UMN Plant Pathology
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University of Minnesota, Department of Plant Pathology: a world leader in the area of plant health. plpa.cfans.umn.edu
Sudden Oak Death pathogen detected for the first time in Minnesota @forestmycology.bsky.social @nickrajtar.bsky.social twin-cities.umn.edu/news-events/...
Sudden oak death pathogen detected for the first time in Minnesota
University of Minnesota researchers detected the pathogen that causes sudden oak death in Minnesota for the first time. Sudden oak death is a tree disease that has devastated forests on the West Coast...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Sudden Oak Death pathogen detected for the first time in Minnesota @forestmycology.bsky.social @nickrajtar.bsky.social twin-cities.umn.edu/news-events/...
Foxtail barley serves as alternate host for fungal pathogens of barley: www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Foxtail barley serves as a host for fungal pathogens attacking barley
Researchers at the University of Minnesota reported that foxtail barley (Hordeum jubatum), a wild relative of cultivated barley, can harbor several fungal pathogens and may play a role in the disease ...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Foxtail barley serves as alternate host for fungal pathogens of barley: www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
"Blightmare on Stem Street"? We're intrigued! USDA-ARS scientist and UMN Adjunct Professor Dr Deb Samac got on @cropnetwork.bsky.social's podcast to discuss a truly spooky alfalfa pathogen, bacterial stem blight. sites.libsyn.com/416264/s4e38...
I See Dead Plants: (S4:E38) Blightmare on Stem Street: Alfalfa Bacterial Stem Blight
In this episode Ed interviews of the USDA-ARS. They discuss the long-overlooked disease of alfalfa, bacterial stem blight. Additional Resources Time Stamps (0:00) Introductions (4:06) Overview of al...
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November 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Blightmare on Stem Street"? We're intrigued! USDA-ARS scientist and UMN Adjunct Professor Dr Deb Samac got on @cropnetwork.bsky.social's podcast to discuss a truly spooky alfalfa pathogen, bacterial stem blight. sites.libsyn.com/416264/s4e38...
We can't resist celebrating Witches' Cauldrons in spooky season, even though this unique little cup fungus appears in spring when the snow melts. Read Bob Blanchette and Nick Rajtar in FUNGI on Witches' Cauldrons: fungimag.com/v18i1/v18i1-...
October 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
We can't resist celebrating Witches' Cauldrons in spooky season, even though this unique little cup fungus appears in spring when the snow melts. Read Bob Blanchette and Nick Rajtar in FUNGI on Witches' Cauldrons: fungimag.com/v18i1/v18i1-...
Professor Dean Malvick spoke with @mprnews.org about red crown rot, a soybean disease with no cure, being found in Minnesota and potential consequences: www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Soybean disease with no cure was detected in Minnesota for the first time
Red crown rot, a fungal disease that hides in soil, rots soybean roots away and destroys part of the bean's leaf tissue, has no cure. It’s been found in Minnesota for the first time.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Professor Dean Malvick spoke with @mprnews.org about red crown rot, a soybean disease with no cure, being found in Minnesota and potential consequences: www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
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A new study just published from @andrewmann.bsky.social PhD dissertation on fungi and bacteria associated with the red turpentine beetle in its native range #fungi #insects #ecology www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/16...
October 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
A new study just published from @andrewmann.bsky.social PhD dissertation on fungi and bacteria associated with the red turpentine beetle in its native range #fungi #insects #ecology www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/16...
