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I See Dead Plants The Crop Protection Netwrok
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Plant Science Stories Rooted in the Everyday
The I See Dead Plants podcast shares the stories of people and plants, pests and pathogens, and the conflicts among them. Join us as we speak to the folks who are helping the rest of us live healthier, more productive lives through pest management research and education. We strive to make science accessible.
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(S3:E27) Beam Me Up!: Giant Starship Elements and Fungal Genomes Part 1
In this episode Ed talks with Dr. Horacio Lopez-Nicora and Dr. Emile Gluck-Thaler. They discuss the idea of massive mobile elements (starships) within a fungal genome.
Additional Resources
Starships are active eukaryotic transposable elements mobilized by a new family of tyrosine recombinases
Systematic identification of cargo-mobilizing genetic elements reveals new dimensions of eukaryotic diversity
How to cite the podcast:
Zaworski, E. (Host) Gluck-Thaler, E. and Lopez-Nicora, H. (Interviewees). S3:E27 (Podcast). Beam Me Up!: Giant Starship Elements and Fungal Genomes Part 1. 6/26/24. In I See Dead Plants. Crop Protection Network. -
(S3:E26) Castle Defense: A Deeper Understanding of Tar spot of Corn Part 2
In this episode Ed talks with Dr. Mathew Helm of the USDA-ARS. The discuss Matt’s work on P. maydis, looking at what makes the pathogen tick and how it gets past the corn plant’s defenses.
Additional Resources
https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PHYTO-01-24-0037-R
https://helm63.wixsite.com/website?_ga=2.171662944.1793805240.1715352898-2008700694.1713370106
How to cite the podcast:
Zaworski, E. (Host) and Helm, M. (Interviewee). S3:E26 (Podcast). Castle Defense: A Deeper Understanding of Tar spot of Corn Part 2. 6/13/24. In I See Dead Plants. Crop Protection Network. -
(S3:E25) Castle Defense: A Deeper Understanding of Tar spot of Corn Part 1
Title: (S3:E25) Castle Defense: A Deeper Understanding of Tar spot of Corn Part 1
In this episode Ed talks with Dr. Mathew Helm of the USDA-ARS. The discuss Matt’s work on P. maydis, looking at what makes the pathogen tick and how it gets past the corn plant’s defenses.
Additional Resources
https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PHYTO-01-24-0037-R
https://helm63.wixsite.com/website?_ga=2.171662944.1793805240.1715352898-2008700694.1713370106
How to cite the podcast:
Zaworski, E. (Host) and Helm, M. (Interviewee). S3:E25 (Podcast). Castle Defense: A Deeper Understanding of Tar spot of Corn Part 1. 6/13/24. In I See Dead Plants. Crop Protection Network. -
(S3:E24) Nature’s Defenders Against Invasive Nightmares: Overseas Biological Testing Facilities
In this episode Ed speaks with Dr. Tim Widmer of the USDA-ARS. They discuss overseas biological testing labs (OBCLs) and how they are working to keep damage from invasive pests to a minimum.
Additional Resources
https://www.ars.usda.gov/office-of-international-research-engagement-and-cooperation/overseas-biological-control-obcl-highlights/
How to cite the podcast:
Zaworski, E. (Host) and Widmer, T.(Interviewee). S2:E24 (Podcast). Nature’s Defenders Against Invasive Nightmares: Overseas Biological Testing Facilities. 6/5/24. In I See Dead Plants. Crop Protection Network. -
(S3:E23) Return of the Forest Horde: Periodical Cicadas Part 2
In this episode Ed talks with Dr. Frederic Miller of the Morton Arboretum. They discuss the periodical cicada emergence of 2024.
Additional Resources
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/2024-magicicada-broods-xiii-and-xix
https://cicadasafari.org/
https://mortonarb.org/plant-and-protect/tree-plant-care/plant-care-resources/periodical-cicadas/
https://cicadas.uconn.edu/general_information/
https://cicadas.uconn.edu/
How to cite the podcast:
Zaworski, E. (Host) and Miller, F. (Interviewee). S3:E23 (Podcast). Return of the Forest Horde: Periodical Cicadas Part 2. 6/5/24. In I See Dead Plants. Crop Protection Network. -
(S3:E22) Return of the Forest Horde: Periodical Cicadas Part 1
In this episode Ed talks with Dr. Frederic Miller of the Morton Arboretum. They discuss the periodical cicada emergence of 2024.
Additional Resources
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/2024-magicicada-broods-xiii-and-xix
https://cicadasafari.org/
https://mortonarb.org/plant-and-protect/tree-plant-care/plant-care-resources/periodical-cicadas/
https://cicadas.uconn.edu/general_information/
https://cicadas.uconn.edu/
How to cite the podcast:
Zaworski, E. (Host) and Miller, F. (Interviewee). S3:E22 (Podcast). Return of the Forest Horde: Periodical Cicadas Part 1. 5/29/24. In I See Dead Plants. Crop Protection Network.