In this episode, Evelyn Planter Heidt, a masters student in both plant pathology and entomology at Iowa State University, joins host Jim Bradeen for a conversation about her passions, goals and impact in plant pathology. The two chat about her career journey in the field; her involvement in the World Food Prize; her ongoing research on mung beans, its importance to the U.S., and its genetic diversity; and the use of AI in agriculture.
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The full transcript for this episode can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/2tdvyu5c (https://tinyurl.com/2tdvyu5c)
You can find her on LinkedIn @Evelyn Planter Heidt (https://www.linkedin.com/in/evelyn-platner-heidt-7955811a0/)
Publication: Batzer, J.C., Sing, A., Platner, E., Kandel, Y. and Mueller, D.S. 2022. Screening Mungbean Accession for Susceptibility to Soybean Fungal Diseases in Iowa (https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PHP-03-22-0026-RS). Plant Health Progress Volume 23:456-465.
This episode is produced by Association Briefings (https://associationbriefings.com). Special Guest: Evelyn Planter Heidt.