The Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology's weekly Plant Pathology 250 seminar series is presented this week by:

Beth Peacock, PLPA Graduate Student 

Seminar Title: “Why Do HLB Survivor Trees Persist? Probing the Microbiome and Transcriptome"

Biography: : Beth Peacock is a 4th year PhD candidate in lab of Dr. James Borneman. Her research is focused around developing sustainable management strategies for Huanglongbing.

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Chien-Hao Tseng, PLPA Graduate Student 

Seminar Title: “Mechanism underlying a recombinant capsid protein-mediated inhibition of Lettuce infectious yellows virus transmission by whitefly vectors”

Biography: Chien-Hao is a 4th year PhD candidate in Dr. James Ng’s lab. His research is focused on investigating the potential role of the minor coat protein of Lettuce infectious yellows virus as a functional inhibitor to block virus transmission by whitefly vectors.