Agricultural and Life Sciences (IFAS)
Vallad Lab
Led by Gary Vallad · Plant Pathology
What we study
The lab studies bacterial and fungal diseases in Florida vegetables like tomatoes and cabbage, using traditional and modern methods to diagnose and manage these diseases, including testing fungicides and bactericides.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Plants
- Bacteria & microbes
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
TomSPOT
A $5.9 million coordinated agriculture project, awarded in 2022 and listed among the Vallad lab's accomplishments; the lab studies bacterial and fungal diseases of Florida tomatoes and other vegetables.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Improving Watermelon Disease Classification with Stable Diffusion-Generated Images and EfficientNetV2-L-Based Architecture
2026 · AgriEngineering
Uses AI-generated images to improve watermelon disease classification with EfficientNetV2-L.
- Characterization of Xanthomonas spp. Associated with Bacterial Spot Outbreaks in Watermelon
2026 · Plant Disease
Characterizes bacterial strains causing watermelon disease outbreaks in Florida using molecular tests.
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- Megalurothrips usitatus and other Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Associated with Lablab purpureus (Fabales: Fabaceae) in South Florida
2026 · Journal of Insect Science
Identifies thrips species associated with lablab bean in Florida, including Megalurothrips usitatus.
- Spatial Efficacy and Economic Return Evaluations of Soil Fumigation for Agroathelia rolfsii Management in Florida Plasticulture Tomato Production
2026 · Plant Disease
Evaluates fumigant treatments for controlling tomato disease caused by Agroathelia rolfsii in Florida.
- Secondary metabolites in plant-microbe interactions
2025 · Journal of Applied Microbiology
Explores how plants produce secondary metabolites to interact with microbes and pests.
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How to reach out
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