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Emerson Del Ponte
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Professor of plant pathology at the Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil. Author of the R4PDE book.
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I'm excited to share my latest preprint: Stochastic modeling of yield losses due to bacterial leaf streak on corn. Our study examined the impact of bacterial leaf streak (BLS) on corn yield. Thanks to Prof. @edelponte.bsky.social and Dr. Adriano.

Preprint: osf.io/8zq4y_v1
Code: lnkd.in/d2DFmpje
April 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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In 2023 I painted coffee rust, caused by the fungus Hemileia vastatrix

This is one of my favourite plant disease paintings and was used for the cover @edelponte 's book Plant Disease Epidemiology (R4PDE) https://r4pde.net

www.hgpenningtonart....
February 18, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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More on cover letters! Hat tip to @edelponte.bsky.social for the blog post. planteditors.com/cover-letter... #SciComm #SciPub
January 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM

Check out my latest blog post:
emersondelponte.netlify.app/posts/2025-0...
To abbreviate or not to abbreviate? Journal titles in the digital age – EM Del Ponte
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January 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Preprint alert!

Safer and Smarter: Leveraging Transfer Learning and Data Fusion of Disease and Environmental Data for Modeling Plant Disease Risk

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January 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This time of year, the campus feels quiet and lifeless as students have yet to return. Yet, the beauty of Viçosa's campus remains vibrant, and I look forward to seeing these sidewalks bustling with life next week.
January 8, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Missed opportunity!! We edit a lot of cover letters to address exactly these points––it's your chance to explain why your paper is cool, so don't blow it by pasting in your abstract (which should also explain why your paper is cool but differently!).
January 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Machine learning in plant disease diagnosis: are we getting there?

www.linkedin.com/posts/emerso...
January 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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🚨Check it out! 🚨
🚨 Preprint by my PhD student @tomazrg.bsky.social who developed yield loss modeling studies and identified tolerance to target spot (Corynespora cassiicola) in Brazilian soybean cultivars. Economic returns were simulated under various scenarios.

🔗 osf.io/a3z7j
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December 16, 2024 at 10:57 PM
🚨 Preprint by my PhD student @tomazrg.bsky.social who developed yield loss modeling studies and identified tolerance to target spot (Corynespora cassiicola) in Brazilian soybean cultivars. Economic returns were simulated under various scenarios.

🔗 osf.io/a3z7j
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December 16, 2024 at 10:45 PM
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More opportunities!

Besides a PhD student (other post) we are looking for postdocs!

One on Quantitative Disease Resistance mechansims!
One on Population Genomics of barley pathogens!

The positions can start Feb 2025. For extremely well-fitting candidates can delay the date.
December 10, 2024 at 9:28 AM
The recent CAPES normative banning fully online courses and asynchronous activities in Brazilian graduate programs is a setback for modern education. It limits opportunities for internationalization, like the remote course (epidemiology) I offer in English, attended by students from abroad 1/3
December 15, 2024 at 3:49 AM
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It was great fun working with Emerson on this paper. Meta-analysis has occupied a major portion of my research time over the past 15+ years. Many plant pathologists are now seeing the benefits of this approach to quantitative research synthesis.
December 2, 2024 at 8:33 PM
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Did you know we have a topical collection called Disease Profile? It currently features 14 articles highlighting emerging plant diseases in the tropics and subtropics.

🔗 link.springer.com/collections/...
Disease Profile
Emerging diseases pose a threat to food and cash crops critical for global food security, which depends on an effective management of plant diseases. In this ...
link.springer.com
November 28, 2024 at 6:39 AM
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The Dec 2024 issue is online, featuring an exceptional collection of 21 articles. This expanded volume is due to an upcoming change: the journal will adopt a sequential article numbering system, moving away from the traditional issue-based structure in 2025.
link.springer.com/journal/4085...
Tropical Plant Pathology | Volume 49, issue 6
Volume 49, issue 6 articles listing for Tropical Plant Pathology
link.springer.com
November 26, 2024 at 7:19 AM
Excited to share here our review on the use of meta-analysis in Plant Pathology. Now available open access in Plant Disease volume 108, number 11.

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Meta-Analysis in Plant Pathology: Publication Patterns, Methodological Trends, and Potential Future Directions | Plant Disease
Meta-analysis (MA) is increasingly adopted in agricultural and ecological sciences, fields at the interface with plant pathology. Our review of the use of MA in the field since 1999 identified 79 orig...
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November 26, 2024 at 6:55 AM
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Just did my first Starter Pack, I think it can be useful. Let me know if you miss any journal and I will add it. Enjoy!! go.bsky.app/QPFZpj9
November 25, 2024 at 8:26 PM
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We have a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer position in Econometrics and Business Statistics at Monash with a focus on education: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo.... You can see more about our Business Analytics group and courses that we offer at numbat.space.
Non-Uniform Monash Business Analytics Team – Monash NUMBATs
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November 24, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Had a great time yesterday presenting an online seminar (short title: Meta-analysis in plant pathology) for the department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University.

Find my slides here:
www.linkedin.com/posts/emerso...
Emerson M. Del Ponte on LinkedIn: Meta-analysis in crop protection
Today I gave an online seminar at the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology - Oklahoma State University. In my talk, I showcased the power of…
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November 23, 2024 at 10:11 PM
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Hi BlueSky! 👋 I am a spatial statistician & university professor working on methods & #rstats packages for disease surveillance 🌍💻📊 I wrote books on #Geospatial Health Data & Spatial Statistics for #DataScience 📚

👉 bit.ly/bookspatial

Excited to connect, share, and learn with you all here! 💜 ✨
November 16, 2024 at 6:15 PM
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New faculty position in climate change ecology at UW-Madison, applications due in four days for full consideration. Come join us!
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor of Climate Change Ecology - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Job Summary: The Departments of Integrative Biology and Botany are seeking candidates for a tenure-track faculty position in Climate Change Ecology. The selected candidate will mount a vigorous rese...
jobs.wisc.edu
November 20, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Wheat blast is a severe yield-damaging disease. We developed weather-based prediction models based on data collected in Brazil. We built a Shiny app that uses nasa power data via {nasapower}. Note that predictions were not evaluated outside Brazil.
epidemiologiaufv.shinyapps.io/wheatblast/
November 18, 2024 at 4:28 PM
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Hey all, please RT this new starter pack for locating our fellow ecological modellers on Blue Sky! And please reply to this post if you'd like to be added to the starter pack!
go.bsky.app/EfUQaM2
November 13, 2024 at 11:35 PM