> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 478](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33266155) of TL-2 Suppl. IV > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123681939) QID Q123681939 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Crosier, Willard Francis (1904-x), American plant pathologist, born at Junista, Nebraska, studied at the University of Kansas A.B. 1927, Ph.D. 1932 at Cornell, laboratory assistant in botany at Univ. of Kansas 1925-1927, science assistant in botany 1927-1932, instructor in botany, assistant at New York Experiment Station at Geneva 1932, from 1934 assistant professor at Cornell University. **Abbreviated name**: *W.F. Crosier* #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 398 (b. 26 Oct 1904, Junista, Nebr.); Kew 1:649. #### Biofile - Crosier, W., data on his work sent to F. Verdoorn (in writing) 1939. ### Publications ##### n.28.289. biology of Phytophthora infestans **Title** Studies in the *biology of Phytophthora infestans* (Mont.) De Bary... Ithaca, New York (Published by the University) 1934. Oct. (*Biol. Phytophthora*). **Notes** *Publ*.: Mar 1934 (date on p. \[1\], rd. for publ. 29 Jul 1933), p. \[1\]-40. *Copy*: B. – Issued as Memoir 155 Cornell Univ. Agric. Exper. Sta. 1934.