In this episode Ed talks with Dr. Lina Quesada-Ocampo of North Carolina State University. They discuss Lina’s work with the pathogen Phytophthora capsici and the damage it can do on various vegetable crops.

Additional Resources

https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-phyto-021622-103801

https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/epdf/10.1094/PDIS-02-12-0211-FE

https://veggiepathology.wordpress.ncsu.edu/

How to cite the podcast:

Zaworski, E. (Host) Quesada-Ocampo, L.M.(Interviewee). S4:E30 (Podcast). Drowned in Dread: Phytophthora capsici. 8/20/25. In I See Dead Plants. Crop Protection Network. https://sites.libsyn.com/416264/s4e30-drowned-in-dread-phytophthora-capsici

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In this episode Ed Interviews Dr. Carrie Harmon of the University of Florida plant diagnostic center. They discuss plant diagnostics, how they have evolved over time and how the National Plant Diagnostic Network (NPDN) unites diagnosticians across the country.

Additional Resources

https://npdn.org/

https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/full/10.1094/PHYTOFR-11-24-0123-FI

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34432509/

https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/epdf/10.1094/PHP-08-20-0074-MR

How to cite the podcast:

Zaworski, E. (Host) Harmon, C. (Interviewee). S4:E29 (Podcast). Symp-tomb Check: Evolving Plant Disease Diagnostics. 8/13/25. In I See Dead Plants. Crop Protection Network. https://sites.libsyn.com/416264/s4e29-symp-tomb-check-evolving-plant-disease-diagnostics

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In the episode Ed interviews Dr. Carl Bradley of the University of Kentucky. They discuss red crown rot of soybeans.

Additional Resources

https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PHP-04-22-0041-DG

https://plantpathology.ca.uky.edu/files/ppfs-ag-s-25.pdf

https://bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ppa.13790

https://cropprotectionnetwork.org/maps/red-crown-rot-map

How to cite the podcast:

Zaworski, E. (Host)and Bradley, C. (Interviewee). S4:E28 (Podcast). A Scarlet Plague: Red Crown Rot of Soybean. 7/30/25. In I See Dead Plants. Crop Protection Network. https://sites.libsyn.com/416264/s4e28-a-scarlet-plague-red-crown-rot-of-soybean

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This week Ed interviews Zach Schumm, entomologist with the Iowa State University Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic. They discuss Zach’s role in diagnostics and stinkbugs.

Additional Resources

https://yardandgarden.extension.iastate.edu/pidc

https://npdn.org/

How to cite the podcast:

Zaworski, E. (Host) Schumm, Z. (Interviewees). S4:E27 (Podcast). Smells Like Trouble: A Stinkbug Overview Part 2. 7/16/25. In I See Dead Plants. Crop Protection Network. https://sites.libsyn.com/416264/s4e27-smells-like-trouble-a-stinkbug-overview-part-2

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This week Ed interviews Zach Schumm, entomologist with the Iowa State University Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic. They discuss Zach’s role in diagnostics and stinkbugs.

Additional Resources

https://yardandgarden.extension.iastate.edu/pidc

https://npdn.org/

How to cite the podcast:

Zaworski, E. (Host) Schumm, Z. (Interviewees). S4:E26 (Podcast). Smells Like Trouble: A Stinkbug Overview Part 1. 7/9/25. In I See Dead Plants. Crop Protection Network. https://sites.libsyn.com/416264/s4e26-smells-like-trouble-a-stinkbug-overview-part-1

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In this episode Ed interviews a podcast alumni, Dr. Vinson Doyle of Louisiana State University. They discuss the evolution of cercospora taxonomy and how it may relate to soybean diseases.

