The Department of Plant Pathology was represented at the 2026 CFANS Symposium by 2 presentations, given by Pranaya Kaki and Colin Peters, as well as posters shown by Molly Veregge, Jyoti Sharma, and Ashish Srivastava. Kaki took home the first-place ribbon for “Abstract of Distinction” for her presentation. Congratulations, Pranaya!
Presentations
- Pranaya Kaki, "Refining Root-Associated Microbial Consortia for Biocontrol of Soil-Borne Pathogens in Corn"
Colin Peters, "Entomopathogenic fungi from Minnesota are virulent against emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), adults in a laboratory autodissemination device assay"
Posters
- Molly Veregge, "The sexual cycle of the stripe rust pathogen Puccinia striiformis in the southwestern United States uncovered through amplicon sequencing"
- Jyoti Saini Sharma, "Growth suppression and mortality of common buckthorn and smooth brome caused by crown rust infection"
- Ashish Srivastava, "Tissue culture free genome editing in plants using a broad host range geminivirus"