The Villari Forest Pathology Lab @UGAWarnell focuses on interactions among trees, fungal pathogens and insect, and related chemical ecological aspects.
Joined September 2018
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Good news for loblolly pine growers in the South! We incorporated host genotype and climate to enhance risk assessment for fusiform rust and were able to explain up to 93% of the deviance for disease incidence!! 😎😁
Another great paper from my former PhD student @simonelimhing .
We had a great session on needle diseases at #IUFRO2024! Many fabulous talks from different parts of the world. @IreneBarnes19 @resinsoaked
Yay for @resinsoaked presenting his amazing work on Fusarium circinatum genetic varability in Southern US. #IUFRO24!
Check out our newest paper on the role of Mn in tree resistance mechanisms! 🌲🐲This review is the work of my amazing previous PhD student @simonelimhing ! @UGAWarnell
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Great discussion on the importance of G×E in tree breeding for resistance programs @7GTPI2022 @soumya4evr
@McCarthyEcology, @foresthealthG, @LabVillari, and @E_Brockerhoff exploring the beautiful Mata de Bussaco during the post-conference tour of #ForestHealth2022
The @LabVillari at the #iufro Division 7 2022 meeting!! Enjoying Lisbon and the great talks! @resinsoaked @simonelimhing
It's Christmas at the @LabVillari ! After several months of delayed delivery, our NIR handheld scanner is finally here!! 🎄🎄🎄 @simonelimhing
Preparing a discussion-based guest lecture on insect-fungi symbiosis using two amazing papers from @DianaSix1, Peter Biedermann and Fernando Vega. It's going to be a fun afternoon!!! Thanks Kamal Gandhi for inviting me to your advanced course.
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Our paper on rapid detection of the laurel wilt pathogen using LAMP (Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification) is finally out! Kudos to Jeff Hamilton @HamInGeorgia for the great work!
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Thanks! We are using the SPB associated fungi, and we inoculate them directly in the phloem after a small wound. We do have wounded only controls and unwounded controls as well
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Do loblolly really responde to nutritional bark beetle symbionts with a lesser defense reaction compared to the one induced by blue stain pathogens? I hope our own John de Soto @LabVillari will find out soon!! At any rate, today was a gorgeous day for field work!!! @UGAWarnell
Another work from the @LabVillari @UGAWarnell is finally out! Here we use LAMP to detect Raffaelea lauricola (causal agent of laurel wilt) directly from host plant and beetle vector tissues. Kudos to @HamInGeorgia for the great job!
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The first paper of our collaborative NSF RCN team Bark Beetle Mycobiome is out! We started with a white paper in which we identified the research priorities.
You can read it on Symbiosis - rdcu.be/b4C88
Celebrating the @LabVillari graduate MS Jeff Hamilton @HamInGeorgia today!! I know twitter is not as fancy as the Classic Center, but hey... I still wanted a venue to shout out what an amazing stunden you have been! #UGAgradMasters
