Study, evolution, and engineering of plant-microbe interactions to address emerging agricultural challenges. Abiotic and biotic stressors pose a significant threat to agriculture and global food security. As a rising demand for food and negative impacts from these stressors co-occur, transformational changes to our agricultural systems will be necessary to efficiently feed the planet. New technologies […]

Title: Modes of seed transmission of plant pathogens and their epidemiological importance Zoom Recording Bio Francely is currently a Ph.D. student in the Berry and Potato Pathology Program at the Mount Vernon Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center. She earned her B.S. in Agricultural Engineering from EARTH University, Costa Rica in 2020, and her M.S. […]

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Elaine Larsen Zoom Recording Fungi as Vectors of Plant-Pathogenic Viruses Viruses are the most abundant biological entity on Earth, infecting all cellular organisms across terrestrial and marine ecosystems . Plants are known to be infected by diverse viruses and viroids (i.e., virus-like, unencapsidated, single-stranded RNA particles) belonging to at least 35 families . Several viral […]

Improving our understanding of Tobacco rattle virus Abstract Tobacco rattle virus causes internal and external tuber necrosis that render potatoes unmarketable. The virus is vectored to potato in the northwest U.S. by the stubby root nematode, Paratrichodorus allius, and commercial growers control the virus through costly chemical controls that target the nematode.  Basic research strategies […]