Last week @huntercollins.bsky.social Kelly Avila and Carlos Morales represented the lab at the #sweetpotato collaborators meeting. They shared research of postharvest diseases, insect vectors, and pathogen surveys 🍠 @aps-ph.bsky.social @aps-oip.bsky.social

Busy morning planning our 2025 field season! this year @huntercollins.bsky.social will have watermelons 🍉 , cabbage 🥬 , peppers 🫑 , cucumbers 🥒 , and sweetpotato 🍠 to test disease management options for NC vegetable growers @plantdisease.bsky.social

Happy holidays! We hope you have a wonderful time with your loved ones 🎄 @kellyam24.bsky.social @smcochranmurray.bsky.social #GiantLabPickle 🥒

We had the PSI and our lab’s holiday parties. It was a fun and productive year and I am grateful for everyone in my lab, they are a wonderful team in every way. If we don’t catch you before the year ends, the Giant Lab Pickle and the lab wish you very happy holidays! @kellyam24.bsky.social

It was lovely meeting with colleagues, lab alumni, and growers/packers to talk about cucurbit anthracnose issues as part of our SAM-SCRI project led by Bhabesh Dutta at UGA

Beautiful sunrise at Myrtle Beach, SC. Pics don’t do it justice but I tried ☀️ 🌊

This week we are at the Southeast Vegetable Expo in Myrtle Beach SC to connect with NC growers and veggie enthusiasts 🥒 🍉 🌶️