Dennis R. Decoteau, Ph.D.
- Professor of Horticulture and Plant Ecosystem Health
University Park, PA 16802
- Email drd10@psu.edu
Areas of Expertise
- Air Pollution Injury on Plants
- Air Quality and Ecosystem Responses
- Environmental Plant Physiology
- Vegetable Crops
- Photomorphogenesis (light regulated plant growth)
Websites
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
A preliminary investigation on the use of warm season grasses as vegetative environmental buffers to capture particulate matter from manure pit exhaust fans associated with a swine finishing facility.
Agri Res & Tech: Open Access J., Grube, Amanda, Decoteau, Dennis, 2023
Educating the public about air pollution and plants: Experiences at the Air Quality and Learning and Demonstration Center at Penn State (2003-2019)
Agri Res & Tech: Open Access J., Decoteau, Dennis, Davis, D, 2022
Incidence of ozone injury on hybrid poplar tree in southwestern Pennsylvania USA: A 26-year field study
Journal of Plant Science & Research, Davis, Donald, Marini, Richard, Decoteau, Dennis, 2020
Ozone-Sensitivity of Ten Milkweed Species (Asclepias spp.)
Northeastern Naturalist, Mercado, Melissa, Decoteau, Dennis R., Marini, Richard, Davis, Donald D., Marini, R, 2020
Milkweed (Asclepias) Species Exposed to Ozone
Northeastern Naturalist, Mercado, Melissa, Decoteau, Dennis, Marini, R, Davis, D, 2020
Response of sensitive and resistant snap bean genotypes to nighttime ozone concentration
Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science, Lloyd, Kirsten, Davis, Donald, Marini, Richard, Decoteau, Dennis, Decoeau, Dennis, 2020
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
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
Ozone sensitivity of green ash selections from across Midwestern USA.
Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Decoteau, Dennis, Marini, R, Davis, D, 2018
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
Student Perceptions of an Ireland Study Abroad Experience.
NACTA Abstracts, Decoteau, Dennis, Hermstadt, Michaela, Ewing, J, Hoover, T, 2018
Sensitivity of Eleven Milkweed (Asclepias) Species to Ozone
Northeastern Naturalist, Myers, Abigail C., Decoteau, Dennis R., Marini, Richard, Davis, Donald D., 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
Outreach Efforts of the Air Quality Learning and Demonstration Center at Penn State: Lessons Learned After Almost Fifteen Years.
2108 National Air Pollution Conference, US EPA, Decoteau, Dennis, LLoyd, Kirsten, Savage, J, Davis, D, 2018
Teaching air pollution effects on plants.
Agri Res & Tech., Decoteau, Dennis, Lloyd, Kirsten, Davis, Don, 2017
The Blue and Orange Initiative – Connecting Penn State and the University of Florida., Decoteau, Dennis, Wasson, Halee, Hoover, T, Clark, Dave, Gomez, Celena, Frazier, Victoria, Turner, Elaine, 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
