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 Phil Harmon |
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 |
IPM: From row crops to horticulture |
| October 21 | Wilfred Vermerris 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 |
Physiological costs of carrying the immune receptor XA21 in rice |
| November 25 | UF HOLIDAY | No Seminar |
| December 2 | Review of Semester and feedback | No Seminar |