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Learn how APS is supporting our community amid federal policy and personnel changes​. Discover ways you can attain assistance or take action, including how to share your story to help us determine where APS should focus our efforts as an advocate on your behalf.

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APS Listening Session

Attend a member-only discussion on May 9 to share your experiences and learn about current challenges facing the plant pathology community. Moderated by an APS strategy consultant, chair of the APS Public Policy Board, and APS’s Washington, DC, agency partner, this session aims to offer clarity and support to members while helping APS understand where the society can focus future efforts.

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Plant Health 2025

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Join us at Plant Health 2025, August 2–5 in Honolulu, Hawaii! This year’s theme, Global Communities Collaborating to Address Global Risk, highlights the critical role plant health plays in combating cross-border pathogens, environmental instability, and biosecurity threats.​ Register early to secure your best meeting rate!​​​​​​

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​​Upcoming Webinar

Pectobacterium brasiliense: Engaging in Warfare Against a Multitude of Foes with a Diverse Arsenal of Weapons​

April 7, 2025

Next installment of the Advances in Phytobacteriology Series.

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NEW Course!

High Throughput Sequencing: Fundamentals for Plant Disease Diagnostics

May 13–June 3, 2025

Get the skills to apply this powerful tool in plant disease diagnosis.

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On-Demand Course

Seed Pathology Fundamentals

Get a comprehensive, high-level perspective on seeds and seed pathology, including phytosanitary concerns, international trade policies, and more.

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​​​Plantopia Podcast

Trending Topics and Experts

Listen monthly​ to episodes with the industry's best & brightest.​

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A Conversation with APS President Dr. Karen Garrett
In this episode, Dr. Karen Garrett, Preeminent Professor of Plant Pathology at the University of Florida and current APS President joins host Matt Kasson to discuss her research journey and diverse research program on tropical and international agriculture, microbiomes, epidemiology and disease ecology among others. She discusses the various ways APS is supporting and advocating for its members during a time of uncertainty and rapid policy change. She also highlights some of the exciting workshops and speakers for Plant Health 2025.

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Emerging Research

​​First Reported Sexual Recombination Between Pyrenophora teres Isolates from Barley and Barley Grass

Barley grass (Hordeum leporinum), which often occurs in proximity to commercial barley (H. vulgare) cultivars, is an alternative host to Pyrenophora teres, an economically important pathogen causing net blotch in barley. This study is the first to report the sexual recombination of P. teres isolates collected from barley with those collected from barley grass.

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