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Common smut on corn caused by Ustilago maydis. Easy to ID by the gray galls that form & contain masses of dark spores. Spores can be spread by wind/splashing rain. Control includes selecting hybrids w/t more resistance, crop rotation, balanced fertility & gall removal #Fungi #Corn #Plant-disease 🧪
October 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Common smut on corn caused by Ustilago maydis. Easy to ID by the gray galls that form & contain masses of dark spores. Spores can be spread by wind/splashing rain. Control includes selecting hybrids w/t more resistance, crop rotation, balanced fertility & gall removal #Fungi #Corn #Plant-disease 🧪
Find it in the Field: Oat Smut with Haidyn Larson
This video shows how to recognize oat smut, a long-lasting fungal oat pathogen, and a little about how collaborative research is working to solve it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5SP... #fungifriends #mycology #planthealth
This video shows how to recognize oat smut, a long-lasting fungal oat pathogen, and a little about how collaborative research is working to solve it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5SP... #fungifriends #mycology #planthealth
Find it in the Field: Oat Smut with Haidyn Larson
YouTube video by University Of Minnesota Dept. Of Plant Pathology
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September 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Find it in the Field: Oat Smut with Haidyn Larson
This video shows how to recognize oat smut, a long-lasting fungal oat pathogen, and a little about how collaborative research is working to solve it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5SP... #fungifriends #mycology #planthealth
This video shows how to recognize oat smut, a long-lasting fungal oat pathogen, and a little about how collaborative research is working to solve it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5SP... #fungifriends #mycology #planthealth
If you've found a Stinkhorn Mushroom in the wild before, did you see it or smell it first? 🍄 These funky fungi can be found in lawns or mulch as well as in the wild near wood decay. extension.umn.edu/lawn-care/co... #mycology #fungifriends #fungi
September 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
If you've found a Stinkhorn Mushroom in the wild before, did you see it or smell it first? 🍄 These funky fungi can be found in lawns or mulch as well as in the wild near wood decay. extension.umn.edu/lawn-care/co... #mycology #fungifriends #fungi
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📢🍄Mycology job alert🍄📢
The Department of Plant Biology at @michiganstateu.bsky.social has a job opening for a herbarium/fungarium director at the Assistant, Associate or Full professor level. Review of applications start on 3rd October 2025.
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The Department of Plant Biology at @michiganstateu.bsky.social has a job opening for a herbarium/fungarium director at the Assistant, Associate or Full professor level. Review of applications start on 3rd October 2025.
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Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Tenure System - East Lansing, Michigan, United States
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Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Tenure System
Position Summary
The Department of Plant Biology (PLB) at Michigan State University (MSU) seeks applications for a director of...
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August 21, 2025 at 10:02 AM
📢🍄Mycology job alert🍄📢
The Department of Plant Biology at @michiganstateu.bsky.social has a job opening for a herbarium/fungarium director at the Assistant, Associate or Full professor level. Review of applications start on 3rd October 2025.
careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista...
The Department of Plant Biology at @michiganstateu.bsky.social has a job opening for a herbarium/fungarium director at the Assistant, Associate or Full professor level. Review of applications start on 3rd October 2025.
careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista...
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Rare taxonomic #mycology job in NZ! Conduct fungal biodiversity & taxonomy research, secure funding, publish outputs. Working with the National Collections. PhD + postdoc experience required 🧪. Apply here: careers.sciencenewzealand.org/jobdetails?a...
August 19, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Rare taxonomic #mycology job in NZ! Conduct fungal biodiversity & taxonomy research, secure funding, publish outputs. Working with the National Collections. PhD + postdoc experience required 🧪. Apply here: careers.sciencenewzealand.org/jobdetails?a...
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We see dead (well, dying) plants 💀! This is a good thing when they are located in research trials… Plant early dying and signs and symptoms of black dot are appearing in trials located in Becker MN. Jasper’s inoculum worked like a charm! 🥔⚫️🍄! @umnplantpath.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
We see dead (well, dying) plants 💀! This is a good thing when they are located in research trials… Plant early dying and signs and symptoms of black dot are appearing in trials located in Becker MN. Jasper’s inoculum worked like a charm! 🥔⚫️🍄! @umnplantpath.bsky.social
PLPA on WCCO News:
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discusses "plant destroyer" water molds in Minnesota @wcconews.bsky.social www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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discusses "plant destroyer" water molds in Minnesota @wcconews.bsky.social www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
More "plant destroyer" water mold species discovered in Minnesota
Scientists at the University of Minnesota say they've discovered more than a dozen different types of a mold known as "plant destroyers."
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August 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
PLPA on WCCO News:
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discusses "plant destroyer" water molds in Minnesota @wcconews.bsky.social www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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discusses "plant destroyer" water molds in Minnesota @wcconews.bsky.social www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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So great to see lab members discussing their work on the biology and management of soilborne fungi at #planthealth2025. I overhead helpful exchanges and introductions 👀🌱. Stop by posters 037, 149, and 271 to learn more about their work or to pick up a business card. One more today, P-406 at 10:15!
