Citrus Pathology Lab

On Thursday, April 10, 2025, Dr. Ozgur Batuman presented at Citrus Field Day at the SWFREC, highlighting ongoing research from his citrus...

As part of Graduate Student Appreciation Week, Lauren Fessler Mathews presented at Southwest Florida Research and Education Center's...

Our team is thrilled to be part of the 2025 Joint Meeting of the Caribbean and Southern Division happening from March 9–13, 2025 , at...

Dr. Ozgur Batuman, postdoc Dr. Kellee Britt-Ugartemendia, and master’s student Lauren Fessler recently attended the UF Department of...

Batuman Lab (Dr. Ozgur Batuman, Post-doc Kellee Britt-Ugartemendia, and Master’s Plant Pathology student Lauren Fessler) had the...

Dr. Batuman has been appointed to a prestigious National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) committee to provide...

Batuman Lab members and SWFREC staff are hosting plant pathologists from throughout the State of Florida. For more information about the...

Citrus Industry Magazine Article Highlighted Dr. Batuman's January Grower Seminar (Published on JANUARY 13, 2023)

Dr. Batuman introduced a few pathogens, including Phytophthora and two exotic viruses (citrus leprosis virus and citrus yellow vein...

SWFREC IDEA (Inclusion – