Time flew by! It was wonderful having Jorge in our team. We will miss him very much! Looking forward to many more collaborations in the near future! @UFPlantPath @UFTropical @UF_IFAS

And just like that- the week is over 😮‍💨We hosted high schoolers, organized and hosted a workshop on #biologicals, continued two @IR4_Project trials on #pitaya #dragonfruit and #avocado, conducted Koch’s postulates 🥑🥑and most importantly, celebrated lab comings and goings, birthdays, and successful grants 🥳🍾🍻! #gators 🐊🐊 @UFPlantPath @UFTropical @UF_IFAS @FPSFloridaPhyt1 @FDACS @USDA @FAO

Another busy week at the lab! 🔬🧫👩🏼‍🔬👨‍🔬🧪 Processing cultures collected in #Taiwan from multiple Lauraceae trees 🌳 including #avocado 🥑, a banana 🍌 sample from Virgin Islands, in vitro metabolite assays to evaluate the growth inhibition potential of #Trichoderma against the #laurelwilt pathogen, and of course more plant clinic samples 🏥 @UFPlantPath @UFTropical @UF_IFAS @FDACSDPI @ippcnews @NPDN @USDA @USDA_APHIS @IUFRO @IUFROdivision7 @plantdisease @UF_IFAS_GFSI @NifaScriAvocado

Second day of taking #avocado samples for residue testing. This time we sampled trees that were drenched with the flutriafol product 🧪. Looking forward to seeing the results and hoping concentrations are optimal to prevent the infection, movement, and multiplication of the #laurelwilt pathogen🤞🏻🤞🏻! Great job by @andrewmann_ @CaSendoyaC_ @fungindrublic @UFPlantPath @UFTropical @IUFROdivision7 @plantdisease @APS_Tropical @FSHS_Hort @IR4_Project @FPSFloridaPhyt1 @NifaScriAvocado @FDACSDPI @USDA

Finally our lab's article on promising #fungicides 🧪to combat #laurelwilt in commercial #avocado #aguacate #palta production is out 🥳🥳 @plantdisease @UF_IFAS @UFPlantPath @UFTropical @APS_Tropical @ippcnews @IUFROdivision7 @IR4_Project @FDACS @NifaScriAvocado 🥑🥑🥑🥑🥑 Flutriafol as a Promising Fungicide for the Management of Laurel Wilt in Avocado Production | Plant Health Progress apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/1…

We are always surrounded by #fungi 🍄cultures 🧫, the good ones #Trichoderma and the bad ones #plantpathogens. Here @andrewmann_ and @carlosdlt280 looking at isolates from #avocado in the search for potential #biological control agents and our new @NSF intern Nathan working on identifying fungi recovered from #ambrosia #beetles. Lots of good stuff coming soon💪🏼🤓 @IUFROdivision7 @USDA_NIFA @NifaScriAvocado @UFPlantPath @UFTropical @ippcnews @APS_OIP @plantdisease @MSAFungi @FDACSDPI @UF_IFAS @FPSFloridaPhyt1 @FSHS_Hort @USDA_ARS

Winner 🥇 team = “Tropical Necrosis” Traditional Blight Bowl contest at #FPS2025 @FPSFloridaPhyt1 So nerdy 🤓- so fun 🤩 @andrewmann_ @fungindrublic @pmanosalva1 @UFIFAS_IRREC @Cano_Lab @UFPlantPath @plantdisease