Faculty
Paul Koch

Paul Koch

Paul Koch

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Associate Professor

Phone: 608-576-2673
E-mail: plkoch@wisc.edu

283 Russell Labs
1630 Linden Dr
Madison, WI 53706

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Education

Doctor of Philosophy University of Wisconsin-Madison (August 2012) Major: Plant Pathology Minor: Molecular and Environmental Toxicology
Master of Science University of Wisconsin-Madison (May 2007) Major: Plant Pathology
Bachelor of Science University of Wisconsin-Madison (May 2005)

Research

Courses Taught

Publications

  1. Koch, P.L., Hockemeyer, K. 2021. Iron sulfate and phosphite products fail to suppress snow mold on amenity turfgrass in Wisconsin. Crop, Forage, and Turfgrass Management 7: e20138. https://doi.org/10.1002/cft2.20138
  2. Chou, M.-Y., Shrestha, S., Rioux, R.A., Koch, P.L. 2021. Hyperlocal variation in soil iron and the rhizosphere bacterial community determines dollar spot development in amenity turfgrass. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 87: e00149-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00149-21
  3. Townsend, R.V., Millican, M.D., Smith, D., Nangle, E., Hockemeyer, K., Soldat, D., Koch, P.L. 2021. Dollar spot suppression on creeping bentgrass in response to repeated foliar nitrogen applications. Plant Disease 105: 276-284. org/10.1094/PDIS-05-20-1031-RE
  4. Hockemeyer, K., Koch, P.L. 2021. Field evaluations and in vitro sensitivity of Microdochium nivale to succinate dehydrogenase (SDHI) fungicides. International Turfgrass Research Journal. Early View. https://doi.org/10.1002/its2.48
  5. Rioux, R.A., Stephens, C.M., Koch, P.L., Kabbage, M., Kerns, J.P. 2020. Identification of a tractable model system and oxalic acid-dependent symptom development of the dollar spot pathogen Clarireedia jacksonii. Plant Pathology 70: 722-734. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13319
  6. Koch, P.L., Hockemeyer, K., Buczkowski, E. 2020. Evaluating biological and oil-based fungicides for dollar spot suppression on turfgrass. Agronomy Journal 105: 3808-3818, https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20407
  7. Groben, G. Clarke, B.B., Murphy, J. Koch, P.L., Crouch, J., Lee, S., Zhang, N. 2020. Real-time PCR detection of Clarireedia, spp., the causal agents of dollar spot in turfgrasses. Plant Disease 104: 3118-3123. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-20-0726-RE
  8. Braun, R.C., Patton, A.J., Watkins, E., Koch, PL., Anderson, N.P., Bonos, S.A., Brilman, L.A. 2020. Fine fescues: a review of the species, their improvement, production, establishment, and management. Crop Science 60: 1142-1187. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20122
  9. Townsend, R.V., Rioux, R.A., Kabbage, M., Stephens, C., Kerns, J.P., Koch, P.L. 2020. Oxalic acid production in Clarireedia jacksonii is dictated by pH, host tissue, and xylan. Frontiers in Microbiology 11: 1732. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01732
  10. Kabbage M., Piotrowski, J.S., Thill, E., Westrick, N.M., Ralph, J., Hockemeyer, K., Koch, P.L. 2020. Poacic acid suppresses dollar spot and snow mould in amenity turfgrass. Plant Pathology 69: 112-119. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13099
  11. Hockemeyer, K., Koch, P.L. 2019. Alternative and low-use-rate herbicides offer similar levels of weed control to current standards in turfgrass lawns in the upper Midwest. Crop, Forage, and Turfgrass Management 5: 1-6. https://doi.org/10.2134/cftm2019.05.0042
