UNL Plant Path Grads

Today we celebrated the 5th Annual International Food Night! No place like UNL Plant Pathology- great people, diverse cultures, and amazing food! 🤩. We celebrate Becky for excellence and dedication to our department for about 2.5 decades. Long live @UNL_PlantPath

This is Soybean Cyst Nematode Action Month and here is an overview from the SCN Coalition on the Farm Advisor Podcast. youtube.com/watch?v=6jcOok…

Soybeans show some interesting symptoms leading into harvest. See my new video for a breakdown of diagnostic symptoms you might come across while walking fields. Video: youtu.be/-P9KMaMI_XQ

They're here. Reports of white mold mushrooms are coming in from around the state. Chances to manage are running out.

CropWatch Management Article is out. Contact NE Extension with questions.

We’ll be hosting the Bioinformatics Summer Workshop from August 11–15. The workshop is completely free and held 100% online. If you are interested, please go ahead and register: sites.google.com/view/bioinfowo…

Delving into Nebraska's alkaline lakes, researchers are uncovering the secrets of tiny microscopic organisms that play a huge role in soil and ecosystem health. @NSF @UNL_IANR go.unl.edu/gnop

After 8+ years of servant leadership, Dr. Mike Boehm will return to the @UNLPlantPath faculty. His heart for people and Nebraska’s land-grant mission has guided IANR through meaningful growth and impact. Thank you, Mike. ianrnews.unl.edu/article/boehm-…

Powerful slam talk about her research “Rewriting history with natural defenders” . @Siludahal you are truly a passionate researcher and incredible speaker. Well done on an amazing talk and representing @UNLPlantPath @UNL_PSI #slamtalkUNL @UNLresearch

Looking forward to this seminar at Purdue!

This week, @FombaJanis gave a brilliant seminar on Aegilops longissima and winter wheat resistance to bacterial leaf streak. From field surveys to genomic insights, her research blends pathology and precision to tackle yield loss in 🌾. Stay tuned for more updates soon! #seminars

Fantastic talk by @AmanyAteaa on the genome-wide variation in Tobamovirus and its link to the emergence of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV). A compelling exploration of viral evolution and resistance dynamics! @UNL_PlantPath

We had a fantastic seminar by Biwesh Ojha on the antimicrobial potential of the PBL3 secretome focused on targeting human pathogens to addressing antibiotic resistance in plant diseases. His work bridges clinical and agricultural microbiology in impactful ways! @ComplexBiosyst1

Today, Dr. Byron Chaves from the Dept. of Food Science-UNL, led an engaging and insightful discussion with PPGSA on the importance of soft skills. His brilliance, humor, and authenticity made the session both entertaining and impactful. Students truly enjoyed it!

Big shoutout to @kelvinm27496264 for his amazing departmental seminar! He tackled challenges of managing soil-borne soybean pathogens, disease diagnostics & pathogen complexities, to issue of fungicide resistance. Insightful, engaging, and a fantastic start! Well done Kelvin!

Our students did an amazing job at the 2025 Nebraska Plant Science Symposium! @sapana_ghimire won 🥇 place in the Lightning Talk, @Eric 🥇in the Student Talk, @DoHee 🥇in the Poster Presentation & @LibiaGomezT 🥉place for her poster. Proud of their hard work! Congrats to all!

This is the very first poster I have after 6 months working at Rojas lab, Plant Pathology Department, UNL. If you are at Nebraska Plant Science Symposium - UNL innovation campus, please stop by and have some disscusions about vesicle trafficking pathway.

Great presentation by @WilsonLab🍄 about Cracking the codon code for effector secretion & evolution in rice blast. @UNL_PlantPath @UNLPlantPath 👏🏻

Shilu Dahal, a @UNL_IANR @UNLincoln doctoral student in #plantpathology , is collaborating on an innovative, environmentally friendly #biopesticide with DOD funding through NSRI. Get her insights in our Q&A ➡️ nsri.nebraska.edu/news/news-rele… #nationalsecurity #homelandsecurity #CWMD #CBRNE #UNL #UNLresearch #Nebraska #agriculture #farmers

From sorghum blushes and the colors of resistance to susceptibility genes in plants and nematodes partnering with fungi, the 2025 Elevator Speech Contest at UNL had it all! Congrats to 3 of our students for representing our department and to @LibiaGomezT for taking 🥇 place!