Episode Archive
71 episodes of Plantopia since the first episode, which aired on April 9th, 2020.
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Rising to the Occasion: Moving Up Through the Plant Pathology Industry
June 9th, 2022 | Season 2 | 28 mins 17 secs
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Insights on Streak Mosaic Virus and Its Impact on Cereal Crops
June 9th, 2022 | Season 2 | 37 mins 40 secs
This episode discusses streak mosaic virus and its implications on wheat and other cereal crops; the challenges and opportunities of being an extension plant pathologist; and being an impactful woman in plant pathology.
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Season 2 Coming Soon!
May 4th, 2022 | 1 min 7 secs
New host. New guests. Same great topics! Season 2 of Plantopia launches June 2022.
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Robotics Revolution: Part 2
December 14th, 2020 | 23 mins 46 secs
Phytopatholobot & scouting from space
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Robotics Revolution: Part 1
November 30th, 2020 | 36 mins 57 secs
A quiet revolution is underway in agriculture.
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Cranberries
November 16th, 2020 | 25 mins 26 secs
Where do they come from? Are they really grown in water? Which pathogens are vying to ruin your Thanksgiving dinner? What challenges do cranberry growers face and what exactly is Ocean Spray?
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Resist!
November 2nd, 2020 | 36 mins 12 secs
Microscopic battlefields, how plants resist pathogens, and how far we’ve come in understanding the strategies employed by both sides in this conflict.
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For the Greater Good...of Wine
October 19th, 2020 | 27 mins 44 secs
From education on the dangers of "suitcase" plant material, to creating islands of habitat for beneficial insects, to the collective agreement on a set of rules by which crops can be produced in a more sustainable fashion; it all works better when we look out for each other.
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A Distinct Amount of Human Suffering
October 5th, 2020 | 32 mins 41 secs
If you thought that human misery due to plant diseases was only from our distant past, that our technology has placed us beyond the reach of plague and famine, then you have not kept up to date on Phytopthora infestans.
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The Future Looks Bright
September 21st, 2020 | 31 mins 24 secs
We turn to photobiology for answers on how to produce healthier crops.
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What Can Plants Teach Us About Pandemics?
September 7th, 2020 | 38 mins 4 secs
Tracking, testing, and stopping viruses that would otherwise wreak havoc within a population is the everyday work for some plant pathologists.
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The Wonderful World of Worms
August 24th, 2020 | 21 mins 15 secs
Charles Darwin was fascinated by them. You should be too.
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The Adventures of Sooty Blotch & Flyspeck
August 10th, 2020 | 32 mins 8 secs
What's up with all those tiny spots on your apples?
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The Rodney Dangerfield of the Microbial World
July 27th, 2020 | 30 mins 51 secs
They are social and devious. They are far more complex, sophisticated, and organized than you might ever imagine.
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Seeds!
June 29th, 2020 | 31 mins 2 secs
Just about every plant we want to grow comes from a seed, but where do all of those seeds come from?