Epidemiology

Kelsey Andersen presents her work at UF IFAS African research meeting

Africa, Epidemiology, Florida, Seed health, Seed systems, Sweetpotato, UF IFAS, University of Florida, Viruses / By

Kelsey Andersen presents about her work with sweetpotato seed networks in Uganda at a UF IFAS meeting for research in Africa Andersen, K. F., C. E. Buddenhagen, P. Rachkara, R. Gibson, S. Kalule, D. Phillips, and K. A. Garrett. 2018. Modeling epidemics in seed systems to guide management strategies: The case of sweetpotato in Northern Uganda. bioRxiv: https://doi.org/10.1101/107359. Photo courtesy S. …

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CGIAR RTB Pest Risk Assessment meeting with Fera in UK

Africa, Banana, Cassava, Disease resistance, Epidemiology, Europe, Fungi, Latin America, Networks, Plantain, Potato, Sweetpotato, Viruses, Yam / By

CGIAR RTB Pest Risk Assessment meeting with Fera scientists Julian Smith and colleagues in the UK, with Kelsey Andersen and Karen Garrett from our lab.  Discussing the next steps for these projects and related work: Xing*, Y., J. Hernandez Nopsa*, J. Andrade-Piedra, F. Beed, G. Blomme, M. Carvajal Yepes, D. Coyne, G. Forbes, J. Kreuze, J. Kroschel, …

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CGIAR RTB seed systems meeting in Nairobi

Africa, Banana, Cassava, Disease resistance, Epidemiology, Fungi, Global, Latin America, Plantain, Potato, Seed health, Seed systems, Sweetpotato, Viruses, Yam / By

CGIAR Roots, Tubers and Bananas meeting on seed systems in Nairobi in March.  Kelsey Andersen, Joubert Fayette, James Fulton, and Karen Garrett participate.  Good meeting to make progress with the next steps for implementing models such as these: Buddenhagen*, C. E.,  J. F. Hernandez Nopsa*, K. F. Andersen, J. Andrade-Piedra, G. A. Forbes, P. Kromann, S. Thomas-Sharma, P. Useche, and K. A. Garrett. 2017. …

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Five new papers in Phytopathology focus issue on epidemiology

Africa, Cassava, Disease resistance, Epidemiology, Global, Latin America, Maize, Networks, Potato, Rice, Seed health, Seed systems, Viruses, Wheat / By

Phytopathology published a focus issue on epidemiology, that includes the following five papers that we have worked on: Buddenhagen*, C. E.,  J. F. Hernandez Nopsa*, K. F. Andersen, J. Andrade-Piedra, G. A. Forbes, P. Kromann, S. Thomas-Sharma, P. Useche, and K. A. Garrett. 2017. Epidemic network analysis for mitigation of invasive pathogens in seed systems: Potato in Ecuador.  Phytopathology 107:1209-1218. [open access link] Choudhury, …

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