I am from Benin City, Edo State in Southern Nigeria. I received a Bachelor of Agriculture degree in Crop Science from the University of Benin, Benin City. My interest in plant pathology started when I took a crop protection class in the third year of my undergraduate studies. In my final year, I conducted a …
Eric was a PhD student in the Department of Plant Pathology. His research focused on exploring the relationship between Phytohpthora infestan’s gene expression and virulence on a potato host. Preliminary work had been done to quantify the loss of virulence on a potato host after continued maintenance of P. infestans cultures in an artificial media …
I’m investigating pathogen detection, character, and host resistance for improved management of potato silver scurf caused by the fungus Helminthosporium solani. Silver scurf is a tuber blemish disease of great and increasing concern to the fresh and processing markets of the U. S. potato industry in the last decade. While blemish diseases affect the tuber …
Michelle was a Ph.D. student in the Plant Pathology program. Her work focuses on gaining a better understanding of the pathogen Pseudoperonospora humuli, causing hop downy mildew, as it exists in Wisconsin. Some of Michelle’s objectives include testing WI pathogen populations for resistance to mefenoxam and using temperature data to predict the emergence of this …
Katie was a PhD student in the Department of Plant Pathology and an MS student in the Biometry program in the Department of Statistics. Her research combines precision agriculture, remote sensing, and old school plant pathology to develop disease management tools. Katie’s work is the development of hyperspectral reflectance and imaging systems for use in …
Dissertation: Investigating the management of potato and tomato late blight caused by Phytophthora infestans through host genetics and pathogen characters – https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/A2WGW2K45ZC3TT9D
Dissertation: Investigating the biology, epidemiology, and management of the US-22, US-23, and US-24 clonal lineages of Phytophthora infestans from Wisconsin – https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/APTCD3IJRWGWNJ8F
My name is Smita Shrestha and I was born and raised in a small landlocked country, between India and China, Nepal. Before joining UW-Madison, I spent some of my years accumulating skills, experiences, and understanding the professional fields of Agriculture research at a research-based INGO (CIMMYT) and Agriculture and Science Research Institutions in Nepal. My …
Thesis: Isolation, Identification, and Characterization of cucurbit powdery mildew in north central Florida
Dissertation: Investigating the dynamics of Streptomyces species in Wisconsin potato systems for enhancing common scab control – https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AJRYLZTYBCV5IY8M