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Welcoming Jorge Jorge Ronny Díaz Valderrama 🇵🇪to our lab UF IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center UF/IFAS Plant Pathology Department , with Peruvian food 😋. Jorge will be a visiting scholar for one year, and will work on developing field-based LAMP assays to detect the #laurelwilt pathogen directly from #avocado trees and #ambrosia beetles.



Looking forward to participating in this international webinar series highlighting #HispanicHeritageMonth #latin plant pathologists 🤓🧫🔬👨🔬 APS Office of International Programs UF/IFAS Plant Pathology Department UF IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center UF IFAS Solutions NIFA SCRI Avocado The American Phytopathological Society IPPC | International Plant Protection Convention #planthealth #plantdoctor



Ready 🧳✈️for #Colombia 🇨🇴Congreso Colombiano de Micología ASOCIACIÓN COLOMBIANA DE MICOLOGÍA ASCOLMI Mycological Congress 🍄🍄🟫 and the #tropical fruit pathology pre-congress workshop. Excited to meet my colleagues and talk/discuss/teach 🧑🏫 about tropical #plantpathology Mycological Society of America moved to bluesky 12th International Mycological Congress (IMC12) Fungi Foundation APS Tropical Plant Pathology Committee


First day exploring fruit available in #Colombia #Ibague supermarkets. Excited for tomorrow’s workshop on #tropical #plantpathology 🥭🥑 APS Tropical Plant Pathology Committee APS Postharvest Pathology Committee APS Office of International Programs UF/IFAS Plant Pathology Department UF IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center ASOCIACIÓN COLOMBIANA DE MICOLOGÍA ASCOLMI Congreso Colombiano de Micología 🍄🍄🍄 #avocado #aguacate #mango


Thank you to all participants for the fruitful discussion🧑🏫. We had a great time talking about diseases affecting the commercial production of tropical fruits 🥭 🍋🥑🍍🍌🥥🥭 #planthealth #foodsecurity #avocado #laurelwilt #diagnostics #colombia 🇨🇴ASOCIACIÓN COLOMBIANA DE MICOLOGÍA ASCOLMI Congreso Colombiano de Micología



#LaurelWilt is not only causing significant damage to the #Florida #avocado #aguacate 🥑industry but also represents a real threat to the known (and unknown) avocado genetic diversity. Read this article 👇on the impact of this disease on the germplasm collection at Agricultural Research Service

Food security relies on good quality seed and reducing spread of crop pathogens Congrats on this new work to @Berea_Etherton Aaron Plex Romaric A. Mouafo-Tchinda & team Understanding Ethiopian potato seed systems and bacterial wilt management Open access: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…


Hoy, una fabulosa historia de una gran científica y mujer!! #CienciaColombia Lina Quesada

Excited to work for La Reina de la batata in NC State Veggie Pathology 👸🏻🍠 Lina Quesada

Proud of my boss NC State Veggie Pathology Lina Quesada

The lab was featured in Colombian TV! Los Informantes from Caracol Televisión came to visit us at N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative NCSU Entomology & Plant Pathology NC State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences this Spring and the episode aired last night. Check it out 😁 🇨🇴 #CienciaColombia Kelly J. Avila Mariana Prieto Torres Carlos Morales The American Phytopathological Society APS Office of International Programs

Me encanto trabajar con Los Informantes Caracol Televisión para mostrar lo que hemos construido en mi laboratorio N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative NCSU Entomology & Plant Pathology NC State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Orgullosa de ser #CienciaColombia 🇨🇴 Hunter Collins Yara I. Rosado-Rivera M.S. Kelly J. Avila Usha Bhatta Mariana Prieto Torres Sarah Cochran-Murray Carlos Morales


Grateful and excited to receive this fellowship 🐊 🌎UF IFAS Solutions FLORIDA UF IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center UF/IFAS Plant Pathology Department UF/IFAS College of Agricultural and Life Sciences UF International Studies University of Florida International Center Funds will help my program strengthen collaborations with multiple Taiwan 🇹🇼 research institutions 🤓 Looking forward to being part of the program!

