An herbarium sample of mountain ash with fire blight from 1929, before the bacteria even had it’s current name?! So exciting!

Congratulations to Madeleine Dumas on publishing this work on grapevine viruses - so exciting!!

Forecasting this year’s fall foliage display despite drought conditions in Connecticut

Was anyone else excited about their first time working with #arabidopsis? It feels like a rite of passage 🌱🧪

Hello everyone! Please welcome our official page of Twitter for APS Early Career Professional Committee The American Phytopathological Society Dr. Ying-Yu Liao Noam Navjot_Kaur

Congratulations to Felicia Millett for successfully defending her master thesis! 👏🏼🎊🎉Excellent work! Special thanks to jj and UConn Turf Pathology for the co-mentorship!

The Plant Health Fellows program at CAES for undergraduates is accepting applications!

Since this app is still working, here's one more re-post of our permanent job openings now available in CT: A nursery inspector and a greenhouse technician (BS-level, $50k starting) and a Plant Pathologist (Ph.D. level, $86k starting). Links below, apply by 12/2, 1/6, and 1/16!

These are the best! And look at the stellate trichomes on oak leaves, lower right

Thanks Quan Zeng for all the support along the way! Such an honor to present for the CAES Seminar Series!

Thanks Lindsay Triplett 🌱! Grateful to be able to present my graduate work with Quan Zeng at NED- APS, and so happy to see so many CAES and UConn members represented here!

Finished an amazing week with National Plant Diagnostic Network and USDA-Aphis workshops on phytoplasmas and on isothermal amplification. Met incredible people and added some skills to the toolbox🧪🧬

Seasonal position open CAES in the Plant Disease Information Office! Great opportunity for undergraduates interested in disease diagnostics and seed testing. Learn more and apply here portal.ct.gov/-/media/CAES/D…

Attended the commencement of my very first graduate student Felicia Millett very proud of you! UConn CAHNR co-mentored by UConn Turf Pathology

Received my MS degree and walked with fellow huskies today at UConn Commencement 2023! A big thank you to to my advisor and incredible mentor Quan Zeng 🌱🍏🙌

As someone who grew up in NYC I absolutely loved this episode! Now can we have one that focuses just on Queens?🌱🌳💕

My first technical demonstration at CAES Plant Science Day this week: Pruning Woody Plants!

Congratulations Salma Mukhtar on sharing your research at APS this year! Fantastic work!

Did you know CAES conducts seed germination and purity tests? Just returned from a USDA workshop on seed testing - ah, the diversity of brassica seeds!