Plant Pathology Seminar Schedule for Spring 2022

January 19 Dr. Vijay Nandula 
National Program Leader, USDA NIFA Competitive Grant Programs in the Plant Sciences at NIFA January 26

Dr. Luis da Cunha
Zonal Biology Leader, Corteva Agriscience

The Long Road of Pesticide Development: from Discovery to Farm February 2 Dr. Jeniffer Nicolson
Coordinator, USDA APHIS National Clean Plant Network  The National Clean Plant Network: Providing Healthy Plant Stock for U.S. Agriculture February 9 Dr. Douglas W. Miano
Associate Professor, University of Nairobi Development of Cassava with resistance to cassava brown streak disease using siRNA technology" February 16 Dr. Marco Gama
Associate Professor, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco Onion scale rot: etiology, epidemiology, and management in north-east Brazil February 23 Dr. Christopher Clark
Professor, PPCP Unfinished Business of a Dinosaur March 2 Caleb Hamm
MS Student, PPCP Evaluating potential soil health benefits of non-fumigant nematicides in Louisiana sweetpotato production March 9  Dr. Rodrigo Valverde
Professor, PPCP Discovering Novel Plant Viruses March 16 Spring Break Spring Break March 23 Dr. Everlyne Nafula, 
Researcher, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture  The cassava whitefly, Bemisia tabaci: Genetic diversity and IPM options March 30 Andrew Mann
PhD Student, University of Minnesota The role of symbiotic microbes in the invasion process of tree-killing beetles April 6 Jose Cortes
PhD Student, PPCP Resistance mechanisms to brown rust in sugarcane and development of markers for resistance to smut April 13 Jonas Padilla
MS Student, PPCP Building Artificial Worlds for Sustainable Crop Production April 20 Gabriel Herrera
MS Student, PPCP Genetic and histochemical characterization of resistance to frogeye leaf spot in soybean April 27 Kezia Reis
MS Student, PPCP Seed-treatment chemical effects on red rot severity, expression of disease resistance and plant growth in sugarcane