August 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
So great to see lab members discussing their work on the biology and management of soilborne fungi at #planthealth2025. I overhead helpful exchanges and introductions 👀🌱. Stop by posters 037, 149, and 271 to learn more about their work or to pick up a business card. One more today, P-406 at 10:15!
Having an unBEETable time today at #PlantHealth2025 with UMN’s Chanda Lab @beetpath.bsky.social — Ashok and Austin brought excellent research on sugarbeet health @plantdisease.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Having an unBEETable time today at #PlantHealth2025 with UMN’s Chanda Lab @beetpath.bsky.social — Ashok and Austin brought excellent research on sugarbeet health @plantdisease.bsky.social
As #planthealth2025 starts, just wanted to share some fungi we’ve seen in and near Honolulu! #mycology #fungifriends @plantdisease.bsky.social
August 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
As #planthealth2025 starts, just wanted to share some fungi we’ve seen in and near Honolulu! #mycology #fungifriends @plantdisease.bsky.social
Heading to Honolulu next week? Come find us at APS Plant Health: plpa.cfans.umn.edu/news/planthe... @plantdisease.bsky.social
July 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Heading to Honolulu next week? Come find us at APS Plant Health: plpa.cfans.umn.edu/news/planthe... @plantdisease.bsky.social
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@umnplantpath.bsky.social Becky Spanner and @USDA Fargo Alyssa Flobinus at #2025ISMPMI
July 17, 2025 at 9:03 AM
@umnplantpath.bsky.social Becky Spanner and @USDA Fargo Alyssa Flobinus at #2025ISMPMI
Miss seeing elm trees in Minnesota's metros? Research into resistance and resilience in elm is working to bring them back: mitppc.umn.edu/news/revivin...
July 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Miss seeing elm trees in Minnesota's metros? Research into resistance and resilience in elm is working to bring them back: mitppc.umn.edu/news/revivin...
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Recovering samples from the *final field season* of Hunter’s trial at the NWROC.
July 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Recovering samples from the *final field season* of Hunter’s trial at the NWROC.
Everyone welcome Dr Ashok Chanda, UMN-PLPA Extension faculty and beet health researcher extraordinaire, to Bluesky! 🦋 @beetpath.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Everyone welcome Dr Ashok Chanda, UMN-PLPA Extension faculty and beet health researcher extraordinaire, to Bluesky! 🦋 @beetpath.bsky.social
Charmed by coral crowns 👑 Crown-tipped coral fungus, or Artomyces pyxidatus, has tiny, jiggly arms topped with cute "crowns" #fungifriends #mycology
July 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Charmed by coral crowns 👑 Crown-tipped coral fungus, or Artomyces pyxidatus, has tiny, jiggly arms topped with cute "crowns" #fungifriends #mycology
From Professor Linda Kinkel: No Microbe is an Island www.seedworld.com/us/2025/06/3...
No Microbe Is an Island: The Power of Partnership in Agricultural Innovation - Seed World
If you had told me 35 years ago, as I hunched over a microscope in a quiet University of Minnesota lab, that my work would someday touch the lives of
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July 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
From Professor Linda Kinkel: No Microbe is an Island www.seedworld.com/us/2025/06/3...
Professor Linda Kinkel has been selected as a World Food Prize Top Agri-Food Pioneer! 🌱 Kinkel's work at Jord BioScience harnesses the strengths of microbial diversity as a sustainable agriculture solution.
June 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Professor Linda Kinkel has been selected as a World Food Prize Top Agri-Food Pioneer! 🌱 Kinkel's work at Jord BioScience harnesses the strengths of microbial diversity as a sustainable agriculture solution.
Celebrating PI Megan McCaghey and grad student Jasper Tao, who won the Lafayette Frederick Diversity in Mentoring Award! @plantdisease.bsky.social @mnsoilfungi.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Celebrating PI Megan McCaghey and grad student Jasper Tao, who won the Lafayette Frederick Diversity in Mentoring Award! @plantdisease.bsky.social @mnsoilfungi.bsky.social