"Disease-Suppressive Soils as a Tool for Disease Management" Roshani Baral, M.S. Student, Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University Abstract As soilborne diseases continue to challenge crop production, suppressive soils offer a way to manage the disease condition even in the presence of a susceptible host and a virulent pathogen. To date, several microbial species […]

"Phytochemical Production and Applications to Plant Pathology" Jessica Schallon, M.S. Student, Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University Abstract Plants have an incredible capacity to manufacture even very complex chemicals. For a long time, plants have served as organic chemistry factories, producing compounds that have been found to be helpful as human medicine (Houghton 2001). […]

"Novel Molecular Approaches to Identify and Control Plant Parasitic Nematodes" Scott Anderson, PhD Student, Exit Seminar, Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University Abstract Plant parasitic nematodes (PPNs) are responsible for 10-15% crop loss worldwide amounting to hundreds of billions of dollars of crop loss annually11; and in the U.S. alone, the annual crop loss […]

"Mycoremediation: The Potential Effect of Fungi on Remediating Heavy Metal Pollution" Kristen Bullough, PhD Candidate, Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University Abstract Mycoremediation can be used as a bioremediation tool to remove heavy metals and other pollutants from contaminated sites, including soil and wastewater. Remediating heavy-metal pollution specifically is becoming critical to maintaining important […]

"Genome Evolution of Plant Pathogenic and Symbiotic Fungi" Megan Nickerson, PhD Candidate, Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University Abstract Kingdom Fungi represents a highly diverse lineage of Eukaryota, with an estimated 2 - 11 million fungal species (Blackwell 2011; Hawksworth and Lücking 2017). Land plant associations have been central to the diversification of fungi […]