🌱🔬 PLPA 240 Field Plant Pathology Course finale at Kearney Ag REC! Learned from graduate student Alejandro Hernandez about red leaf blotch in almonds, slime mold mysteries, and disease management. Plant pathology = agricultural detective work! 🍂🔍 #FieldPlantPathology #UCANR 🚜

🌱 Day 3 of #UCR PLPA 240 at UC ANR Ventura County with Andre Biscaro! Learned how
weather stations & irrigation apps help growers save water & boost crops. Hands-on ag tech
in action! 🚜💧🌾 #FieldPlantPathology #AgInnovation

PLPA240 Day-1: Dr. Georgios Vidalakis on shoot-tip grafting for pathogen-free citrus. Budwood sent to CCPP for culture; seedlings used as rootstocks; apical meristem grafted on; grafts raised in greenhouse; PCR and indexing confirm clean plants. 👨‍🏫🔬🍊 #FieldPlantPathology #UCR #Citrus #TissueCulture

PLPA240 Day-1: USDA National Clonal Germplasm Repository conserves crop genetics - citrus & date palms. Since 2012, cryopreservation protects material; 32 citrus accessions released. Facing funding and infrastructure pressures. 🌱🍊🌴🧬 #FieldPlantPathology #UCR #USDA #Germplasm #DatePalms #Citrus

PLPA240 Day-1: Met Professors Antoon Ploeg and Ole Becker, from UC Riverside. Field trials on nematode control: biological nematicides, carrot marketability, anaerobic soil disinfestation with rice hulls; virus risks in potatoes and grapes.
#FieldPlantPathology #UCR #ExtensionAg

UCR PLPA240 has begun! Day 1 at the Coachella Valley Agricultural Research Station (CVARS). Matt Fatino (UCCE) on grower support-especially weed management in dates, avocados, citrus-plus trials on novel herbicides and cultural tactics. 🏜️🌴🥑
#FieldPlantPathology #UCR #CooperativeExtension