  12. Kaminski, J.E., Russell, T., Koch, P.L. 2019. First report of Ophiosphaerella agrostidis infecting creeping bentgrass in Wisconsin. Plant Disease 103:2129. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-02-19-0415-PDN
  13. Bier, P.V., Persche, M., Koch, P., Soldat, D.J. 2018. A long term evaluation of differential potassium fertilization of a creeping bentgrass putting green. Plant Soil 431: 303-316. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-018-3765-8
  14. Koch, P.L., Hugie, K., Watkins, E. 2018. Resistance of prairie junegrass and tufted harigrass germplasm to diseases common in temperate low-input turfgrass systems. Plant Health Progress 19: 310-318. org/10.1094/PHP-05-18-0022-RS
  15. Smith, D.L. and Kerns, J.P., Walker, N.R., Payne, A.F., Horvath, B., Inguagiato, J., Kaminski, J., Tomaso-Peterson, M., Koch, P.L. 2018. Development and validation of a weather-based warning system to advise fungicide application to control dollar spot on turfgrass. PLOS One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194216
  16. Karakkat, B., Hockemeyer, K., Koch, P.L. 2018. Detection of root-infecting fungi on cool-season turfgrasses using loop-mediated isothermal amplification and recombinase polymerase amplification. J Microbiol Methods 151: 90-98. doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2018.06.01
  17. Karakkat, B., Jackson, V., Koch, P.L. 2018. Incidence and distribution of Puccinia coronata and P. graminis on turfgrass in the Midwestern United States. Plant Disease 102(5): 955-963. org/10.1094/PDIS-09-17-1353-RE
  18. Koch, P.L., Soldat, D.J., Horgan, B.P., Bauer, S.J., Patton, A.J. 2017. The Great Lakes School of Turfgrass Science: A Nine-State Collaboration to Improve the Turfgrass Short Course. Journal of Extension 55(3): https://www.joe.org/joe/2017june/iw4.php
  19. Reedich, L.M., Millican, M.D., Koch, P.L. 2017. Temperature impacts on soil microbial communities and potential implications for the biodegradation of turfgrass pesticides. Journal of Environmental Quality 46(3): 490-497. doi: 10.2134/jeq2017.02.0067.
  20. Koch, P.L. 2016. Optimal fungicide timing for suppression of Typhula blight under winter covers. Agronomy Journal 108: 1-6. Doi: 10.2134/agronj2016.04.0241
  21. Koch, P.L., Stier, J. C., Kerns, J.P. 2015. Snow cover has variable effects on persistence of fungicides and their suppression of microdochium patch on amenity turfgrass. 2015. Plant Pathology. doi: 10.1111/ppa.12379
  22. Koch, P.L., Kerns, J.P. 2015. Temperature influences persistence of chlorothalonil and iprodione on creeping bentgrass foliage. Plant Health Progress. doi: 10.1094/PHP-RS-15-00012. Selected as an Editor’s Pick.
  23. Koch, P.L., Stier, J. C., Senseman, S. A., Sobek, S., Kerns, J.P. 2013. Modification of commercially-available ELISA assays to determine chlorothalonil and iprodione concentrations on golf course turfgrass. Crop Protection 54(12): 35-42.
  24. Koch, P.L., Kerns, J.P. 2012. Impact of novel fungicide timings on the development of snow mold and dollar spot on golf course turfgrass. International Turfgrass Research Society Journal 12: 97-101.
  25. Koch, P.L., Kerns, J.P. 2012. Relative resistance of creeping bentgrass cultivars to Sclerotinia homoeocarpa and Typhula incarnata. Applied Turfgrass Science doi: 10.1094/ATS-2012-1022-01-RS.
  26. Koch, P. L., Kerns, J. P., Stier, J. C. 2009. Spring time fungicide applications delay and reduce dollar spot disease of turfgrass in Wisconsin. International Turfgrass Society Research Journal 11(I): 241-252.
  27. Koch, P. L., Grau, C. G., Jo, Y. K., Jung, G. 2009. Thiophanate-methyl and propiconazole sensitivity in Sclerotinia homoeocarpa populations from golf courses in Wisconsin and Massachusetts. Plant Disease 93(1): 100-105.