Oct 31, 2025

In this episode of alternate hosts Ed Zaworski, Maddle Hendrickson and Chelsea Harbach embrace the spirit of Halloween and discuss the salem witch trials. One possible explaination for the witch hunt is that the people of salem consumed grains infested with a plant disease called ergot. Whatever you believe, join us for...

Oct 22, 2025

In this episode Ed interviews Dr. Deb Samac of the USDA-ARS. They discuss the long-overlooked disease of alfalfa, bacterial stem blight.

Additional Resources

https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PHYTO-02-23-0059-R?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed

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Oct 8, 2025

In this episode Ed interviews Dr. Isaac Esquivel of the University of Florida and Dr. Phillip Roberts of the University of Georgia. They discuss a new pest of cotton, the cotton jassid or two-spot leaf hopper, that has very rapidly become a new concern for cotton growers.

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Oct 1, 2025

In this episode Ed interviews Dr. Adam Ingrao. They discuss Adam’s Heroes to hives program and his philosophy on implementing integrated pest management.

Additional Resources

https://miffs.org/heroes-to-hives/

https://miffs.org/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QvEc6_Hook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY80cEx15H0