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Spring 2018 Seminars

Tue, 04/03/2018

Investigating Pseudoperonospora humuli in Wisconsin hop yards for improved disease understanding and management

Speakers: Michelle Marks
Tue, 04/10/2018

Investigating epidemiology of the potato early blight complex and fungicide resistance of the causal pathogens in Wisconsin

Speakers: Shunping Ding
Thu, 04/12/2018

Identification of novel soybean cyst nematode resistance

Speakers: Katelyn Butler
Tue, 04/17/2018

Developing a hydroponic systems approach to investigate potato powdery scab caused by Spongospora subterranea

Speakers: Haley Higgens
Tue, 04/24/2018

The impact of pesticides on turfgrass rhizosphere bacterial communities

Speakers: Emma Buczkowski
Thu, 04/26/2018

Identification and functional characterization of a Bcl-2 associated athanogene in Aspergillus nidulans

Speakers: Sachin Jain

Spring 2018 Friday@4 Seminars

Held Fridays @ 4 in Room 584

Fri, 04/27/2018

Title/Topic: Koch

Speakers: Koch
Fri, 05/04/2018

Title/Topic: Undergraduate Capstone Presentations

Speakers: Undergraduate Capstone Presentations

Faculty Profile

Paul Ahlquist

Expertise: Molecular mechanisms of viral replication, host interactions and oncogenesis

Caitilyn Allen

Expertise: Biology of plant pathogenic bacteria, tropical plant pathology

Jeri Barak

Expertise: Biology of human bacterial pathogens in association with plants

Andrew Bent

Expertise: Plant responses to pathogens; molecular basis of plant disease resistance.

Amanda Gevens

Expertise: Diagnosis, biology, and management of fungal and other pathogens of potato and vegetable crops in Wisconsin

Mehdi Kabbage

Expertise: Plant fungal interactions - Molecular mechanisms of host resistance - Programmed cell death

Paul Koch

Expertise: Urban Ecology and Turfgrass Management

Richard Lankau

Expertise: plant-soil-microbe interactions, agroecology, climate change, mycorrhizal fungi, community ecology, microbial ecology, sustainable agriculture

Ann MacGuidwin

Expertise: Nematology - Population ecology of nematodes with emphasis on nematode pests of agricultural crops and nematode-fungus interactions causing plant diseases.

Patricia McManus

Expertise: Etiology and integrated management of diseases of fruit crops

Aurelie Rakotondrafara

Expertise: Plant virology - viral translation control, viral replication, and plant virus resistance

Douglas Rouse

Expertise: Plant disease ecology and epidemiology

Erin Silva

Expertise: Organic fruit, vegetable, and field crops production

Damon Smith

Expertise: Epidemiology and Management of Field Crop Diseases