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Cody Seals – Exit Seminar

November 2 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

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Insect Guilds Associated with Hemp Produced in Tennessee

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Date:: November 2
Time:: 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Event Category:: EPP seminars

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160 Plant Biotechnology Building

2505 EJ Chapman Drive, 160 PBB
Knoxville, TN 37996-4560 United States + Google Map

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UTIA scientists publish paper on role of citizen science in addressing agricultural challenges
Dr. Sean Ryan, a postdoctoral researcher in the EPP Department, Dr. DeWayne Shoemaker, and international team of more than three dozen researchers published a paper highlighting the potential of citizen science to address pressing research challenges in agriculture and food systems. One key to capitalizing on such efforts, the researchers find, may be to build stronger ties between citizen science and agricultural extension efforts. A press article summarizing the article is here and a free copy (open access) of the original paper can be downloaded from the journal web site.
December 6, 2018
Be on the lookout for grapevine leaf rust in Tennessee
Dr. Zach Hansen published an article in the November 2018 National Plant Diagnostic Network newsletter. Grapevine leaf rust was observed for the first time in Tennessee in September 2018. The disease was found on grape seedlings at large box stores in several counties in middle and east Tennessee. Dr. Hansen suggests that growers, industry professionals, diagnosticians and extension personnel should be aware of the disease and should be on the lookout for it. For full article, click here.
December 4, 2018
EPP undergraduate recognized as top junior in Herbert College
Emily Camfield is an undergraduate in Herbert College and works on a research project with Dr. Kimberly Gwinn. Emily started in the Gwinn lab as a high school junior. Congratulations, Emily!
December 4, 2018
EPP researchers discuss rose rosette disease
Dr. Frank Hale, Alan Windham, and Mark Windham recently weighed in on the devastating effects of rose rosette disease in Knock Out roses in a recent article published in the Washington Post. See the full article here.
September 16, 2018
Drs. Alan and Mark Windham lead rose tour at the Plateau Research and Education Center
The Cookeville Rose Society and Cumberland County Master Gardeners took a twilight tour with Drs. Alan and Mark Windham through the rose rosette resistant trials at the Plateau Research and Education Center near Crossville, TN. While in the plots, they learned about how to recognize rose rosette, rose rosette management strategies, and research results concerning disease resistance. After the tour, everyone ate homemade ice cream while learning more about growing roses and how to control rose diseases and insect pests.
September 16, 2018
Tennessee tick survey by Dr. Trout Fryxell and David Theuret
A tick survey study in Tennessee by Dr. Trout Fryxell and graduate student David Theuret highlighted in Entomology Today. The study revealed that one in six cattle and at livestock monitoring locations in all regions of the Tennessee have ticks. For more details, please see summary article Tick Surveillance Project Offers Model for Monitoring Livestock. The original article can be found here.
September 7, 2018
Dr. Hale and Dr. A. Windham invited speakers for UTIA Turf and Ornamental Field Day
Frank Hale and Alan Windham attended UT Turf and Ornamental Field Day on Thursday at the Plant Science farm on Alcoa. They averaged 50 persons for each of four presentations, which covered new and noteworthy insect pests and diseases such as emerald ash borer, boxwood blight, rose rosette and others. Over 500 turf and grounds maintenance professionals attended the field day.
September 7, 2018
Dr. Bernard receives 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award from Michigan State University!
Dr. Ernest Bernard is the recipient of the 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award at Michigan State University, where he received both his B.S. and M.S. degrees in the Department of Entomology. Congratulations to Dr. Bernard on receiving this award! Read the full story here.
July 2, 2018
Dr. Hale and Dr. A. Windham invited speakers for U.S. Ornamental Pesticide Dealers
Frank Hale and Alan Windham updated horticultural pesticide dealers from the Eastern U.S.A. on current topics in ornamental entomology and plant pathology, June 5th and 6th at the Indigo Hotel in Nashville. Companies represented in the training included: BASF, Southern AG, Helena, BWI, BFG, Winfield
June 6, 2018
Development of Novel DNA-Based Methods for Detection of Bt Resistant Fall Armyworms
During the past 22 years, pest control efficacy and the potential for higher net returns have driven a global increase in the adoption of transgenic crops which produce insecticidal proteins (Cry and Vip toxins) from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt crops). In the US alone, Bt corn and cotton adoption represent >80% of the national acreage devoted to the two commodities, which has unfortunately led to increasing selection pressure for evolution of Bt toxin resistant insect pests. One such devastating pest is the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) which has become a growing threat to the use of transgenic corn technology in the Western Hemisphere and more recently the African continent. The fall armyworm is the insect pest with the highest…
June 1, 2018
Congratulations to Dr. Denita Hadziabdic Guerry – Fulbright Scholar!
Several indigenous crop species have the potential to become foods of the future and need to be integrated into existing agricultural research. Dr. Denita Hadziabdic Guerry was selected for a Fulbright award to the African Regional Research Program to study an indigenous crop, frafra potato (Solenostemon rotendifolius), as an alternative food source. She will spend four months in Ghana working closely with her collaborator at the University of Ghana (UG), Dr. Naalamle Amissah, to evaluate genetic diversity of frafra potato populations in Ghana and surrounding sub-Saharan African countries where this species is cultivated. This is quite an innovative project that involves studying traditional subjects while providing hands-on experiential learning experiences for faculty, staff, and students at the University of Ghana. Congratulations, Dr. Guerry!
May 3, 2018
EUReCA! winners
Logan Houston, an undergraduate researchers in the Trigiano lab, was awarded a Gold Medal at last night’s EUReCA awards ceremony. Logan’s award was one of four in the STEM section of the competition. Logan’s research, “Geographical location drives the population structure of native Asian Cornus florida” was supported by the Trigiano lab and guided primarily by Dr. Marcin Nowicki. Angel Chaffin, one of our EPP minors, was awarded an Honorable Mention for her work on, “Potential pathogens of industrial hemp (Cannibas sativa)”. Although her research was sponsored by Dr. Kimberly Gwinn, she was also assisted by Cody Seals, Mary Dee, Dr. Ernest Bernard, and Dr. Jerome Grant. Geordan Hall, who worked with Drs. Karen Vail and Becky Trout Fryxell, also…
April 24, 2018