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

Kian Kelly, Plant Pathology Graduate Student, UC Riverside 

Seminar Title: "An examination of biological soil crust mycobiomes and their ecological functions within drylands"

Biography: Kian Kelly is a second year Plant Pathology PhD student in the Jason Stajich lab. His research focuses on the fungal communities within biological soil crusts. 

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William Samson, Plant Pathology Graduate Student, UC Riverside

Seminar Title: "Evaluating byproducts of industrial Black Soldier Fly rearing for plant priming and plant growth promotion activity"

Biography: William is a fourth year PhD student in Dr. Kerry Mauck's lab. He is currently researching biofertilizer and crop protection applications for Black Soldiers Fly by-products in California agriculture. He is passionate about plant immunity and crop protection. Before graduate school, he worked on the development of conventional and biorational crop inputs. 

Faculty Hosts: Dr. Fatemeh Khodadadi; fatemeh.khodadadi@ucr.edu