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Ed interviews Dr. José González-Acuña about predictive modeling in plant disease management.

In this episode Ed interviews Dr. José González-Acuña , recent Ph.D. graduate at Iowa State University. They discuss José's Thesis work on frogeye leaf spot and efforts to expand the ever growing library of plant disease predictive models. Additional Resources https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-46975-z#Sec14 https://journals.ashs.org/view/journals/horttech/27/5/article-p710.xml https://cropprotectionnetwork.org/news/new-crop-risk-tool-enhances-disease-management-decisions Time Stamps 00:44 Introduction to Jose's Academic Journey 03:13 The Path to Plant Pathology 13:45 Understanding Frog Eye Leaf Spot 18:55 Management Strategies for Frog Eye Leaf Spot 21:51 Fungicide Resistance and Its Implications 23:39 The Journey to Predictive Modeling 25:57 The Role of Predictive Models in Agriculture 28:49 Understanding Predictive Modeling 34:26 Types of Predictive Models 40:09 Logistic Regression and Machine Learning Models 45:36 outro with logo.mp4 Zaworski, E. (Host) and González-Acuña, J. (Interviewee). S5:E7 (Podcast). Frog Eye-PM: Predictive Modeling Part 1. 5/13/2026 . In I See Dead Plants . Crop Protection Network. Transcript

People in this episode

Host: Ed Zaworski

Guest: Dr. José González-Acuña

Topics covered

• plant pathology
• predictive modeling
• frogeye leaf spot
• fungicide resistance
• agriculture management

Keywords

• frogeye leaf spot
• predictive models
• plant disease
• fungicide resistance
• agriculture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Iowa State University, Crop Protection Network

Books & works: Frog Eye-PM: Predictive Modeling Part 1

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