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Funding Extension vital to research success
Reduction of funding for agricultural research and extension programs may give the appearance of saving taxpayer dollars, but the reduction in resources often means that sudden agricultural crises cost...
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Friends of IPM Award Program Includes Graduate Students for First Time
The 2013 Friends of Southern IPM competition for the Southern IPM Center introduced a major change of its own—the first winners of a new competition specifically for graduate students. Masters student...
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Cold weather effects on diseases
We’ve heard a lot of expert opinions on the effect that cold weather has on insect populations. But what about plant disease pathogens? University of Tennessee Extension Plant Pathologist Heather Young...
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Target spot severity varies among cotton varieties
From Southeast Farm Press Target spot has created much concern among cotton growers in the Southeast over the past few years and began showing up in cotton fields in the Carolinas and Virginia for the...
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UK researchers identify key component in plant disease resistance
A team of University of Kentucky researchers led by plant pathologists Aardra and Pradeep Kachroo have discovered an important component in plants’ ability to resist bacterial and viral pathogens. The...
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Kachroos’ labs make discovery in plant disease resistance
University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment scientists have identified more key components to activating disease resistance in plants. “This work is important because it...
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Some Kentucky wheat growers finding disease at harvest
Mother Nature threw some curve balls to the wheat crop over the growing season. Now at harvest time, some growers are finding out their crop safely weathered the season, while others are discovering...
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Southern corn rust found in eastern North Carolina
From Southeast Farm Press Southern Corn Rust has been found in Lenoir and Wayne counties in eastern North Carolina and farmers need to scout their fields and be prepared to make a fungicide...
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Corn growers can take steps to avoid mycotoxins
From Southeast Farm Press The issue of mycotoxins in corn isn’t one of the most pleasant conversational topics for corn farmers, but North Carolina Extension Corn Specialist Ron Heiniger stresses that...
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Know your FRAC codes
Don’t know what a FRAC code is? It’s important when dealing with fungicide resistance. In this blog post at UT Crops, authors Alice Cochran (Graduate Research Asst.) and Heather Kelly (Extension Plant...
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Marty Draper is appointed as head of KSU plant pathology department
Former USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture program leader Marty Draper is now the head of the plant pathology department at Kansas State University. “I am excited to be getting back to the...
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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Assistant Professor – Precision Pest...
The Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology at North Carolina State University invites applications for a 12-month tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level. This faculty position...
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Assistant professor position open at NC State University focusing on...
The Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology at North Carolina State University invites applications for a 9-month tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level. This faculty position is...
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How to get ahead of nematodes in cotton
In Delta Farm Press by Patrick Shepard, Delta Farm Press Louisiana witnessed a shift from root-knot to reniform nematodes in the late 1980s and 1990s. “We conducted nematode survey work in cotton in...
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Assistant Professor, Extension Specialty Crops Plant Pathologist, University...
Position: 12-month tenure-track, Assistant Professor (100% Extension) of Entomology and Plant Pathology, with particular emphasis on pathogens of non-ornamental specialty crops Location: University of...
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Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology
Location: Tropical Research and Education Center (TREC), University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS), Homestead, Florida Deadline: For full consideration, candidates...
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Assistant/Associate Professor in Entomology and Plant Pathology
The Department of Urban Forestry and Natural Resources at Southern University A &M invites applications for a 9-month, full-time tenure-track faculty position in Entomology and/or Plant Pathology...
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Cotton farmers need to be wary of diseases like target spot and bacterial blight
by Clint Thompson, University of Georgia In addition to root-knot nematodes and target spot disease, Georgia cotton farmers should be prepared to fight bacterial blight, said University of Georgia...
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NIFA Seeks National Program Leader for Plant Pathology – closes August 23
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) released a vacancy announcement for the position of National Program Leader for Plant Pathology on August 3, 2017. NIFA is looking for candidates...
View ArticleAssistant Professor of Palm Mycology at University of Florida
This is a 12-month tenure-accruing position that will be 70% research (Florida Agricultural Experiment Station) and 30% extension (Florida Cooperative Extension Service), available in the Fort...
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