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### 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.