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Ya know you're in good hands when the pilot asks if you can share the video you took of that wild crosswind landing 🤣✈️ #TrustThePilot #NotYourAverageLanding #BackHome

El Proyecto ALER4TA participó en varios encuentros de intercambio regional en materia de innovación, investigación y vigilancia fitosanitaria para prevenir plagas y riesgos fitosanitarios que afectan a la agricultura en Colombia. 🔬📊🌿

Honored to have been invited as a distinguished speaker at the regional exchange on innovation and plant health surveillance with the ALER4TA Project. Thanks to GIZ Ecuador, ICA Colombia, Sede Bogotá - Universidad Nacional de Colombia and Joaquin Guillermo Ramirez Gil. #DataDrivenAg

Excited to be giving the keynote at IPPN this morning 🌱📸 I don’t usually think of the work I do as phenotyping but this community is making me reconsider 🤔

A fungal disease that can cause yield loss in #corn has been found in #Arkansas. While it has been active in the Midwest since 2015, tar spot has never been confirmed in commercial Arkansas agriculture. Learn more at bit.ly/Ark-tar-spot-f…. @AgInArk

My R for Plant Epidemiology (R4PDE) book has its first contributed chapter - remote sensing applied to disease detection and quantification. Big thanks to Prof. Ivan Lizarazo from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia for putting it together! r4pde.net/data-remote-se…

Thank you, Paul Esker, for visiting us at Purdue! We appreciate the insightful seminar and your engagement with our faculty, students, and visiting scholars. Your time and perspectives are truly valued!

Call for award nominations! Honor a colleague by nominating them for an #APSAward. Celebrate and recognize the accomplishments of your fellow scientists! Review criteria and submit your nomination by Dec. 1, 2024: bit.ly/3TRNPad

Productive meeting with collaborators, finalizing details for our upcoming international expedition on corn tar spot. Looking forward to advancing our research and tackling this challenge together! 🌽 Purdue BPP

Advancing Digital Technology Revolution Join the Institute for Digital and Advanced Agricultural Systems (IDAAS) for an engaging event that explores the intersection of digital technology and agriculture. Visit ag.purdue.edu/idaas/events/a… to register. #DigitalAg #AgTech

Carlos Góngora-Canul et al. conducted epidemiological studies to better understand #wheat blast spatial and temporal patterns in three field environments in Bolivia between 2019 and 2020. 🌾 Learn more: doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-… Alexandria Volkening C. D. Cruz Mariela Fernandez 🇨🇷

🔬 What’s next for the Cruz Lab in 2025? 🧪 Pioneering epidemiological tools and innovative approaches to track, predict, and combat plant diseases. 🌱 Bridging data and action for a more resilient future in Ag. Stay tuned! #Innovation #CruzLab2025

🚀 Excited to share our latest open-access publication! We present a deep learning approach using RGB imaging and a stromata contour detection algorithm to improve leaf-level analysis of corn tar spot severity. 📄 Read the full study: apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/epdf/10.10… Plant Disease

Don’t miss out! Make sure to register for the upcoming North Central IPM Center Webinar. 🌱📚 zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Thanks to the North Central IPM Center for the kind invitation and opportunity to contribute! Feel free to check out the webinar here: youtube.com/watch?v=OYjGxi…

The January Central Issue includes info about: -Tar spot detection and modeling -How monarch "threatened" status affects landowners (webinar) -Bird flu in Michigan -Northern giant hornet status update ncipmc.org/january-2025-c… Iowa State Plant Protection @LauraJesseIles Iowa State Yard and Garden

In this study, Da-Young Lee et al. present the Stromata Contour Detection Algorithm version 2 (SCDA v2), which achieves higher and more consistent accuracy in tar spot stromata detection than previously developed SCDA v1. C. D. Cruz Learn more: doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-1…

The latest episode of APS's Plantopia #podcast features Dr. Tim Widmer discussing his 2025 APS Fellow Award, his career as a federal researcher, and his more recent role as USDA ARS program leader. Listen here: plantopiapodcast.org/59.

IDAAS & Purdue Vet Med hosted a powerful convo on digital tech in #OneHealth. From bee monitoring to AI for dairy cattle, the energy was real. We're building bridges for future collabs—watch for details on our fall event! 🐝💻🌱🍨 #OneHealth #DigitalAg #AIinAg #VetMed #IDAAS

Congrats to all BTNY grads, especially Mariela Fernandez and Brenden Lane from the Cruz Lab! Proud of your hard work and excited for your next chapter. 🌱🎓