Southeast Regional Fruit & Vegetable Conference, January 2026
Southern Division APS Meeting, March 2026
Dr. Li Wang, Post-doc from University of Georgia, presenting on genome assemblies, graph pangenome, and population structure of Colletotrichum orbiculare at the APS Southern Division meeting.
Rashmi Pokhrel, Ph.D. student at University of Georgia presenting on Differences in QoI and MBC fungicide sensitivity of Colletotrichum orbiculare in the eastern United States based on cucurbit host of origin.
Dr. Blake Oakley’s (Post-doc, UGA) poster on the seedborne nature of Colletotrichum orbiculare, the causal agent of anthracnose in cucurbits, at the APS Southern Division meeting.
Aurora Toennisson’s (North Carolina State University) Poster on the inhibitory effects of three Colletotrichum species on Colletotrichum orbiculare at the APS Southern Division meeting.
Autumn Burnett, Ph.D. student UGA, presenting research on the effect of overhead irrigation timing on Colletotrichum orbiculare severity in watermelon at the APS Southern Division meeting.
Pallavi Rathore, Ph.D. student from UGA presenting research on sources of resistance to Colletotrichum orbiculare race 2 in the watermelon core collection at the APS Southern Division meeting.
