What an Army! "The calamity displaced 1,429 farmers tilling 843 and 80 hectares of cornfields and sugarcane plantations, respectively, according to OPA officer-in-charge Dina Genzola." Source: The Philippine Star #PestManagement #Armyworms

Fruitful 2-day engagement at Central Luzon State University as a resource speaker. Looking forward to our future plant pathogen surveillance in the region and plant disease diagnostics collaborations. Awesome people doing awesome work. Thank you, CLSU. #CommunityEngagement

Status of Cassava Witches’ Broom Disease in the #Philippines and Identification of Potential Pathogens by Metagenomic Analysis #PlantPathology #CWB #CassavaWitchesBroom mdpi.com/2079-7737/13/7…

It's been a very #busyJuly giving talks and going to five universities. Two of these covered the current trends of plant pathology research in the Philippines and biotic stress of agarwood-producing tree species. #PlantPathology #PlantPathologist #WanderingPhytopathologist

Manila right now. Another typhoon.

Heard of Potexvirus pepini, Potyvirus plumpoxi, Begomovirus solanumdelhiense? In 2021 International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses approved binomial names for viruses. The EPPO Global Database is adopting this change. Acronyms or EPPO codes are still here😉 gd.eppo.int/reporting/arti… #planthealth

#phdlife #PhD #Research Credits: Irina Blok

Carlos Yulo secures the #Philippines’ first medal of Paris 2024... and it’s gold! 🇵🇭🥇 #Paris2024 Paris 2024

DOUBLE GOLD 🥇🥇 "Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo clinched the Philippine’s second gold medal at the #ParisOlympics2024 after dominating the men’s vault finals on Sunday (PH time)." Credits: Philippine Star

This is Carlos' World #Paris2024 | #Gymnastics

The National Biosecurity Training Hub is Australia’s one-stop online shop for #biosecurity training. Designed to help boost Australia’s preparedness and response capability, the Hub offers over 60 courses tailored to all industries and skill levels 👉 biotraininghub.com.au

#PlantPathologyJournals Here are some journals that focus on the basic and applied aspects of plant pathology. #PlantPathology #PlantDisease #ResearchPublication #KnowledgeDissemination #PlantHealth

Scouting is the best practice to manage grain affected by ear rots and mycotoxins. Before harvest, check several spots across a field. Pull husks back to see the entire ear. If greater than 10 percent are moldy, schedule the field for early harvest. Read more in Extension's

Prof. Paul Taylor of the University of Melbourne visited us last month and Paul delivered an interesting talk about plant biosecurity and fungal plant diseases to our colleagues from various agencies and institutions. #PlantPathology #PlantBiosecurity

The training tool used in this study is an online app made with R Shiny, currently featuring nine plant diseases. It is freely available here: delponte.shinyapps.io/traineR2/

Sharing to you are latest paper on #Neoscytalidium dimidiatum, the most destructive pathogen of #DragonFruits #Pitahaya #Pitaya. doi.org/10.1111/jph.13…

#PlantDiseaseDiagnostics Development of a Molecular Tool for Identification of a New Neopestalotiopsis sp. Associated with Disease Outbreaks on Strawberry Kaur et al. (2024) Plant Disease The American Phytopathological Society apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PD…

#PlantPathologyPaper Genomics-based plant disease resistance prediction using machine learning. Upadhyaya et al. (2024) British Society for Plant Pathology Plant Pathology bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

#PlantPathologyPaper The genomes of two Australian isolates of Verticillium dahliae recovered from cotton fields Gardiner et al. (2024) Plant Pathogens (APPS) link.springer.com/article/10.100…

#PlantDiseaseDiagnostics Development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for rapid and sensitive detection of Hemileia vastatrix in coffee plantations Wu et al. (2024) Tropical Plant Pathology link.springer.com/article/10.100…