I See Dead Plants

I See Dead Plants

The I See Dead Plants Podcast features the stories of people and plants, pests and pathogens, and the conflicts among them. Join us as we speak to the folks who are helping the rest of us live healthier, more productive lives through pest management research and education. I See Dead Plants is created by the Crop Protection Network and hosted by Ed Zaworski. The Crop Protection Network is a product of land grant universities.

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December 3, 2025 71 mins

In this episode Ed interviews Dr. Mark Hoddle of University of California Riverside. They discuss some of Mark's worldly adventures while trying to track down biological control agents and his work with the South American palm weevil.

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Entomology's Indiana Jones

Biocontrol lab

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In this episode Ed interviews Dr. Mark Hoddle of University of California Riverside. They discuss some of Mark's worldly adventures while trying to track down biological control agents and his work with the South American palm weevil.

Additional Resources

Entomology's Indiana Jones

Biocontrol lab

Center for Invasive Spec...

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In this episode Ed interviews Dr. Chad Hart Ag economist at Iowa State University. They discuss the basics of ag economics, the current state of the ag economy and what the future may hold.

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https://faculty.sites.iastate.edu/chart/extension-presentations

https://www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/

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In this episode Ed interviews Dr. Chad Hart ag economist at Iowa State University. They discuss the basics of ag economics, the current state of the ag economy and what the future may hold.

Additional Resources

https://faculty.sites.iastate.edu/chart/extension-presentations

https://www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/

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In this episode of alternate hosts Ed Zaworski, Maddle Hendrickson and Chelsea Harbach embrace the spirit of Halloween and discuss the salem witch trials. One possible explaination for the witch hunt is that the people of salem consumed grains infested with a plant disease called ergot. Whatever you believe, join us for a fun conversation shedding light on a historically significant plant disease! Happy Halloween!

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In this episode Ed interviews Dr. Deb Samac of the USDA-ARS. They discuss the long-overlooked disease of alfalfa, bacterial stem blight.

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https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PHYTO-02-23-0059-R?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed

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In this episode Ed interviews Dr. Isaac Esquivel of the University of Florida and Dr. Phillip Roberts of the University of Georgia. They discuss a new pest of cotton, the cotton jassid or two-spot leaf hopper, that has very rapidly become a new concern for cotton growers.

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https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/16/9/966

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In this episode Ed interviews Dr. Adam Ingrao. They discuss Adam's Heroes to hives program and his philosophy on implementing integrated pest management.

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https://miffs.org/heroes-to-hives/

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QvEc6_Hook

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In this episode Ed interviews the sustainable pest management lab from the university of Hawaii at Manoa, led by Dr. Koon-Hui Wang. Along with graduate students Roshan Paudel, Lauren Braley and Ben Wiseman they discuss various projects the lab is working on across several different crops.

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In this episode Ed interviews the sustainable pest management lab from the university of Hawaii at Manoa, led by Dr. Koon-Hui Wang. Along with graduate students Roshan Paudel, Lauren Braley and Ben Wiseman they discuss various projects the lab is working on across several different crops.

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In this episode Ed is joined by co-host Dr. Travis Faske of University of Arkansas to interview Dr. Tom Allen of Mississippi State University. They discuss curvularia leaf spot of corn, which has recently been showing up in some midwestern states.

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https://cropprotectionnetwork.org/encyclopedia/curvularia-leaf-spot-of-corn

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In this episode Ed talks with Dr. Steve Hanson of New Mexico State University. They discuss chile (not chili ...

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In this episode Ed talks with Dr. Steve Hanson of New Mexico State University. They discuss chile (not chili ...

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In this episode Ed talks with Dr. Lina Quesada-Ocampo of North Carolina State University. They discuss Lina's work with the pathogen Phytophthora capsici and the damage it can do on various vegetable crops.

 

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https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-phyto-021622-103801

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In this episode Ed Interviews Dr. Carrie Harmon of the University of Florida plant diagnostic center. They discuss plant diagnostics, how they have evolved over time and how the National Plant Diagnostic Network (NPDN) unites diagnosticians across the country.

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https://npdn.org/

https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/full/10.1094/P...

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This week Ed interviews Zach Schumm, entomologist with the Iowa State University Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic. They discuss Zach's role in diagnostics and stinkbugs.

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https://yardandgarden.extension.iastate.edu/pidc

https://npdn.org/

 

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This week Ed interviews Zach Schumm, entomologist with the Iowa State University Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic. They discuss Zach's role in diagnostics and stinkbugs.

Additional Resources

https://yardandgarden.extension.iastate.edu/pidc

https://npdn.org/

 

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In this episode Ed interviews a podcast alumni, Dr. Vinson Doyle of Louisiana State University. They discuss the evolution of cercospora taxonomy and how it may relate to soybean diseases.

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https://bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ppa.13261

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10658-020-01969-z

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In this episode Ed interviews a podcast alumni, Dr. Vinson Doyle of Louisiana State University. They discuss the evolution of cercospora taxonomy and how it may relate to soybean diseases.

Additional Resources

https://bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ppa.13261

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10658-020-01969-z

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