New preprint! I was lucky to get undergrads in my lab this past summer as part of the PANACEAS program with Engil Pereira and two of them wanted to continue the harvester ant work by Lilly Elliott-Vidaurri

Ant nests affected compaction but not surface temps

biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

#CDT student Rachel Russell, along with Nik Cunniffe, from the Cambridge University , attended the International Epidemiology Workshop 2024 in Foz do Iguaçu ( #Brazil )!

Check out the full blog post over on our student blog linked here - …forwards-students.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/2024/05/09/int…

A synoptic review of plant disease epidemics and outbreaks published in 2022 | Phytopathology® apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/abs/10.109… APS_Epidemiology Nik Cunniffe Dr Stephen Parnell

Decision tools to support planting and biosecurity in natural environments need to be co-developed with diverse actors. Read the paper here! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec… Led by Flora Donald Festus Asaaga Carrie Hedges Nik Cunniffe and Sarah Grren Forest Research

I had the opportunity to present our research on corn stunt complex at the #IEW13 in Foz do Iguassu. Epagri

Is optimal control really 'optimal' for plant disease? Not when disease spread is stochastic, which matters when trying to eradicate epidemics. Rachel Russell's 1st PhD preprint tinyurl.com/ye5zastf Department of Plant Sciences AgriFoRwArdS CDT explores implications #planthealth Open Plant Pathology

Is optimal control really 'optimal' for plant disease? Not when disease spread is stochastic, which matters when trying to eradicate epidemics. Rachel Russell's 1st PhD preprint tinyurl.com/ye5zastf Department of Plant Sciences AgriFoRwArdS CDT explores implications #planthealth Open Plant Pathology

Find out more about our tick-borne pathogen projects on BBC Countryfile with the brilliant Bethan Purse

Tropical Plant Pathology just published a Special Issue on Fungicide Resistance and Management Strategies.

Big thanks to the guest editors: Louise Larissa May De Mio, Natalia A. Peres, Guido Schnabel, and Hideo Ishii

link.springer.com/journal/40858/…

VERY cool work by Vincent Philion on how we need to think about fungicide deposition and dose response curves when we're doing modeling!
I honestly just assume effective coverage when modeling, but having sprayed many crops that is DEFINITELY not true...
#IEW13 #sketchnotes

And finally a really nice talk by Renato Bassanezi on how to model and control HLB in Brazil, easily one of the densest areas of citrus production on earth
#IEW13 #sketchnotes

Always cool to hear from Nik Cunniffe! He's been continuing some really cool modeling work on how best to manage disease when fungicide resistance is a real threat.
#IEW13 #sketchnotes

I know I'm like a week too late but life got really hectic up on return to the US, here's the rest of the #sketchnotes from #IEW13 !
Neil McRoberts gave a classic Neil talk on information movement and interpretation and how we assess and understand risk, always cool to hear!

Really cool talk by Dr Matt Combes on modeling how the Ash Dieback epidemic in the UK affected the spread, detection and control of the new Emerald Ash Borer outbreak #IEW13 #sketchnotes

Very nice talk by Silvio Lopes on how unprotected backyard citrus trees can contribute to HLB outbreaks in Brazil, and thinking about how to encourage different behavior
#IEW13 #sketchnotes

Great talk by Maria Cristina Canale on corn leafhopper and the disease complexes that it can vector in maize in southern Brazil, some really cool population dynamics work and a wild amount of data they can probably dig into for years to come
#IEW13 #sketchnotes

Love hearing from Robert Beresford on a cool mix of field, lab, and modeling work for predicting myrtle rust outbreaks in New Zealand using pathogen process models
#IEW13 #sketchnotes

Nice talk by Irene Salotti on how they've been using disease modeling for decision support systems in several crops in Italy
#IEW13 #sketchnotes

Nice work by Alexey Mikaberidze on how they've been assessing the economics of fungicide use in wheat fields in Europe, plus a VERY cool and thought provoking work on how some leaves may function as super spreaders for outbreak by hosting an abundance of pycnidia
#IEW13 #sketchnotes

Nice modeling work by Rosace Maria Chiara on how plant pests might enter into Europe, modeled with a Bayesian framework. Looking forward to hearing more about these approaches!
#IEW13 #sketchnotes