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Plantopia episodes
- Editing Plant Genes
How revolutionary methods can be used to disarm some of the most destructive pathogens that imperil the world's food supply.
Special Guest: Morgan Carter.
25 min - Antibiotics, Soil Microbiome, and Biological Control
Your backyard is full of antibiotics. What they're there doing might surprise you.
Special Guests: Linda Kinkel and Soledad Benitez Ponce.
30 min - Ants as Farmers
They’ve been farming for a lot longer than we have, and they are really good at it.
Special Guest: Ted Schultz.
31 min - Arms Race Part 2: AI + Cassava
There's a farmer walking around in a developing country applying a convolutional neural network to make decisions.
Special Guest: James Legg.
28 min - The New American Chestnut
This is the story of the demise of the American Chestnut and how we are poised, after a century of waiting, to see its return.
Special Guest: William Powell.
Links:
- The American Chestnut Project
- New genetically engineered American chestnut will help restore the decimated, iconic tree
29 min - Arms Race Part 1: Ug99
The striking parallels between wheat rust and global human epidemics.
Special Guest: Dave Hodson.
33 min
About Plantopia
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Healthy plants are the foundation for life on our planet. They produce the oxygen we breathe and over 80% of the food we eat. The Plantopia podcast series explains how protecting plant health can…
ensure a sustainable future. Inspired by the United Nations declaration of 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health, the American Phytopathological Society created Plantopia so you can explore the world of plant health in company with plant pathologists—people on a mission to protect plants and our food supply.
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