Topics and Speakers will include:

“NCAUR overview and outlook”
Todd Ward,  Center Director, USDA/ARS National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research

“Risk and resilience in the fight against fungi”
Dr. Martha Vaughan, Research Leader, USDA/ARS National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research

“Predictive models to manage mycotoxin outbreaks in the U.S.”
Dr. Lina Castano-Duque, Researcher, USDA/ARS Southern Regional Research

“Ecology and diversity of mycotoxigenic fusarium species in corn”
Dr. Joseph Opoku, Researcher, USDA/ARS National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research

“Prospects for biocontrol of tar spot of corn: candidate biocontrol organisms isolated from tar spot stromata”
Dr. Jose Luis Ramirez, Researcher, USDA/ARS National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research

“Tar spot geographic distribution and modeling and agronomic progression of disease”
Scott Rowntree, Agronomist, Pioneer