Middle and high school teachers from across Florida gathered in Gainesville on Saturday, May 17, to learn about the viruses, bacteria and other pathogens that threaten our plants. Graduate students from the UF/IFAS Department of Plant Pathology ... READ MORE
Category: Academics, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS
UF mycologists are cited in new Science news articles and a podcast about truffle-hunting dogs. Matt Smith, Professor of Plant Pathology, and Ben Lemmond, a UF Plant Pathology graduate and former postdoc in Smith's lab, discuss dogs who ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth
To visit Dr. Andrew Schuerger’s laboratory near the Kennedy Space Center is to visit the surface of Mars. His Mars simulation chamber mimics the conditions on the red planet – the soil, the temperature, the atmosphere. Samples placed ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS
A UF/IFAS professor has been selected to lead the largest and oldest organization of plant pathologists in the world. Dr. Karen Garrett, Preeminent Professor of Plant Pathology, was elected president of the American Phytopathological Society ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS
Congratulations to UF Plant Pathology faculty members on their tenure and promotions! Dr. Erica Goss has been promoted to the rank of Professor. Dr. Amit Levy, Dr. Brantlee Spakes Richter and Dr. Ian Small have been promoted to the rank ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth
The Department of Plant Pathology recently hosted a symposium showcasing the work of its students and postdoctoral associates. The inaugural Plant Pathology Research and Professional Development Symposium provided “a valuable platform for ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth
Eighteen middle and high school science teachers from around Florida gathered at Fifield Hall on Saturday, May 18, for the sixth edition of the Plants Get Sick Too! workshop, learning about plant diseases from UF/IFAS plant pathologists. Teachers ... READ MORE
Category: Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
“I always wanted to be a scientist. I always wanted to be a biologist - I wanted to be a marine biologist” said Dr. Romina Gazis, Associate Professor of Plant Pathology at the UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center (TREC) in Homestead. ... READ MORE
Category: Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
With 90,000 tons produced a year, Florida is the second-leading grower of strawberries in the United States. Strawberries in Florida are typically transplanted from locations such as California and Canada. They are most susceptible to disease ... READ MORE
Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS
"Put out your runners" exclaimed Dr. Natalia Peres, Professor of Plant Pathology and “Florida’s strawberry doctor,” according to University of Florida President Ben Sasse. Peres described how the sweet red fruit reproduces by spreading ... READ MORE
Category: Academics, UF/IFAS