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Sydney Houston et al. developed and validated internal transcribed spacer region next-generation sequencing and qPCR assays for detecting decay-disease infections in western redcedar seedlings with high sensitivity and specificity. Learn more: doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOF…

Samuel S. Liu et al. provide insights on numbers of lettuce and spinach downy mildew sporangia in different California agricultural production valleys that may be useful to improve disease management and the strategic timing of fungicide applications: doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOF…

“Estimating the Potential for Soybean Seed Infection by Diaporthe spp. and Cercospora spp. at Physiological Maturity,” by J. C. Rupe et al. Learn more: doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOF… @ArkansasEPP 🫛

Kelly Schlarbaum et al. conducted a 3-year study to compare yield and yield components, fiber quality, root weight, and other morphological parameters of cotton leafroll dwarf virus-infected and noninfected plants grown under high heat conditions: doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOF…

Sugarcane contributed $1.6 billion to Louisiana’s economy in 2024. Mary Beth Rollins et al. characterize bacterial contaminants in the state’s sugarcane meristem tissue culture labs and provide actionable recommendations to mitigate contamination: doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOF…

🌾 @bri_k_w designed and validated a novel peptide nucleic acid (PNA) targeting the ITS2 gene region in barley and wheat. This PNA will substantially improve the cost efficiency of fungal surveys in the two globally important small grain crops: doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOF…

Results from Gena Mahato et al. suggest that short-term, single-year cover crop rotations do not reduce the abundance of soilborne pathogens of winter wheat compared with fallow in the inland U.S. Pacific Northwest: doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOF… @C_HHagerty

“Differences in ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni’ Gene Expression When Infecting Sweet Cherry Versus Leafhoppers,” by S. J. Harper et al. Learn more: bit.ly/4czEcqP

Results from Carl A. Strausbaugh, Erik J. Wenninger, and Eric Vincill contribute substantively to the cataloging of #leafhopper taxa present in southern Idaho and will aid in developing vector and disease management decisions. Learn more: doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOF… @uidahoextension

Farmers in the north central U.S. face soybean yield loss from #Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Models from a meta-analysis by @hoperbecton et al. power an interactive online app to compare fungicide program probabilities for net returns and profitability: doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOF…

Potato late blight affects potato cultivation worldwide. @RositaSFr et al. tested Oxford Nanopore Technologies amplicon sequencing as a quantitative method for detecting and monitoring #Phytophthora infestans in artificially inoculated potato plants: doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOF…

“Antibiosis, Endophytic Colonization, and Efficacy of Trichoderma Against the Laurel Wilt Pathogen in Avocado,” by Sara Salcedo-Sarmiento et al. Learn more: doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOF… @UFTropical 🥑

Seogchan Kang et al. review the materials, tools, and approaches employed to fabricate volatile organic compound sensor devices. Read the open access review in PhytoFrontiers: doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOF… @PSU_PlantEpidem

“Identification of a Quantitative Trait Locus on Chromosome 15 Conferring Resistance to Pythium irregulare in Soybean,” by Christopher Detranaltes et al. Learn more: doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOF… @PurdueAg

Gena Mahato et al. examined downy brome, the most prevalent grassy weed in dryland wheat production of the U.S. Pacific Northwest, as a model system to study the role of grassy weeds in #Fusarium crown rot occurrence and potential transmission: doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOF… @C_HHagerty

Eric Antrim, Margaret L. Ellis, and Christopher M. Wallis identified and evaluated two Californian strains of #Trichoderma for their potential to combat common fungal pathogens associated with grapevine trunk diseases. Learn more: doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOF… @Fresno_State @ccecornell

“Soybean Cyst Nematode Reproduction and Soybean Biomass: The Legacy of Soil Cropping Histories,” by @Melanie_MedinaL, Soledad Benitez Ponce, and Horacio D. Lopez-Nicora. Learn more: doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOF… @OSUPlantPath

Sugarbeets produce over half of domestic sugar in the United States, and Michigan is the fourth-highest U.S. producer. Alexandra P. Hernandez et al. characterized fungicide resistance in #Cercospora beticola populations from #sugarbeet in MI: doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOF… @MSU_PSM

Scott W. Mattner, Dylan J. McFarlane, and Ian J. Porter explored the effects of methyl bromide phase-out on charcoal rot of strawberry in Australia. Learn more: doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOF… @latrobe 🍓

Research from Savana Marina Martinez, Kristal Watrous, and Kerry Elizabeth Mauck suggests that elicitor products may be viable options for decreasing virus severity in cantaloupe. Learn more: doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOF… @UCIBioSci @UCRiverside 🍈