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Congrats to Daniela Estefania Cárdenas Villacrés Danisita Cárdenas-Frett, grad student Eva Mulandesa, and the rest of the team for the publication "Draft Genome Sequence Resource of the Citrus Greasy Spot Fungal Pathogen Zasmidium citri-griseum Isolate MCC3 at The American Phytopathological Society https://lnkd.in/e4QqrvZz - Fungal Secretome annotation available at Zenodo Repository https://lnkd.in/eFFV8CBJ UF Ifas Irrec University of Florida Department of Plant Pathology Horticultural Sciences at University of Florida UF IFAS Citrus Research and Education Center USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Citrus Research and Development Foundation University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

Great experience connecting with the community from St. Lucie and Martin counties at the UF Ifas Irrec Indian River REC Open House 2025 & talking about how plant pathogens are impacting our citrus & watermelons. Edinson Diaz Benitez Plant Pathology Graduate Students at UF - Public University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences St. Lucie County

Don't miss out our recent Feature article! The American Phytopathological Society by Daniela Estefania Cárdenas Villacrés Danisita Cárdenas-Frett et al. explore the latest advances in detection, control, and cultural practices that can be integrated or stand alone to help thwart rot caused by fungal and bacterial postharvest pathogens of fruit: https://lnkd.in/esfWiEkV UF Ifas Irrec University of Florida Department of Plant Pathology University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

It was a pleasure working with you this summer Ryan Cantrell! We wish you the very best as you take the next steps in your academic journey at UF Microbiology and Cell Science & ASM Gators. Many thanks to Edinson Diaz Benitez for his support in the lab and guidance throughout Ryan’s summer project at UF Ifas Irrec University of Florida Department of Plant Pathology. Thanks to UF College of Agricultural and Life Sciences for their financial support through the CALS Summer Internship Fellowship & USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture ! University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/news/2025/09/02/uf-intern-spends-summer-growing-skills-in-plant-pathology/