Seminar Series

Fall 2025 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 18, 2025

No Seminar

August 25, 2025

Smart sensors for precision agriculture

Liang Dong
Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar

September 1, 2025

Labor Day - No Seminar

September 8, 2025

The Relevance of Herbaria: Powdery Mildews and Managing a Small Mycological Herbarium in the Modern Age

Michael Bradshaw
NC State

September 15, 2025

Healthy Plants, Healthy Cities: Addressing Urban Challenges Through Extension and Research

Bethany Harris
University of Georgia, Griffin Campus

September 22, 2025

From Specificity to Spread: SVNV vs. TSWV Across Crops and Vectors

Kate Martin
Auburn University

September 29, 2025

Foodborne viruses and berries: an eternal rendez-vous?

Malak Esseili
University of Georgia, Griffin Campus

October 6, 2025

Comparative Genomics and Pathogenicity of Pseudomonas alliivorans Strains from Onions and Cucurbits in the Southeastern United States

Michelle MacLellan
Univeristy of Georgia, Tifton Campus

October 13, 2025

Dissecting Virulence in Gram-Positive Plant Pathogens: Insights from Clavibacter Species

Jose Huguet-Tapia
University of Florida

October 20, 2025

The Plant Cell Wall: Is it an arsenal against pathogen attack, a gift shop for symbiotic microbes, a protective barrier against biotic and abiotic insult, or all three?

Debra Mohnen
University of Georgia, Athens Campus

October 27, 2025

Systematic Survey of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes in Georgia’s Agronomic Fields and the Nematicidal Potential of Pine Bark Constituents

Bonna Chowdhury
MS Exit Seminar

November 3, 2025

TBD

Michelle Heck

Cornell University SAPPs Invited Speaker

November 10, 2025

Unravelling the viral web: Insect-transmitted viruses affecting sustainable agriculture in Georgia, USA

Manish Kumar
University of Georgia, Tifton Campus

November 17, 2025

Fungal Virulence and Plant Immunity: Orchestrating Mitotic Fidelity, Effector Regulation, and Vacuolar Rupture

Chang Hyun Khang
University of Georgia, Athens Campus

November 24, 2025

Making, Breaking, and Transforming: A Tale of Fungal Metabolism

Tony Glenn
USDA

December 1, 2025

Quantitative Canopy Volume Assessment and Air-Assisted Spraying for Improved Fungicide Penetration in Peanut Disease Management

Muhammad Asif
MS Exit Seminar