At the 2025 World Ag Expo in Tulare, CA, UC Riverside's College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (CNAS) had nine presenters highlighting innovative solutions for agricultural challenges. The event highlighted UCR's leadership in addressing challenges in citrus, food safety, pest management, and sustainable farming and provided a platform for UCR to showcase its groundbreaking research and foster connections between academia, industry, and growers, reinforcing the university’s commitment to solving tomorrow’s agricultural challenges today.

Among the nine CNAS speakers were three of our Microbiology & Plant Pathology Cooperative Extension (CE) faculty:

Ahmed El-Moghazy, Advanced Technologies for Improving Food Safety in the Food Supply Chain.

Fatemeh Khodadadi, Fruitful Future: Safeguarding Citrus and Avocado from Disease

Georgios Vidalakis, The Citrus Clonal Protection Program: Protecting and Advancing California's Citriculture for Over 90 Years

Each presenter showcased their individual research contributions and expertise in their field of study to bring awareness to issues in agriculture that have had broad effects on the western United States.

To learn more about this event and to register for next year, please visit CNAS News.