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SUMMARY: Modelling the spread and control of plant pathogens -  Dr Nik Cun
 niffe\, Plant Sciences\, University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20210716T140000Z
DTEND:20210716T150000Z
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CONTACT:Agriforwards CDT
DESCRIPTION:In this talk Nik will be giving an introduction to the work th
 at he does with his research group.\nNik’s research group uses mathemati
 cal analysis and computer simulations to understand the spread and particu
 larly the control of plant and tree diseases. The theoretical work attempt
 s to isolate the ways in which factors including host growth\, host topogr
 aphy\, pathogen dispersal\, asymptomatic infection and biological control 
 affect the pattern of spread.\nNik’s research group has also been involv
 ed in developing large-scale\, spatially-explicit\, stochastic\, simulatio
 n models that can be fitted to data on the real-world spread of pathogens 
 of current regulatory concern. Examples include sudden oak death\, Chalara
  ash dieback\, Dutch elm disease\, citrus canker and huanglongbing. This t
 ype of model can be used to accurately predict the risk of disease in a gi
 ven region and/or to quantify the likely effect of any proposed control st
 rategy\, together with its inherent risk of failure.\n\nNik is a winner of
  many awards. The most recent one is Syngenta Award: https://www.apsnet.or
 g/members/give-awards/awards/Syngenta/Pages/default.aspx\n\nInformation on
  the speaker: https://www.apsnet.org/members/give-awards/awards/Pages/2021
 _Cunniffe.aspx\n
LOCATION:This talk will happen virtually via Zoom
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