A New Geological Age?

While this is a reference from last month it is, nonetheless, an interesting read (and listen to if you download the podcast). Quote from Science Magazine’s website: “We now live in the Meghalayan age—the last age of the Holocene epoch. Did you get the memo? A July decision by the International Commission on Stratigraphy, which […]
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Taking Photos in the Field

I know that many colleagues use their mobile phone camera when taking photos of crops and diseases in the field. And that makes sense considering that you always have your phone with you!! Many colleagues are, like myself, pretty amateurish at taking photos and so all the help you can get makes a big difference. […]
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Plant Pathology Protocols

Apologies that these protocols have been on the site for sometime but were inadvertently not publicly accessible. I’ve reposted some of them and as I repair the links the others will be available.  These include: SCREENING FOR BACTERIAL WILT TOLERANCE IN TOMATO (EGGPLANT AND PEPPER) Screening for downy mildew resistance in cucurbits Screening for Fol […]
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