Seminar Series

Spring 2023 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

January 9, 2023

Fungicide Resistance and Genetic Diversity of Aspergillus section Nigri Involved in Crown Rot of Peanut 

Brian Jordan
PhD Candidate, PhD Exit Seminar
University of Georgia, Tifton, GA

January 16, 2023

Holiday-MLK Day-No Seminar

January 23, 2023 

Old Molecule, New Roles: Patulin is a Non-Host Specific Toxin in Host-Pathogen-Microbe Interactions During Postharvest Blue Mold Decay (by Zoom)

Dr. Wayne Jurick
Research Plant Pathologist
USDA-ARS Food Quality Lab, Beltsville, MD

January 30, 2023

Progress Made in the Fundamental and Translational Research on Viruses Infecting Horticultural and Row Crops in Georgia

Dr. Sudeep Bag
Assistant Professor, Plant Pathology (Crop Virology)
University of Georgia, Tifton, GA

February 6, 2023

Biology and Management of Diseases Affecting Georgia Fruit Crops
 
Dr. Jonathan Oliver
Assistant Professor, Plant Pathology (Fruit Pathology)
University of Georgia, Tifton, GA

February 20, 2023

Cats and Mice Among the Leaves: Leveraging Microbial Competition in the Phyllosphere

Dr. Kevin Hockett

Assistant Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology (Microbial Ecology)
Penn State University, University Park, PA

February 27, 2023

The miR156-SPL10 Signaling Integrates Immunity with Aging in Arabidopsis 

Lanxi Hu
PhD Candidate, PhD Exit Seminar
University of Georgia, Athens, GA

March 6, 2023

Spring Break-No Seminar

March 13, 2023

Occurrence and Distribution of Viruses on Melon and Host-Response to Whitefly-Transmitted Viruses on Squash 
 
Ismaila Adeleke
MS Student, MS Exit Seminar
University of Georgia, Tifton, GA

March 20, 2023

Discovery and Pyramiding of Wild-Derived Resistances to Peanut Early and Late Leaf Spot

Maricel Gonzales
PhD Candidate, PhD Exit Seminar
University of Georgia, Athens, GA

March 27, 2023

The Potential of Wild Species for Improving Southern Stem Rot Resistance in Cultivated Peanuts and the Genome Sequence of the Causal Pathogen 
 
Yun-Ching Tsai
PhD Candidate, PhD Exit Seminar
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
 

March 31, 2023 - 2:30PM - 2102 Miller Plant Sciences

Bringing Ecological Principles to Plant Pathology: Methods, Analyses, and Models

Dr. Paul Severns

Assistant Professor, Plant Pathology (Plant Disease Epidemiology)
University of Georgia, Athens, GA

April 3, 2023

Fungal Denitrification in Fusarium: A Crossroads Between Phytopathology and Emission of a Major Greenhouse Gas 
 

Blake Oakley
PhD Candidate, PhD Exit Seminar
University of Georgia, Athens, GA

April 10, 2023

To Grow or Fight? The Role of Salicylic Acid and Microbes on De Novo Root Regeneration
 
Sorrel Tran
PhD Candidate, PhD Exit Seminar
University of Georgia, Athens, GA

April 10, 2023 - 4:00PM 

The Ecology of Plant-Microbe Interactions in a Changing World

Dr. Anny Chung

Assistant Professor, Plant Biology & Plant Pathology (Belowground Plant Ecology)
University of Georgia, Athens, GA

April 17, 2023

Fungal and Oomycete Populations and the Boundaries of Species
 

Dr. Javier Tabima Restrepo
Assistant Professor, Biology (Genomics)
Clark University, Worcester, MA

April 24, 2023

Progress and Future Challenges in Vegetable Disease Management

Dr. Bhabesh Dutta
Associate Professor, Plant Pathology (Extension Vegetable Disease Specialist)
University of Georgia, Tifton, GA

May 1, 2023

Characterization of Fungicide Resistance Mechanisms of Phytophthora capsici by Pangenome Construction and Pangenome Wide Association studies (PWAS)

Li Wang
PhD Candidate, PhD Exit Seminar
University of Georgia, Athens, GA