I See Dead Plants

In this episode Ed interviews Dr. Deb McCullough and her graduate student Nick Zoller of Michigan State University. They discuss Beech Bark Disease (BBD) and the work being done to monitor it. Additional Resources https://www.canr.msu.edu/uploads/files/e2746.pdf   How to cite the podcast: Zaworski, E. (Host), McCullough, D. and Zoller, N. (Interviewees). S3:E2 (Podcast). Is Beech Bark Disease Wors...

In this episode Ed interviews Dr. Leslie Holland of University of Wisconsin Madison. They talk cranberry production, diseases and what they are thankful for this thanksgiving holiday. Additional Resources https://fruit.webhosting.cals.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/36/2011/06/Cranberry-Fruit-Rot-Diseases-in-Wisconsin-1.pdf https://youtu.be/wkQrhSpXPVs?si=lPavNLRldI0YRN44   How to cite the podca...

Thanks to all of our listeners! Additional Resources: How to cite the podcast: Zaworski, E. (Host). S2:E 32 (Podcast). Season 2 Wrap Up. 10/20/23 . In  I See Dead Plants . Crop Protection Network.

In this episode Ed interviews Washington State University's professor and viticulture extension specialist Dr. Michelle Moyer . They talk grape production and how grape disease management is evolving over time. Additional Resources https://wine.wsu.edu/extension/ https://framenetworks.wsu.edu/ https://vitisgen3.umn.edu/ https://graperesearch.org/ https://www.washingtonwine.org/research-innovation/...

In this episode Ed interviews Washington State University's professor and viticulture extension specialist Dr. Michelle Moyer . They talk grape production and how grape disease management is evolving over time. Additional Resources https://wine.wsu.edu/extension/ https://framenetworks.wsu.edu/ https://vitisgen3.umn.edu/ https://graperesearch.org/ https://www.washingtonwine.org/research-innovation/...

In this episode Ed Interviews Dr. Jennifer Juzwik of the Northern Research station with the U.S. Forest service. They discuss the complicated disease of oak trees; oak wilt. Additional Resources Story map https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/pdf/10.1094/PDIS-12-10-0944 https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.phyto.45.062806.094406 How to cite the podcast: Zaworski, E. (Host) and Juzwik...

In this episode Ed Interviews Dr. Jennifer Juzwik of the Northern Research station with the U.S. Forest service. They discuss the complicated disease of oak trees; oak wilt. Additional Resources Story map https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/pdf/10.1094/PDIS-12-10-0944 https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.phyto.45.062806.094406 How to cite the podcast:  Zaworski, E. (Host) and Juzwi...

In this Episode Ed interviews Dr. Scott Graham from Auburn University. They discuss New Bt technology and its uses against cotton thrips and the tarnished plant bug.   Additional Resources https://www.aces.edu/blog/topics/crop-production/maximizing-insect-control-in-thryvon-cotton-in-the-southeast/ https://academic.oup.com/jee/article/112/4/1695/5421471 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30137474/ ht...

In this episode Ed interviews Dr. Alyssa Koehler and Dr. Marty Chilvers . The three discuss Alyssa and Marty's ongoing work on Fusarium Head scab and monitoring for fungicide resistance. Additional Resources https://cropprotectionnetwork.s3.amazonaws.com/fungicide-efficacy-for-control-of-wheat-diseases-filename-2021-04-21-154024.pdf https://www.wheatscab.psu.edu/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/scie...

In this episode Ed interview Dr. Julie Pasche of North Dakota State University. They discuss potatoes and some of the disease caused by Alternaria species. Additional Resources https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0261219421003252 How to cite the podcast: Zaworski, E. (Host) and Pasche, J. (Interviewee). S2:E25 (Podcast). Don't Let Disease Blight Your Days: Potato Diseases Caused...

In this Episode Ed interviews Dr Julie Peterson from the University of Nebraska Lincoln. They discussed the insect pest the Western Bean Cutworm . Additional Resources https://academic.oup.com/jipm/article/9/1/1/4781597 https://academic.oup.com/jipm/article/9/1/1/4781597 https://academic.oup.com/jee/article/112/6/2915/5557745 https://lubbock.tamu.edu/files/2022/02/BtTraitTable-March2022.pdf https:...

In this Episode Ed interviews Dr. Vinson Doyle of Louisiana state University. They discuss an emergent disease of soybean s in the southern United States called taproot decline caused by the fungal pathogen Xylaria necrophora . Additional Resources How to cite the podcast: Zaworski, E. (Host) and Doyle, V.(Interviewee). S2:E23 (Podcast). Yields Being Grabbed by Dead Man's Fingers: Taproot Decline...

In this episode Ed interviews Emerald Ash Borer Expert Dr. Cliff Sadof of Purdue University. They discuss the Emerald ash borer and the future of Ash trees nationwide. Additional Resources http://www.emeraldashborer.info/ https://extension.entm.purdue.edu/EAB/ https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/resources/pests-diseases/hungry-pests/the-threat/emerald-ash-borer/emerald-ash-borer-beetle https://extens...

