Seminar Series

Fall 2024 Seminars

All seminars will be held at 3PM on Mondays at the following locations unless otherwise noted:  

  • Athens : 2401 Plant Sciences
  • Tifton: 533 NESPAL
  • Griffin:  Turfgrass Building Conference Room
  • Zoom link for Tifton/Griffin: Join us for seminars here

August 19, 2024

Departmental Welcome Back Event

Introduction of New Students & SAPPs Student Orientation

 

Kisha Shelton

Academic Professional Associate & Graduate Coordinator Assistant

University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Walt Sanders

MS Student & SAPPs President

University of Georgia, Athens, GA

August 26, 2024

Integrating AI and genomics for deeper insight in Pantoea ananatis'  virulence in onion
 
Brendon Myers
PhD Exit Seminar
University of Georgia, Tifton, GA

September 2, 2024

Holiday - Labor Day - No Seminar

September 9, 2024

Phenotype and disease recognition through mobile applications

Dr. Guoyu Lu
Assistant Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Georgia, Athens, GA

September 16, 2024

New perspectives in cranberry pathology: Advancements in diagnosing and managing fruit rot and false blossom diseases
 
Dr. Leslie Holland
Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

September 30, 2024

The Bad News Queen and her merry band of plant doctors: 25 years of serving up diagnostics for the extension crowd
 
Dr. Carrie Harmon
Extension Specialist and Director of the Plant Diagnostic Center
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

October 7, 2024

An overview of the Research and Computational Data Management services
 
Drs. Camila Lívio & Kellie Templeman
Research and Computational Data Management, UGA Libraries


October 14, 2024

Assessing genetic diversity of Clarireedia monteithiana in Georgia turfgrasses and exploring novel dollar spot management strategies

Turner Spratling
PhD Exit Seminar
University of Georgia, Griffin, GA
 

October 21, 2024

Comparison of early and late leaf spot pathogen pre-penetration infection and disease progress in different peanut genotypes
 
Fatima Angeles Silva
MS Exit Seminar
University of Georgia, Tifton, GA
 

October 28, 2024

Improving usage of elemental sulfur for control of grapevine powdery mildew: A reexamination of the world’s oldest effective fungicide
 
Walt Sanders
MS Exit Seminar
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
 

November 4, 2024

Impact of latent infection on the spread of cotton bacterial blight
 
Philip Adepoju
MS Exit Seminar
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
 

November 5, 2024 (held in 2108 MPS)

Pyrrocidine, a potent inhibitor of Fusarium verticillioides growth and fumonisin production: How does it work?

Lily Lofton

PhD Exit Seminar
University of Georgia, Athens, GA

November 11, 2024

From pathogens to pedagogy: Optimizing environments for plant health and student success
 
Dr. Samuel Martins
Assistant Professor
University of Florida, Gainesville (presenting from Tifton)

November 18, 2024

Decoding Clarireedia: Genetic Insights for Integrated Dollar Spot Management in Turfgrass

 

Dr. Bikash Ghimire
Postdoctoral Research Associate
University of Georgia, Griffin, GA

November 25, 2024

Holiday - Thanksgiving Week - No Seminar

December 2, 2024

Seed, spermosphere, and seedling microbial assembly to combat seedling diseases

Dr. Zachery Noel
Assistant Professor
Auburn University, Auburn, AL