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Robigalia Roundup

Jul 20, 2026

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6 min read

Robigalia Roundup LXXXIX: The pathogen that started a famine and still costs USD 10 billion a year

Plus, a chance to author an international pest ID guide, and a Cornell PhD student hunting durable resistance genes

Alyssa Martino

Robigalia Roundup

Jul 13, 2026

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5 min read

Robigalia Roundup LXXXVIII: FAO wants forestry institutions to apply as official Reference Centres

Plus, the pathogen that jumped an ocean from Californian oaks to British larch, and a review warning Southern Hemisphere forests are next

Alyssa Martino

Robigalia Roundup

Jul 6, 2026

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6 min read

Robigalia Roundup LXXXVII: The rust about to be released on one of Australia's worst weeds

Plus, an imaging system that catches a wheat pathogen before symptoms show, and a chestnut disease that lives a double life

Alyssa Martino

Robigalia Roundup

Jun 22, 2026

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6 min read

Robigalia Roundup LXXXVI: The rice pathogen that thrives as the world warms

Plus: cold-induced rust resistance in wheat, and a new network for early-career plant pathologists

Alyssa Martino

Robigalia Roundup

Jun 15, 2026

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6 min read

Robigalia Roundup LXXXV: Machine learning can spot scab resistance before the fungus even shows up

Plus: a wood-rotting bracket fungus, and a researcher training the next generation of African plant pathologists

Alyssa Martino

Robigalia Roundup

Jun 8, 2026

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6 min read

Robigalia Roundup LXXXIV: The plant receptor that fools a pathogen into attacking the wrong target

Plus: the oomycete behind 140 years of copper dependence, and a Colombian researcher chasing a cleaner alternative

Alyssa Martino