Additional Resources

https://bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ppa.13261

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10658-020-01969-z

https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/epdf/10.1094/PHYTO-12-15-0332-R

https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/epdf/10.1094/PDIS-02-25-0407-RE

How to cite the podcast:

Zaworski, E. (Host) and Doyle, V. (Interviewee). S4:E25 (Podcast). Taxonomic Tumult: Cercospora Species and Soybean Diseases Part 2. 7/2/25. In I See Dead Plants. Crop Protection Network. https://sites.libsyn.com/416264/s4e25-taxonomic-tumult-cerospora-species-and-soybean-diseases-part-2

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In this episode Ed interviews a podcast alumni, Dr. Vinson Doyle of Louisiana State University. They discuss the evolution of cercospora taxonomy and how it may relate to soybean diseases.

Additional Resources

https://bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ppa.13261

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10658-020-01969-z

https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/epdf/10.1094/PHYTO-12-15-0332-R

https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/epdf/10.1094/PDIS-02-25-0407-RE

How to cite the podcast:

Zaworski, E. (Host) and Doyle, V. (Interviewee). S4:E24 (Podcast). Taxonomic Tumult: Cercospora Species and Soybean Diseases Part 1. 6/25/25. In I See Dead Plants. Crop Protection Network. https://sites.libsyn.com/416264/s4e24-taxonomic-tumult-cerospora-species-and-soybean-diseases

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In this episode Ed discusses the Soybean tentiform leafminer, an emergent insect pest of soybean, with Dr. Bob Koch of the University of Minnesota.

Additional Resources

• Initial detections in soybean:  https://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmab038
• Laboratory rearing methods:  https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol57/iss1/9/
• Genome and genetic variability among populations: https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkaf021
• Development and longevity:  https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvae059
• Distinguishing stages and sexes:  https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/saae040
• Insecticide efficacy:  https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toae249
• Host range and host plant resistance:  https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toaf098

• https://extension.umn.edu/soybean-pest-management/soybean-tentiform-leafminer-minnesota-soybean
• https://blog-crop-news.extension.umn.edu/2024/01/the-soybean-tentiform-leafminer-has.html
• https://blog-crop-news.extension.umn.edu/2022/09/updates-on-new-leaf-mining-pest-of.html

How to cite the podcast:

Zaworski, E. (Host) and Koch, R. (Interviewee). S4:E23 (Podcast). Tunnels of Terror: Soybean Tentiform Leafminer. 6/18/25. In I See Dead Plants. Crop Protection Network. https://sites.libsyn.com/416264/s4e23-tunnels-of-terror-soybean-tentiform-leafminer

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In this episode Ed interviews Devin Radosevich, Ph.D. Student at Iowa State University. They discuss Devin’s work, in the Gassmann lab, with short stature corn and insect pests.

Additional Resources

How to cite the podcast:

Zaworski, E. (Host) Radosevich, D. (Interviewees). S4:E22 (Podcast). Crawlers of Compact Corn: Insect Pests and Short Stature Corn. 6/4/2025. In I See Dead Plants. Crop Protection Network. https://sites.libsyn.com/416264/s4e22-crawlers-of-compact-corn-insect-pests-and-short-stature-corn

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In this Episode Ed Talks with Dr. Matt Back and Dr. Kasia Dybal of Harper Adams University. We discussed the complicated system of potato cyst nematode in the United Kingdom.

Additional Resources

https://www.pcnhub.ac.uk/

https://horticulture.ahdb.org.uk/knowledge-library/pcn-grower-guide

https://www.uidaho.edu/cals/potatoes/pest-management/idahopcn

https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/full/10.5555/20220386636

https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/full/10.5555/20220386629

https://bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ppa.13002

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929139315300135?ref=pdf_download&fr=RR-2&rr=91f05c443bd3ad00

How to cite the podcast:

Zaworski, E. (Host) Back, M. and Dybal, K. (Interviewees). S4:E21 (Podcast). Tubers of Terror: Unearthing the Potato Cyst Nematode Part 3. 5/21/25. In I See Dead Plants. Crop Protection Network. https://sites.libsyn.com/416264/s4e21-tubers-of-terror-unearthing-the-potato-cyst-nematode-part-3

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