Hey all, not sure if this is the right place but I really need some advice. I graduated in August with my masters in plant pathology but still have been unable to find a career in ppath. I’ve tried federal jobs, state jobs, checking the APS website, talking to contacts I have from working in labs during undergrad, everything. I eventually found a job at an organic research farm near my parents house but I’m so frustrated and depressed at work because the position has nothing to do with ppath and I’m completely unable to use my experience in molecular diagnostics that I worked so hard to get degrees for.

I haven’t heard back from any of my ppath applications and almost made it to the second stage on a diagnostic lab but to no avail. I want to do this for my career but it feels like nothing is working. Every other job is taking a long time to respond and I just want to do what I love.

Not really sure what I’m posting this for, just kind of want to talk to other pathologists that maybe have been a similar situation as me. This field is so small but it feels like it’s impossible to enter. If anyone has any advice on how I can possible find a career in ppath please help me out.

Hello, everyone!

I would like to know how many days after the emergence of soybean plants that the galls caused by Meloidogyne begin to appear?

Thank´s

Hey ! I'm a Belgian student in my 1st year of master's degree in phytopathology !

(So first of all sorry if my english and scientifical terms are not on point, I speak french most of the time.)

I have a report to make were I have to analyse 2 types of diseases : oidium and rust and I have a few questions :

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About the rust : I found some rust on leaves from a bramble (Rubus fruticosus)

- What is the name of the disease (in latin) ?

==> seems to be "puccinia" but what type of puccinia ? There seem to be so many and I can't find wich it is specifically for the bramble

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- What is the name of the pathogen (in latin) ?

==> Is it puccinia and did I made a mistake on my previous question ? If that's wrong then I think it would maybe be "phragmidium bulbosum" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phragmidium ).

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About the oidium : I found some on a maple tree (Acer Platanoides)

- What is the name of the disease (in latin) ?

==> Seems to be "Microsphaera platani" but can someone confirm please ?

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- What is the name of the pathogen (in latin) ?

==> Seems to be "Erysiphe alphitoides" but not sure if that's exactly the one on maple tree leafs.

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Thanks for reading, don't hesitate if you have questions or want some pictures and have a nice day !

I am working on Apple endophytes and I found endophyte that inhibited Venturia inequalis, either extracted pure compound from that endophyte, now I have to test that pure compound against V.ineaqualis,
Can you help by suggesting that how much concentration I have to use.

From my understanding, Gram + refers to the high content of peptidoglycan in the cell wall, and mollicutes are categorized as such, despite not having any cell wall.

Why and how?

Hello everyone I couldn’t find a reddit group dedicated to Phytomorphology, hence asking this here. It would be great if someone could explain how leaves are ideally supposed to be preserved? I wanted to create a memoir of places, and seasons, by preserving leaves and observing the changes they undergo organically with time.

One idea which seemed doable and portable was a diary/scrapbook, but I’m not really sure of the type of pages that would be suitable for the same.

Hi! I just started to work for an orchid producer. He has a thrips problem so here’s my question. I always have been told that thrips might reproduce in the potting mix; so in my past jobs, I treated the potting mix in the pots using Hypoaspis miles, and introduced Orius and A.cucumeris, worked great. The thing is, the boss is absolutely sure thrips cannot reproduce in the potting mix, but only in the dirt under the tables. What’s your opinion/advice on that? Thanks!

I was curious as you moved into the field of plant pathology if there were any special equipment or tools that you had to buy for yourself that made your job easier? I've received some financial aid from the government that would cover costs like these (including clothes).

For reference, I'm still in undergrad and this is just making an estimate list. At the moment I don't have specifications on what direction I'll be moving towards aside from industry or government if possible.

Thank you!