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Heartwarming reunion with my #Taiwan colleagues! Taiwan was very well represented by at least 30 plant pathologists from several institutions. Happy to see them enjoying the #PlantHealth2025 meeting in #Hawaii @plantdisease @APS_Tropical @APS_OIP @ippcnews @UFPlantPath

On behalf of our division, we extend our warmest congratulations to our members on receiving the 2025 @plantdisease Foundation Awards. We are proud of you all! @JibrinLab @WadzaniD @ThomasWilburDav Samuel Osabutey Usman Rabiu of @okstate @GashuaUpdates @UNLincoln @penn_state

Are you attending #PlantHealth2025 in #Hawaii and are interested in subtropical and #tropical crops? Don’t miss our lab’s presentations and collaborative studies @plantdisease meeting! FYI: my lab will be recruiting a PhD student and postdoc-research support, so stop by my posters on Monday! @APS_OIP @APS_PHC @APS_Tropical @FSHS_Hort @FPSFloridaPhyt1 @UFPlantPath @UFTropical @UF_IFAS_GFSI @IUFROdivision7 @ippcnews @USDA @NifaScriAvocado @NPDN

Wonderful pre-meeting field tour as part of the #PlantHealth2025 @plantdisease meeting in #Hawaii. Organized by the @APS_OIP. We learned how @APHIS and the state department of agriculture protect local crops by preventing #invasive species entering the islands. @ippcnews @APS_Tropical @USDA

Ending the trip the way it started: isolating diseased Lauraceae in the search for #laurelwilt 🧫🔬👩🏼‍🔬 #Taiwan #foresthealth #planthealth #treehealth #avocado #fungi @UFPlantPath @UFTropical @FPSFloridaPhyt1 @APS_Tropical @APS_OIP @UF_IFAS_GFSI @UF_EPI @IUFROdivision7 @IUFRO @USDA_APHIS @NifaScriAvocado @EPPOnews @FSHS_Hort @plantdisease

Last stop before I start heading home 🏠. Visited the agricultural area in Kaohsiung. Learned about how their growers 🧑‍🌾association works, a very interesting way of growing papaya under screen-houses, visited guava plantings and tasted the #papaya, #mango, and #passionfruit cultivars developed by their 👨‍🔬 . Great way to close the month-length visit to #Taiwan @UFPlantPath @UFTropical @UF_IFAS @UF_IFAS_GFSI @APS_OIP @APS_Tropical @FPSFloridaPhyt1

Not all wilt is #laurelwilt! Learning about an emerging disease in many tropical fruit crops (including #avocado #aguacate) , brown root rot caused by Phellinus noxious 😖🥑 @UFPlantPath @UFTropical @FPSFloridaPhyt1 @FSHS_Hort @EPPOnews @IUFROdivision7 @APS_OIP @APS_Tropical @apeajal @USDA_APHIS @NifaScriAvocado @Plant_Pathogens @TropPlantPathol

Meet the new Field Crops Pathologist at @Cornell! Very excited to have a previous student as an Extension colleague, can’t wait to work together 🥳 @NC_PSI @plantdisease @NCStateCALS @NCExtension #CienciaColombia 🇨🇴

🚨 Big news! I am thrilled to share that I’ll be joining @CornellCALS this fall as a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Field Crop Pathology in the School of Integrative Plant Science! 🌽🫛🌾🐮 #NewPI #PlantPathology #LandGrantMission #Cornell #Extension #CornellSIPS

Ready to start a 3-day symposium on IPM in #Taiwan 🤓 Looking forward to all the wonderful talks and making new connections 😬 @UFPlantPath @UF_IFAS @UFTropical @APS_OIP @APS_Tropical @ippcnews @UF_IFAS_GFSI @FPSFloridaPhyt1 @IUFROdivision7 #planthealth

Wow #Taiwan surely takes serious the plant doctor profession 💯 #planthealth #plantdoctor #plantdisease @plantdisease @UFTropical @UFPlantPath @ufplantdoctors @FSHS_Hort @FPSFloridaPhyt1 @APS_OIP @ippcnews @NPDN @SEFitopatologia @FDACSDPI

One day, two talks! Sharing our @UFPlantPath @UFTropical lab’s research on tropical plant pathology and diagnostics with the Department of Plant Pathology at National Chung Hsign University #Taiwan. Reinforcing collaborations and building new ones 🤓 ! @UF_IFAS_GFSI @UF_IFAS @APS_OIP @APS_Extension @APS_Tropical @NPDN @USDA_APHIS @FDACS

Learning about a different wilt disease, this time in #guava #guayaba #Taiwan #fungi #treehealth Hoping it doesn’t spread to Florida 🤞🏻 @UFPlantPath @plantdisease @APS_Tropical @APS_OIP @IUFROdivision7

New field trial underway: Optimizing Biopesticide Strategies for Pierce’s Disease in Recovered Vineyards. Focused on protecting recovered vines and preventing reinfection. Excited to share updates soon—stay tuned! 🍇🌱

We are excited to welcome Amal Boukteb @AmalBk11 to our team. Amal was previously at INRAT 🇹🇳, where she worked on parasitic plants. She is one of the pioneers of Tunis R-Users Group @RLadiesTunis You can listen to her seminar by following link below. kamounlab.tumblr.com/post/786712184…

Excellent work by my graduate student (Brendon) ⁦@UGAResearch⁩ ⁦@ugaCAESresearch⁩ ⁦@APSbacteriology⁩ journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/ms…

Grateful to APS @PlantDiseaseJ for awarding me the 2025 Dr. ​​Lafayette Frederick Diversity in Mentoring Award. Last week, with support from the fund that comes with the award, we welcomed Daviona Jackson, recent Langston University graduate, as an intern in the Lab.

Dropped off my first in-person sample at the newly relocated NC State Plant Disease & Insect Clinic! Thrilled to have the PDIC team right next to the @NC_PSI. The struggling sweetpotatoes got top-tier care from amazing diagnosticians! 🍠 @NCExtension

Yesterday was #dragonfruit #pitaya #pitahaya day! We toured several farms, most of them very well managed. We still were able to find some pest and diseases 👇🏻 including snail 🐌 damage on fruit and wet rot disease. @UFPlantPath @UFTropical @FDACSDPI @APS_Tropical @APS_OIP @APS_PHC @ippcnews @USDA_NIFA @FDACS