Seminar Series
Fall 2019 Seminars
Held every Monday during the semester at 2:30 p.m. in Room 2401 of Miller Plant Sciences Building in Athens and Room 201 of NESPAL in Tifton. Join us on-line for seminars.
August 19, 2019
Characterization of resistance to Ustilago maydis from teosinte and two maize-teosinte introgression lines
Usha Bhatta (PhD proposal seminar)
August 26, 2019
Strategic management of multiple diseases and fungicide resistance in strawberry
Natalia Peres, Professor, Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Wimauma, FL
September 2, 2019
Labor Day, no seminar
September 9, 2019
Microsatellite analysis of the fungal biocontrol agent Phlebiopsis gigantea (Fr.) Jül presents a case for homothallism
Rima Lucardi, Research Ecologist, Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA (adjunct faculty appointment)
September 16, 2019
Peanut phytoalexins revisited
Renee Arias De Ares, Research Plant Pathologist, USDA-ARS, National Peanut Laboratory, Dawson, GA (adjunct faculty reappointment)
September 23, 2019
Teaching beyond the test: critical skills in plant pathology
Brantlee Spakes-Richter, Associate Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
September 30, 2019
Loblolly pine defense mechanisms and their effect on bark beetle associated fungi and fungal competition: The southern pine beetle system
John de Soto (PhD proposal seminar)
October 7, 2019
Mechanisms of fungicide resistance in Venturia effusa and comparing sensitivity of isolates from different pecan cultivars
Logan Moore (PhD proposal seminar)
October 14, 2019
Whole genome sequencing approach to identify onion virulence in Pantoea ananatis
Gaurav Agarwal, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Tifton
October 21, 2019
When Enterobacteriaceae visit the salad bar
Govindaraj Dev Kumar, Assistant Professor, Center for Food Safety, University of Georgia, Griffin
October 28, 2019
Characterizing Xylella fastidiosa, its genetic diversity and virulence on Georgia blueberries
Dario Di Genova (departmental exit seminar)
November 4, 2019
Cane diseases of blackberry: Identification of causal agents and modifications of management recommendations for cane blight and orange cane blotch
Will Hemphill (MS exit seminar)
November 11, 2019
Factors that affect host preference and virulence of Acidovorax citrulli, the causal agent of bacterial fruit blotch of cucurbits
Mei Zhao (PhD exit seminar)
November 15 2019
Colonization of soybeans stems and toxin production by the stem canker pathogen, Diaporthe aspalathi
Bhawana Ghimire (MS exit seminar)
November 22, 2019
Etiology of Pseudocercospora leaf spot diseases on Liquidambar styraciflua and Loropetalum chinensis
Gulcin Ekemen (MS exit seminar)
November 25, 2019
Sarocladium zeae, a potential biological control agent against Fusarium verticillioides possesses a horizontally acquired lactamase conferring resistance to the maize phytoanticipin, BOA
Garrett Hibbs (MS exit seminar)
December 2, 2019
miR156-SPLs pathway regulates age-related resistance to bacterial pathogen
Lanxi Hu (PhD proposal seminar)