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    Plant Pathology

    Plant Pathology

    UF Plant Pathology Seminar Schedule
    Fall 2025

    Location: Blueberry Building, Room 145
    Time: 4:05 PM (Period 9)

    Join online: Zoom link

     

    DATE SPEAKER TITLE
    August 26 Organizational meeting for students No Seminar
    September 2

    Megan Dewdney
    Associate Professor (CREC)

    Phil Harmon
    Professor
    Department of Plant Pathology
    University of Florida

    Ask Me Anything
    September 9 Marcus Marin
    Assistant Professor (GCREC)
    Department of Plant Pathology
    University of Florida
    Bridging Science and Industry Through Plant Pathology
    September 16 Shannon Sharpe
    Graduate Student
    Department of Biology
    University of North Florida
    Endophytic fungi within galls induced by Asphondylia borrichiae and their surrounding host tissues
    September 23 James Skelton
    Research Assistant Professor
    Department of Plant Pathology
    From woods to water: Some ecosystem implications of plant-animal-fungal interactions
    September 30 TBA TBA
    October 7 Deepak Haarith
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Entomology & Nematology University of Florida
    Eavesdropping on nematode conversations with plants, microbes and other nematodes
    October 14 Amanda Strayer-Scherer
    Associate Professor &
    Extension Plant Pathologist
    Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology
    Auburn University
    TBA
    October 21 Wilfred Vermiss
    Professor & Associate Chair
    Department of Microbiology & Cell Science
    University of Florida
    Unraveling the complex interactions between sorghum and its hemibiotrophic pathogen Colletotrichum sublineola
    October 28 Clive Block
    Research Leader
    USDA-ARS,
    U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory
    Fort Pierce, FL
    Scab: a 140-year-old impediment to pecan production in the Southeast
    November 4 Ian Small
    Associate Professor (NFREC)
    Department of Plant Pathology
    University of Florida
    NSF funded IoT4Ag project
    November 11 UF HOLIDAY No Seminar
    November 18 Beatriz De Toledo Franceschi
    Graduate Student
    Department of Plant Pathology
    University of Florida
    TBA
    November 25 UF HOLIDAY No Seminar
    December 2 Review of Semester and feedback No Seminar
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    Department of Plant Pathology
    2550 Hull Road, PO Box 110680, Gainesville FL 32611-0680
    (352) 392-3631

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