Just some pictures from the lab Posted on March 12, 2013 by vedsha31 Reply samples being coated with a gold-palladium mix for conductivity everything needed: medium, hot plate, sample, and microscopy slides and covers the process
Cool new microscopy images Posted on March 11, 2013 by boedan27 Reply cereal rust 100x clamp connection being present was key in distinguishing similar genera key led me to genus Gonatobotryum, although it’s not a documented host-pest relationship, the genus fits as a biotroph Stripe rust spores
Creating Spore Chambers Posted on February 26, 2013 by vedsha31 Reply Collecting pathogen sample from apple branch Wetting Spore Chamber Careful recording of lab procedures 3 Spore Chambers, we will check next week for fungal growth
Herbarium Work Posted on February 10, 2013 by vedsha31 Reply Making herbarium labels preparing leek Adding leek to collection
Circle Hawk Farm Posted on February 5, 2013 by vedsha31 Reply Today we went to Circle Hawk Farm to look for pathogens. We did not find much there.
Lab Work Posted on January 31, 2013 by vedsha31 Reply First agar plate agar ingredients Sina shows us how to pour a plate Fungi!
Farm Work Posted on January 29, 2013 by vedsha31 Reply Apple scab Goats know that apple scab can not hurt you sclerotia on leek Calliope Farm’s Brassicas downy mildew on lettuce We went to the Common Ground farm and looked for fungal pathogens, we also helped to raise a barn and feed the goats. Barn raising Apple scab Beet killing fungi Infected leeks Goats know that apple scab can not hurt you
Microscope work Posted on January 28, 2013 by vedsha31 Reply Looking at fungi on local leeks Conidia Apple scab fungus on apple leaf magnified 400 times