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Soilborne Fungi and Oomycetes Lab at UMN

@mnsoilfungi.bsky.social
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PI, Megan McCaghey, PhD. Advancing plant health through research in the ecology and biology of soil-associated fungi and oomycetes in Minnesota 🌱 🍄

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Soilborne Fungi and Oomycetes Lab at UMN @mnsoilfungi.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
The home garden continues to deliver exciting fungi! This isn’t just a fly 🪰. Look closely and you’ll see that while its legs are firmly wrapped around the leaf, it is frozen and spores are bursting from its body 🧟‍♀️.
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Soilborne Fungi and Oomycetes Lab at UMN @mnsoilfungi.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
And one more with UMN CFANS collaborators out this week. This paper was led by Dr. Akli Zarouri in the lab of Dr. Abdennour Abbas. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
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A rapid loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for the detection of root rot in soybean caused by Phytophthora sojae
Soybean (Glycine max) production is severely impacted by Phytophthora sojae, the causal agent of Phytophthora root and stem rot, resulting in significant yield losses worldwide. Accurate detection of ...
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Soilborne Fungi and Oomycetes Lab at UMN @mnsoilfungi.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Thanks for the collaboration with your group @badgercropdoc.bsky.social! Check out Amit Sharma's new review on C. minitans www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Coniothyrium minitans: A biocontrol agent for sustainable management of Sclerotinia-induced diseases
Sclerotinia spp. are globally distributed phytopathogens responsible for economically significant diseases in a wide range of host plants, including s…
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Soilborne Fungi and Oomycetes Lab at UMN @mnsoilfungi.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
This is a fun one, spotted at home. Do you know what it is? Growing in mulch and gelatinous on the inside… I could tell there were older ones nearby 👃🪰
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Soilborne Fungi and Oomycetes Lab at UMN @mnsoilfungi.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
We see dead (well, dying) plants 💀! This is a good thing when they are located in research trials… Plant early dying and signs and symptoms of black dot are appearing in trials located in Becker MN. Jasper’s inoculum worked like a charm! 🥔⚫️🍄! @umnplantpath.bsky.social
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Soilborne Fungi and Oomycetes Lab at UMN @mnsoilfungi.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
The lab was joined by Mirelys Estopinales via the SOAR REEU program this summer. Today, she presented her work with grad student mentor, Hunter, at the UMN Undergraduate Research Expo. We will miss her, appreciate her work, and are grateful for the opportunity to introduce students to ag. research!
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Soilborne Fungi and Oomycetes Lab at UMN @mnsoilfungi.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
So great to see lab members discussing their work on the biology and management of soilborne fungi at #planthealth2025. I overhead helpful exchanges and introductions 👀🌱. Stop by posters 037, 149, and 271 to learn more about their work or to pick up a business card. One more today, P-406 at 10:15!
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Soilborne Fungi and Oomycetes Lab at UMN @mnsoilfungi.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Recovering samples from the *final field season* of Hunter’s trial at the NWROC.
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Soilborne Fungi and Oomycetes Lab at UMN @mnsoilfungi.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Fungi in the “wild”! Many chanterelles spotted while at my childhood home in AR today 🤤
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UMN Plant Pathology @umnplantpath.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Celebrating PI Megan McCaghey and grad student Jasper Tao, who won the Lafayette Frederick Diversity in Mentoring Award! @plantdisease.bsky.social @mnsoilfungi.bsky.social
Megan McCaghey and Jasper Tao on a tractor in a field
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Soilborne Fungi and Oomycetes Lab at UMN @mnsoilfungi.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Planting prep continues! Hunter, MSc student, led pre-plant winter rye cover crop biomass sampling this morning.
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Soilborne Fungi and Oomycetes Lab at UMN @mnsoilfungi.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
The plots are infested, and we’re crossing our fingers for black dot 🥔🤒🤞.
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Soilborne Fungi and Oomycetes Lab at UMN @mnsoilfungi.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Plants Get Sick Too (PLPA 1005) is currently enrolling students for fall 2025. Learn how microbes shape our agricultural and natural systems- while checking off the liberal arts biosci requirement: youtu.be/84P6eHP9wkU?...
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Plants Get Sick Too! PLPA 1005
YouTube video by University Of Minnesota Dept. Of Plant Pathology
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Soilborne Fungi and Oomycetes Lab at UMN @mnsoilfungi.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
We are hiring! Applications will be reviewed upon submission. We look forward to working with a couple new UMN undergraduate students this summer. This is a great chance to “get your feet wet” in plant pathology research both in the field and lab 🌱🚜. Please share!
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Soilborne Fungi and Oomycetes Lab at UMN @mnsoilfungi.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Yesterday, we joined the Rosen, Sharma, and Miao labs to plant our large integrated management trial in potato. MAST student, Rai (pictured) was a big help! The disease component of this trial will be managed by first year graduate student, Jasper Tao 🥔🍄.
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Soilborne Fungi and Oomycetes Lab at UMN @mnsoilfungi.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Big congratulations to SBFO Lab graduate students, Hsuan-Fu Wang and Hunter Kluegel on their PLPA Department travel awards 🎉! Nice work 👏!!
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Soilborne Fungi and Oomycetes Lab at UMN @mnsoilfungi.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
A few highlights from this past weekend at Itasca Biological Station (via students and instructors). We had an awesome group of interdisciplinary health science students at Ecohealth, and I was glad to attend as a guest lecturer on plant health. #onehealth #planthealthisyourhealth
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