Larry Madden

Meet your experts for our Virology – Then & Now event on December 1!

One conversation. Two perspectives. Join us for “Career Advice Across Generations in Plant Virology.” Don't miss these invaluable insights for YOUR career. https://bit.ly/4nyK4CK

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Have you contributed to international plant pathology through diagnostics, surveys, or disease management research abroad? Apply for the OIP International Research Achievement Award and be recognized for your impact.

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A trusted and essential resource for more than four decades, “Laboratory Guide for Identification of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria” returns in a fully updated fourth edition. This guide remains the most authoritative reference of its kind. Shop now: https://bit.ly/3L9poDy

Whether you missed a session, want to revisit your favorite presentations, or couldn’t attend, #planthealthrewind gives you on-demand access to the cutting-edge science that defined #planthealth2025.

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So many of the seminal papers in plant pathology have appeared in Phytopathology over many decades. Read some of the classics here.

A must read for every plant pathologist. Highlights some of the monumental research contributions in our field.

More reason to publish your work in Phytopathology.

Thank you to everyone who joined us in Honolulu for #PlantHealth2025!

Save the date and plan to join us in 2026!

Plant Health 2026
August 1–4, 2026 • Providence, Rhode Island

Missed this year's meeting? We've got you covered with Plant Health Rewind—launching this fall!

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CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health Members of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service were warned Friday that many of them were about to be fired

Centers for Disease Control cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health in U.S

EIS officers investigate disease outbreaks and health threats in the U.S. and abroad

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Books for the World Fund ​Purpose of the FundEstablished in 2013, this fund is designed to help scientists, educators, extension personnel and other agriculturalists in developing countries acquire educational materials from ...

Empower education in #PlantHealth! The APS-OIP #BooksfortheWorld Award is your chance to get access to $500 in resources from APS PRESS, perfect for diagnostic and pest management education. PLUS, you’ll receive a 1-year APS membership!

Apply by Feb. 28, 2025: www.apsnet.org/members/give...

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One week left to take advantage of BOGO Compendia in the APS PRESS bookstore! Read the terms and conditions (bit.ly/3VTvtqr) and then browse the extensive collection. Sale ends December 30, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. CST! No promo code needed.

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Announcing the redesigned APS Education Center! 🌱 Access plant pathology learning and teaching resources, including the free, peer-reviewed Plant Health Instructor. Explore improved navigation and new filters to easily find what you need: www.apsnet.org/edcenter/Pag...

A Brave (but scary) New World in scientific publishing

If we all find 100 posts to like every day, engagement and good will on @bsky.app grows exponentially.

Is it worth a few minutes to make the platform stronger ?

Help support @plantdisease.bsky.social and get a good deal on some books

The use of fixed study main effects in arm‐based network meta‐analysis Methods of network meta-analysis (NMA) can be classified as arm-based and contrast-based approaches. There are several arm-based approaches, and some of these have been criticized because they recove...

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Frontiers | The value of generalized linear mixed models for data analysis in the plant sciences Modern data analysis typically involves the fitting of a statistical model to data, which includes estimating the model parameters and their precision (stand...

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Those journals are great, of course, but I hope authors give a high priority to publishing in society journals for a lot of their work. This is how we give back and support professions. Scientists should not be fooled by the pseudo-prestige of the big three.

Authors love libraries. Please use them. Please support them.

Libraries are amazing. 📚

It was great fun working with Emerson on this paper. Meta-analysis has occupied a major portion of my research time over the past 15+ years. Many plant pathologists are now seeing the benefits of this approach to quantitative research synthesis.

Emerson M. Del Ponte on LinkedIn: Meta-analysis in crop protection Today I gave an online seminar at the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology - Oklahoma State University. In my talk, I showcased the power of…

Had a great time yesterday presenting an online seminar (short title: Meta-analysis in plant pathology) for the department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University.

Find my slides here:
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A valuable resource!

Tidyplots empowers life scientists with easy code-based data visualization Code-based data visualization is a crucial tool for understanding and communicating experimental findings while ensuring scalability and reproducibility. However, complex programming interfaces pose a...

Tidyplots for data visualization. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Hey all, please RT this new starter pack for locating our fellow ecological modellers on Blue Sky! And please reply to this post if you'd like to be added to the starter pack!
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Wheat blast is a severe yield-damaging disease. We developed weather-based prediction models based on data collected in Brazil. We built a Shiny app that uses nasa power data via {nasapower}. Note that predictions were not evaluated outside Brazil.
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I’m thankful for the top ten scientific developments that improve health:

Vaccines
Antibiotics & antimicrobials
Clean water, sanitation, & hygiene
Food safety & fortification innovations
Modern agriculture methods
Public health education campaigns

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Edinburgh, Scotland — bringing the goth vibes.

I love that city.