🏆 Congrats to Dr. Nathan Wyatt (left) for receiving the Meritorious Service Award from the Sugarbeet Industry of MN & ND at the annual meeting in Fargo (Jan 14, 2025)! Dr. Wyatt, a USDA-ARS Researcher, studies Cercospora beticola, advancing sugarbeet disease management.

🎉 Congrats to Sunil Bhandari (right) on receiving the 2025 Alan Dexter Sugarbeet Scholarship from SBREB of MN & ND! A Ph.D. student under Dr. del Rio Mendoza & Dr. Khan, his research helps optimize fungicide use to combat Cercospora leaf spot🌱🔬 #PlantPathology #Sugarbeet

👏 Congrats to Brooke Benz for speaking at Beckman Coulter’s workshop at #PAG25 in San Diego! She presented her work on library prep for amplicon sequencing of the barley phyllosphere & shared key research findings. and is advised by @barleypathology.bsky.social @barneygeddes.bsky.social

🎉 Congrats to @ladyfusaria.bsky.social, Sandesh Dangi, Suzette Arcibal Baldwin, Zhao Jin & @barleypathology.bsky.social ! Their article on a TaqMan multiplex RT-PCR assay for Fusarium graminearum was the most-read Plant Health Progress paper of 2024! 🔬🌾 apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...

🌟 Congrats to Cora Crane on receiving the NDSU Agriculture Core Values Award! As grant coordinator for Plant Pathology & Plant Sciences, she manages millions in funding, including $5M in 2024 alone. A true professional making researchers shine! 👏 #NDSU

🌟 Congrats to Jessica Sherer on receiving the February 2025 Core Values Award! 🎉 Recognized for her dedication, organization & willingness to innovate—she even tests new greenhouse equipment to help improve services! 👏🌱 #NDSU #AgResearch #CoreValues

🌟 NDSU Plant Pathology Student Spotlight: Meet Zachary Ittel! 🔬🌱 Stay tuned to learn more about his research and contributions! #PlantPathology #NDSU #StudentSpotlight

Plant Pathology Winter Warmup Bowling was a huge hit! you to the committee; Darla Bakko, Pat Beauzay, Sushmita Kalika-Singh, Dean Peterson and Wade Webster. The night was filled with filled with food, bowling, Pat's very-difficult trivia (😊) and dozens of awards. Over 75 of us came out!