School of Agriculture

 

Oscar Perez-Hernandez, Associate Professor - Agronomy

(309) 298-1080
O-Perez-hernandez@wiu.edu

Education

  • BS Universidad Autonoma Chapingo
  • MS Iowa State University
  • PhD University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Courses Taught at WIU

  • AGRN176 - Crop Science
  • AGRN373 - Integrated Pest Management

Classes taught at previous institutions

  • Plant pathology
  • Applied entomology
  • Weed science: ecology and control
  • Integrated crop management
  • Introduction to plant science
  • Crop physiology
  • Grain crops
  • Advanced crop production
  • Techniques of crop scouting
  • Introduction to agricultural pesticides
  • Principles of spray application and technology
  • Fundamentals of soil science
  • Agricultural meteorology (Weather and climate in agriculture)

Major Accomplishments

  • Research article on soybean diseases recently accepted for publication in the Plant Disease Journal of the American Phytopathological Society
  • 17 peer-reviewed publications in the past 7 years
  • Invited to serve as an associate editor in the Mexican Journal of Phytopathology
  • Served as an Associate Editor in the journal of Crop Protection

Research Interests

  • Epidemiology and management of diseases in field crops
  • Crossroad between human and plant disease epidemiology
  • Design and analysis of experiments in agricultural sciences
  • Nutrition and health of crops

Additional Duties Outside of Teaching

  • Member of the American Phytopathological Society