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Dec 28, 2021

On this episode of the I See Dead Plants Podcast, host Ed Zaworski takes a dive into the world of coffee and coffee rust. What if the world’s supply of coffee was threatened by a rapidly spreading plant disease that caused coffee tree leaves to fall off the plant and stopped beans from developing? What if our supply...


Nov 17, 2021

On this episode of the I See Dead Plants Podcast, host Ed Zaworski speaks with Dr. Xavier Phillips about detecting the impact of fungicides on soybeans using unmanned aerial vehicles (also known as drones). This interview is based on research published in the journal Agronomy, called “Estimating Soybean Radiation...


Oct 5, 2021

On this episode of the I See Dead Plants Podcast, host Ed Zaworski speaks with Dr. Darcy Telenko about tar spot, a new disease of corn in the United States. Dr. Telenko is an Assistant professor of Plant Pathology at Purdue University who specializes in diseases of field crops

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Jul 29, 2021

The "I See Dead Plants" podcast aims to provide community growers and citizens with crop, pesticide, fungicide, and management knowledge for daily life. Listen to the trailer here for more information from Ed Zaworski and Daren Mueller.


Jul 28, 2021

On this episode of the I See Dead Plants Podcast, host Ed Zaworski speaks with Dr. Andrew Penney, a former PhD. student at Iowa State University who now works with Bayer Crop Sciences as a Technical Agronomist. Andrew shares his past experiences as a student working to understand different fungicide...