Episode 2 – Ants keep acacia trees healthy!

Episode 5 – Microbes can switch sides in the plant-pathogen battle!

Episode 5 Listen to episode [http://traffic.libsyn.com/bacteriofiles/BF182.mp3] This is a special, joint episode between The Plant Pathology Podcast and Bacteriofiles. [http://www.bacteriofiles.com] We talk about how the same microbes that associate with plants can sometimes help prevent disease, and sometimes assist the pathogen. It depends on which microbe gets there first! Show notes: [http://traffic.libsyn.com/bacteriofiles/BF182.mp3] Order of arrival shifts endophyte–pathogen interactions in bean from resistance induction to disease facilitation [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1574-6968.12454/abstract] Endophytic Fusarium verticillioides reduces disease severity caused by Ustilago maydis on maize [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01719.x/abstract] Biological control of plant diseases [https://extension.umass.edu/vegetable/articles/biological-control-plant-diseases] – Here’s a good article if you’d like to read more about biocontrol

Episode 4 – Controlling brown rot in your home garden

Episode 4 Listen to episode [https://archive.org/download/Episode4BrownRot/episode%204%20brown%20rot.mp3] To download episode, right click and “save link as.” In this episode, I go over the life cycle of the brown rot pathogen and give practical tips for controlling it in the home garden. This episode is dedicated to Amy from South Carolina, who is having trouble with her peach trees. If you have a request for an episode, leave a comment here or email me at roslynnoar@gmail.com. Show notes More about controlling brown rot: “Brown Rot on Apricot and Other Stone Fruits” from University of Nebraska-Lincoln [http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/epublic/pages/publicationD.jsp?publicationId=1211] Thanks for listening!

Episode 3 – Controlling coffee rust is complicated!

Episode 3 Listen to episode [https://ia600403.us.archive.org/19/items/Episode3coffeerust/episode%203.mp3] To download episode, right click and “save link as.” Scientists show that controlling coffee rust with fungicides may not be the best strategy, since fungicides can also kill friendly fungi! Show notes Journal article: Qualitative Dynamics of the Coffee Rust Epidemic: Educating Intuition with Theoretical Ecology [http://bioscience.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2014/01/20/biosci.bit034.abstract] Learn more about coffee rust disease: Coffee rust [http://www.apsnet.org/edcenter/intropp/lessons/fungi/Basidiomycetes/Pages/CoffeeRust.aspx] Thanks for listening!

Episode 2 – Ants keep acacia trees healthy!

Episode 2 Listen to episode [https://ia700705.us.archive.org/16/items/Episode2AcaciaAnts/episode2-Ants%20on%20acacia%20trees.mp3] To download episode, right click and “save link as.” Scientists discover that ants living symbiotically in acacia trees can help keep trees healthy Show notes Journal article: Mutualistic ants as an indirect defense against leaf pathogens [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.12664/abstract;jsessionid=152928817B7929FEDCAE5B3D002A117B.f03t02] Learn more about the symbiosis between ants and acacia trees: Acacia ants [http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/costa_rica/animals/acacia_ants.htm] Thanks for listening!

Episode 1 – Preventing mycotoxin contamination by Fusarium

Episode 1 Listen to episode [https://ia600705.us.archive.org/16/items/Episode1FusariumToxins/episode%201-Fusarium%20toxins.mp3] To download episode, right click and “save link as.” Scientists study growing conditions affecting mycotoxin contamination of oats by Fusarium fungi, the causative agent of Fusarium head blight. Show notes Journal article: Modeling the Effects of Environmental Conditions on HT2 and T2 Toxin Accumulation in Field Oat Grains [http://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/abs/10.1094/PHYTO-03-13-0070-R] Learn more about Fusarium head blight: http://www.apsnet.org/edcenter/intropp/lessons/fungi/ascomycetes/Pages/Fusarium.aspx [http://www.apsnet.org/edcenter/intropp/lessons/fungi/ascomycetes/Pages/Fusarium.aspx] Learn more about mycotoxin contamination of food and feed crops: http://www.apsnet.org/edcenter/intropp/topics/mycotoxins/Pages/default.aspx [http://www.apsnet.org/edcenter/intropp/topics/mycotoxins/Pages/default.aspx] Thanks for listening!