Ed interviews ISDP podcast Alumnus Travis Faske on Sclerotinia Blight of peanuts. Listen in to learn about peanut production in Arkansas and the challenges that peanut growers face. Additional Resources https://extension.okstate.edu/programs/digital-diagnostics/plant-diseases/sclerotinia-blight.html How to cite the podcast: Zaworski, E. (Host) and Faske, T (Interviewee).  S2:E21 (Podcast). Sclerot...

Ed Interviews Iowa State University Commercial Vegetable and Specialty Crop Specialist Dan Fillius on the topic of sweet corn. They discuss sweet corn production and common pests that can plague sweet corn growers. Additional resources: https://mwveguide.org/uploads/pdfs/Sweet-Corn.pdf https://vegedge.umn.edu/weekly-moth-flights/european-corn-borer https://vegedge.umn.edu/weekly-moth-flights/corn-...

In this podcast Ed talks with Emelie Swackhamer of Penn State University. They talk about the emerging insect pest sweeping the Northeastern United States; spotted lanternfly. Additional Resources https://extension.psu.edu/spotted-lanternfly-management-resources https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/ENTO/ento-494/ento-494.html https://cals.cornell.edu/new-york-state-integrated-pest-management/outreach-educa...

In this week's Episode Ed interviews Dr. Sean Toporek of South Dakota State University. They discuss the work done by Sean for his Ph. D. Research with cucurbit downey mildew. Additional Resources: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/362300801_QTL_Mapping_of_Resistance_to_Pseudoperonospora_Cubensis_Clade_2_Mating_Type_A1_in_Cucumis_Melo_and_Dual-clade_Marker_Development https://www.researchga...

In this episode Ed interviews Dr. Dave Coyle of Clemson University. They discuss the invasive insect Asian longhorn beetle and share insights on dealing with a new invasive pest. Additional Resources https://academic.oup.com/jipm/article/12/1/10/6166961 https://academic.oup.com/ae/article/68/4/32/6964955 How to cite the podcast:   Zaworski, E. (Host) and Coyle, D. (Interviewee). S2:E17 (Podcast)....

In this episode Ed interviews Dr. Greg Tylka of Iowa State University and Dr. Dylan Mangel of University Nebraska Lincoln. They discuss Soybean Cyst Nematode (SCN), the research and programming being used to combat this pest in Iowa and Nebraska. Additional Resources https://www.apsnet.org/edcenter/disandpath/nematode/pdlessons/Pages/Soybeancystnematode.aspx https://cropprotectionnetwork.org/publi...

In this episode Ed interviews Dr. Sven-Erik Spichiger from the Washington State Department of Ag. Ed and Sven discuss the active Japanese Beetle eradication program and how the situation differs from the typical treatment of Japanese beetles in the Easter U.S.   Additional Resources https://agr.wa.gov/ https://agr.wa.gov/departments/insects-pests-and-weeds https://agr.wa.gov/departments/insects-pe...

In this episode Ed interviews Dr. Jeff Bradshaw of University of Nebraska Lincoln. They discuss a unique program called the doctor of plant health.   Additional Resources https://dph.unl.edu/ How to cite the podcast:   Zaworski, E. (Host), Bradshaw, J.(Interviewee). S2:E14 (Podcast). The MD of the Plant World: Doctor of Plant Health Program. 4/4/2023 . In  I See Dead Plants . Crop Protection Netwo...

Overview In this episode Ed interviews Dr. Ed Sikora and Adam Sisson . Ed and Adam discuss their recent book "At Field's End" , a combination of Ed's photos and Adam's poetry. Additional Resources: All things Phytopoetry including "At Field's End": https://linktr.ee/phytopoetry https://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ How to cite the podcast: Zaworski, E. (Host), Sikora, E. and Sisson, A. (Interviewees). S2:E...

In this episode Ed interviews Dr. Tom Allen of Mississippi State University. The discussion is centered around an increasingly important soybean disease of the southern United stated called Target spot. Additional Resources: https://cropprotectionnetwork.org/encyclopedia/target-spot-of-soybean https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/epdf/10.1094/PHP-01-22-0010-BR https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/abs/...

In this episode Ed interviews Dr. Matt Kasson of West Virginia University. With Matt's expertise in Fungal-Arthropod interactions, we break down the hit show "The Last of Us", where the fungus ophiocordyceps has begun infecting humans causing an apocalyptic event. How to cite the podcast: Zaworski, E. (Host), Kasson, M. (Interviewee). S2:E11 (Podcast). Fungal Zombie Apocalypse: A review of HBO's "...

In this episode of I See Dead Plants, Ed Zaworski talks to Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott about a group of articles she has researched and written over the years. The two discuss some common horticulture myths and why you should be skeptical of your sources. Additional Resources https://gardenprofessors.com/ https://puyallup.wsu.edu/lcs/ https://horticulture.wsu.edu/people/chalker-scott/ How to cite the...