Seminar – Worldwide Migrations, Evolutionary Relatednessand resurgence of Phytophthora infestans and other Emerging Plant Diseases
Speaker Jean Beagle Ristaino, Dept. of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University Abstract Emerging plant diseases threaten many foods crops including those we eat for breakfast such as coffee, oranges, banana and potatoes. Plant pathogens cause global losses estimated to be as high as $33 billion per year. The risk of introduction of pathogens …
Seminar – Incidence and pathogenicity of plant-parasitic nematodes on coffee in Australia and the potential of organic amendments as a management tactic
Speaker Khoa Le, PhD Candidate, SOLES, University of Sydney Abstract Coffee is the world’s most traded commodity and a source of employment for millions of people, but one of the many challenges facing those who grow coffee is to minimise the yield losses caused by plant-parasitic nematodes. Numerous nematode pests are associated with coffee worldwide …