
- PhD., Plant Science/Physiology, University of Massachusetts, 1984
- M.S., Plant Science/Physiology, University of Massachusetts, 1982
- B.S.E.S., University of Maine at Fort Kent, 1980
Appointment:
- Professor of Horticulture and Plant Ecosystem Health
- Dr. Decoteau also holds faculty membership in the
Penn State Institutes of the Environment
- and is on the graduate faculty. He is a member of the Environmental Resources Management teaching faculty and the Environmental Pollution Control graduate faculty.
Publications
Ozone-Sensitivity of Ten Milkweed Species (Asclepias spp.)
Northeastern Naturalist, Mercado, Melissa, Decoteau, Dennis R., Marini, Richard, Davis, Donald D., 2020
Response of sensitive and resistant snap bean genotypes to nighttime ozone concentration
Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science, Lloyd, Kirsten L., Davis, Donald D., Marini, Richard P., Decoteau, Dennis R., 2020
Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina)
Northeastern Naturalist, Seiler, Lauren K., Decoteau, Dennis R., Marini, Richard P., Davis, Donald D., 2019
Influence of ambient ozone on grape cultivars ‘Chambourcin’ and ‘Vidal’ in Pennsylvania, USA
Journal of Plant Science and Research, Decoteau, Dennis, Marini, Richard, Davis, Donald, 2019
Use of dried compressed air to generate ozone in vegetation exposure chambers: quantification of trace nitrogen oxidants formed during corona discharge
Journal of Plant Science and Research, Lloyd, Kirsten, Davis, Donald, Marini, Richard, Decoteau, Dennis, Huff, Amy, Brune, William, 2019
A review: Effect of ozone on milkweeds (asclepias spp.) in USA and potential implications for monarch butterflies
Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Davis, Donald, Decoteau, Dennis, 2018
Ozone sensitivity of green ash selections from across Midwestern USA.
Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Decoteau, Dennis, Marini, R, Davis, D, 2018
Sensitivity of Eleven Milkweed (Asclepias) Species to Ozone
Northeastern Naturalist, Myers, Abigail C., Decoteau, Dennis R., Marini, Richard P., Davis, Donald Durwood, 2018
Effects of nighttime ozone treatment at ambient concentrations on sensitive and resistant snap bean genotypes
Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science, Lloyd, Kirsten L., Davis, Donald D., Marini, Richard P., Decoteau, Dennis R., 2018
Teaching air pollution effects on plants.
Agri Res & Tech., Decoteau, Dennis, Lloyd, Kirsten, Davis, Don, 2017
Evaluation of ailanthus altissima as a bioindicator to detect phytotoxic levels of ozone
Northeastern Naturalist, Seiler, Lauren K., Decoteau, Dennis R., Davis, Donald D., 2014