Great to catch up with my lab, even though we are 12 hours apart🕥😴! I’m proud to have such a wonderful and hardworking team 🫶. Missing in the photo is @andrewmann @UFPlantPath @UFTropical

Last day of sample submission 💪🏼! Spent quite a bit of time chiseling away these #mangrove logs for ambrosia #beetles. Primary cause of decline still under investigation🕵️‍♀️🔬@NPDN @UFTropical @UFPlantPath @forestservice @IUFROdivision7 @USFSRegion8 @plantdisease @FAOForestry

Early days of de novo genome assembly

Full day at ECHO international agricultural conference! Raising awareness on the importance of plant diseases on #FoodSecurity and the critical role of #diagnostics 🤓 #plantdoctor #planthealth @NPDN @UFPlantPath @UFTropical @plantdisease @APS_Tropical @APS_OIP @USDAForeignAg

Lunchtime

Seems the holidays spirit arrived early to the lab this year 🎄🎅 @labmanagershel @UFTropical @UFPlantPath

📢Attending #EntSoc23? Don't miss this VERY interesting symposium on #beetle #fungi interactions where we will be presenting our research on #laurelwilt management 🪲🍄 Holistic Synthesis of Ambrosia Beetle Interactions Affecting Horticultural Tree Crops

Busy week at the @UFTropical @UFPlantPath #plantdiagnostic lab 🧫🧬🥼🧪🧑🏻‍🔬filled with diagnostic tests, hours of microscopy, field visits, client interactions, etc- etc. #plantdoctor @NPDN @FDACSDPI @USDA @USDA_APHIS @DadeCountyAg @FDACS @plantdisease @APS_Extension @freshfromFL

Another great day of learning about #sustainable #FoodSystems nutrient management, water quality, and #soilhealth #dairy #agriculture #organic @USDA_NIFA @CropGlobal @FAO @southernipm @SouthernSARE @ncipmc @ncrsare @WesternSARE 🐄🧀🌾

My first research paper published in English - Journal of Oil Palm Research @mpob_tweets Excellent teamwork. Thanks to all the authors for their contributions, to @Cenipalma and @Fedepalma for the scientific and financial support of this research. 🌴🐛 https://t.co/7rlko0vADf

I may be biased, but this is still the best commercial I’ve ever seen

Looking forward to presenting on one of the most devastating #invasive pest/pathogen complex #laurelwilt #avocado #FoodSecurity @Invasivesnet @EntsocAmerica @UFTropical @UFPlantPath @plantdisease @APS_OIP @EPPO_Invasives @IUFRO @IUFROdivision7 @forestservice @USDA_NIFA 🍄💀🥑 +🪲

#ICPP2023 stop by and take a look at some of the work the @EURL_fungi has done in the last four years. #OneHealth #Mycology @icpp2023. We have a poster and a talk.

It takes a village! Thank you for the support @NifaScriAvocado @USFSRegion8 @forestservice @USDA_NIFA @FDACS @IR4_Project @brookstropicals and other partners who continue to fund projects to increase our understanding and better manage #laurelwilt of #avocado #ICPP2023 🍄💀🥑

Had a wonderful time at #PlantHealth2023 attending inspiring talks, strengthening and building new networks and highlighting my team’s work. None of these would have been possible without amazing hardworking lab members that keep the projects running and the plants alive! ❤️💪🏼🐊

Presenting the antifungal activity of essential oils and synthetic fungicides against the avocado scab pathogen Elsinoë perseae (poster #065). @ClinicPlant @LedersonGanan and @turfdrman @PlantDiseaseJ #PlantHealth2023

Posters are up! Pass by to learn more about #laurelwilt and scab on #avocado #aguacate 🥑🥑#PlantHealth2023 @plantdisease @UFTropical @UFPlantPath @APS_Tropical @UF_IFAS 🐊🐊

Successful tropical plant pathology subject committee meeting 💪🏼#PlantHealth2023 great conversation and lots of ideas 💡 on how to grow and strengthen our collaborative network! @APS_OIP @APS_Tropical @plantdisease @sd_aps @APS_Extension @phytopathafrica @TAP_G20

Congratulations 🎊🍾🎉 🥑🥑🥑

Thanks to the @ClinicPlant at @UFTropical for showing me around their Tropical Plant Diagnostic Clinic today. Built in the 1940’s, they analyze 1300+ samples per year. @UFPlantPath 🥑 🥭