Genomics unveils how the coffee got into your cup! Just 7 Arabica coffee seeds smuggled from Yemen to India around 1600, and just one plant shipped to Amsterdam & Reunion island, forms the basic of all Arabic grown around the world! nature.com/articles/s4158…

#BrookingsAPSNC25 Next: Nikhil from SDSU brookings SDSU College of Ag, Food & Environmental Sciences on Fhb1 mediated resistance and interaction cell atlas using spatial transcriptomics IS-MPMI MPMI Journal.

#BrookingsAPSNC25 Muhammad Asif from SDSU: molecular characterization of wall associated kinase genes in barely-spot bloth interaction.

#BrookingsAPSNC25 Next: Israel Akinlabi from SDSU on NLR integrated domains in cereal crop immunity receptors.

Zengcui Zhang et al. investigated the wheat–Parastagonospora nodorum pathosystem, a model for necrotrophic fungal interactions where SnTox3 induces disease via an inverse gene-for-gene mechanism. Faris Lab Learn more: doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-1…

Inoculating Bacterial Leaf Streak 🌱 on a diverse hard red winter wheat panel from public & private breeding programs across 10 U.S. states. Advancing resistance screening for improved BLS management! Thanks to Gazala Ameen👩🏻‍🔬👉🏽🦸🏻‍♀️ for continuous guidance! #BLS #DiseaseResistance #SDSU

Solanki lab representation at #BrookingsAPSNC25 1/n. Well done students 👏 SDSU College of Ag, Food & Environmental Sciences Sachin Sharma Sachin Sharma -1st place in oral presentation Riya Jain Riya Jain - Travel award Israel Akinlabi and Nikhil-oral presentation Kyle Reese (undergrad)- Poster presentation

Grateful to be part of such collaborative, creative and fun lab. Thankful to Shyam Singh Solanki for the opportunity, support, encouragement and guidance that helped me receive the first prize. South Dakota Soybean

2nd year of our spring wheat disease nursery is on track with diverse germplasm, advanced breeding lines and our mapping populations. My PhD students Ahmad and Tapish are leading the research with Agronomy undergraduate Jackson, who is learning all the nitty gritty of research!

#Swine research can be challenging... Watch this video from Swine it Podcast • by Wisenetix where Dr. Joseph Cassady from South Dakota State University explores the challenges and opportunities in swine production research. Strategies shaping the industry's future are 👇

Grateful to APS Plant Disease for awarding me the 2025 Dr. ​​Lafayette Frederick Diversity in Mentoring Award. Last week, with support from the fund that comes with the award, we welcomed Daviona Jackson, recent Langston University graduate, as an intern in the Lab.

Work from Craig Carlson lab Agricultural Research Service examined the collection of spring oat landrace accessions to improve the current knowledge of the genomic basis of environmental adaptation, identifying loci & genes important in adaptation. Read more in #G3journal: buff.ly/SBzbuHn

Happy to provide tools for wheat breeders to efficiently remove the disease susceptibility gene Tsn1 from their materials. Katherine L.D. Running did a fantastic job leading this project. rdcu.be/etVOd

Wonderful experience and fantastic networking at #NACAA Annual Meeting in Billings, MT. Thanks agagents!

Today, NIH announced a new policy to cap how much publishers can charge NIH-supported scientists to make their work publicly accessible. This reflects our broader effort to restore public trust in public health by creating an open, honest, and transparent research atmosphere.

Life is strange. You arrive with nothing, spend your whole life chasing everything, and still leave with nothing. Make sure your soul gains more than your hands.

Southern rust in Cass County Nebraska. #PeskyPustules

Hiring alert! Please RT! Lecturer/Sr. Lecturer position in Microbiology in the Department of Biological Sciences at Clemson University. Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/170375 Active learning through creative inquiry (CI) projects with undergrads and dynamic working environment.

APHIS is hiring 3 positions to join our talented experts in Plant Protection & Quarantine Positions close 08/07/25: Plant Pathologist (Mycology): usajobs.gov/job/842206500 Entomologist (Identifier): usajobs.gov/job/842192200 PPQ Officer (Pest Identification): usajobs.gov/job/842183300

Herbicide resistance is an increasing concern in South Dakota’s crop systems. If you suspect herbicide resistance in your fields, collect a sample and send it to us for testing. Learn how to collect a sample and where to send it at extension.sdstate.edu/suspect-herbic…