In this episode Ed interviews Dr. Will Rutter of the USDA vegetable laboratory on Charleston South Carolina. They discuss root knot nematode (RKN) and what has been learned about this damaging pest over the years.

Additional Resources

https://www.findmenematode.org/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35316614/

https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PDIS-09-22-2228-RE

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33599516/

How to cite the podcast:

Zaworski, E. (Host) and Rutter, W. (Interviewee). S3:E32 (Podcast). (S3:E32) Sweet Potato Stranglers: An Overview of Root Knot Nematode Part 1. 09/11/2024. In I See Dead Plants. Crop Protection Network. https://sites.libsyn.com/416264/s3e32-sweet-potato-stranglers-an-overview-of-root-knot-nematode-part-1

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In this episode Ed interviews Dr. Kathy Lawrence of Auburn University. They discuss reniform nematode and the advancements made over the years in management tactics.

Additional Resources

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36880012/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23833324/

How to cite the podcast:

Zaworski, E. (Host) and Lawrence, K. (Interviewee). S3:E31 (Podcast). Kidney Shaped Creatures- Reniform Nematode on Cotton. 9/4/24. In I See Dead Plants. Crop Protection Network. https://sites.libsyn.com/416264/kidney-shaped-creatures-reniform-nematode-on-cotton

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In this podcast Ed Takes a back seat as the podcast is taken over by the ISU integrated pest management (IPM)interns. The interns were tasked to pick a topic and interviewee. They contacted Dr. Matt Helmers of Iowa State University and asked to interview him on his work with agricultural drainage systems

Additional Resources

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-019-0393-0

https://store.extension.iastate.edu/product/Whole-Farm-Conservation-Best-Practices-Manual

https://transformingdrainage.org/

How to cite the podcast:

Mueller, R., Thompson, A., Zaworski, E. (Hosts) and Helmers, M. (Interviewee). S3:E30 (Podcast). Lack of Drainage Draining Your Crops!?: Intern Takeover!!!. 7/31/2024. In I See Dead Plants. Crop Protection Network.https://sites.libsyn.com/416264/s3e30-lack-of-drainage-draining-your-crops-intern-takeover

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In this episode Ed interviews his mother Barbara Zaworski and aunt Linda Goltz. They discuss their knowledge of pest management and what they think of some of the topics we’ve covered on I See Dead Plants

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How to cite the podcast:

Zaworski, E. (Host) Goltz, L.  and Zaworski, B. (Interviewees). S2:E29 (Podcast). What is Integrated Pest Management Revisited: Insights from My Mom. 7/10/24. In I See Dead Plants. Crop Protection Network. https://sites.libsyn.com/416264/s3e29-what-is-integrated-pest-management-revisited-insights-from-my-mom

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In this episode Ed talks with Dr. Horacio Lopez-Nicora and Dr. Emile Gluck-Thaler. They discuss the idea of massive mobile elements (starships) within a fungal genome.

Additional Resources

Starships are active eukaryotic transposable elements mobilized by a new family of tyrosine recombinases

Systematic identification of cargo-mobilizing genetic elements reveals new dimensions of eukaryotic diversity

How to cite the podcast:

Zaworski, E. (Host) Gluck-Thaler, E. and Lopez-Nicora, H. (Interviewees). S3:E28 (Podcast). Beam Me Up!: Giant Starship Elements and Fungal Genomes Part 2. 7/3/24. In I See Dead Plants. Crop Protection Network. https://sites.libsyn.com/416264/s3e28-beam-me-up-giant-starship-elements-and-fungal-genomes-part-2

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In this episode Ed talks with Dr. Horacio Lopez-Nicora and Dr. Emile Gluck-Thaler. They discuss the idea of massive mobile elements (starships) within a fungal genome.

Additional Resources

Starships are active eukaryotic transposable elements mobilized by a new family of tyrosine recombinases

Systematic identification of cargo-mobilizing genetic elements reveals new dimensions of eukaryotic diversity

How to cite the podcast:

Zaworski, E. (Host) Gluck-Thaler, E. and Lopez-Nicora, H. (Interviewees). S3:E27 (Podcast). Beam Me Up!: Giant Starship Elements and Fungal Genomes Part 1. 6/26/24. In I See Dead Plants. Crop Protection Network. https://sites.libsyn.com/416264/s3e27-beam-me-up-giant-starship-elements-and-fungal-genomes-part-1

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In this episode Ed talks with Dr. Mathew Helm of the USDA-ARS. The discuss Matt’s work on P. maydis, looking at what makes the pathogen tick and how it gets past the corn plant’s defenses.

Additional Resources

https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PHYTO-01-24-0037-R

https://helm63.wixsite.com/website?_ga=2.171662944.1793805240.1715352898-2008700694.1713370106

How to cite the podcast:

Zaworski, E. (Host) and Helm, M. (Interviewee). S3:E26 (Podcast). Castle Defense: A Deeper Understanding of Tar spot of Corn Part 2. 6/13/24. In I See Dead Plants. Crop Protection Network. https://sites.libsyn.com/416264/s3e26-castle-defense-a-deeper-understanding-of-tar-spot-of-corn-part-2

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Title: (S3:E25) Castle Defense: A Deeper Understanding of Tar spot of Corn Part 1

In this episode Ed talks with Dr. Mathew Helm of the USDA-ARS. The discuss Matt’s work on P. maydis, looking at what makes the pathogen tick and how it gets past the corn plant’s defenses.

Additional Resources

https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PHYTO-01-24-0037-R

https://helm63.wixsite.com/website?_ga=2.171662944.1793805240.1715352898-2008700694.1713370106

How to cite the podcast:

Zaworski, E. (Host) and Helm, M. (Interviewee). S3:E25 (Podcast). Castle Defense: A Deeper Understanding of Tar spot of Corn Part 1. 6/13/24. In I See Dead Plants. Crop Protection Network. https://sites.libsyn.com/416264/s3e25-castle-defense-a-deeper-understanding-of-tar-spot-of-corn-part-1

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In this episode Ed speaks with Dr. Tim Widmer of the USDA-ARS. They discuss overseas biological testing labs (OBCLs) and how they are working to keep damage from invasive pests to a minimum.

Additional Resources

https://www.ars.usda.gov/office-of-international-research-engagement-and-cooperation/overseas-biological-control-obcl-highlights/

How to cite the podcast:

Zaworski, E. (Host) and Widmer, T.(Interviewee). S2:E24 (Podcast). Nature’s Defenders Against Invasive Nightmares: Overseas Biological Testing Facilities. 6/5/24. In I See Dead Plants. Crop Protection Network. https://sites.libsyn.com/416264/s3e24-stopping-the-invasion-of-invasive-species-overseas-biological-testing-facilities

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In this episode Ed talks with Dr. Frederic Miller of the Morton Arboretum. They discuss the periodical cicada emergence of 2024.

Additional Resources

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/2024-magicicada-broods-xiii-and-xix

https://cicadasafari.org/

https://mortonarb.org/plant-and-protect/tree-plant-care/plant-care-resources/periodical-cicadas/

https://cicadas.uconn.edu/general_information/

https://cicadas.uconn.edu/

How to cite the podcast:

Zaworski, E. (Host) and Miller, F. (Interviewee). S3:E22 (Podcast). Return of the Forest Horde: Periodical Cicadas Part 1. 5/29/24. In I See Dead Plants. Crop Protection Network. https://sites.libsyn.com/416264/s3e22-return-of-the-forest-horde-periodical-cicadas-part-1

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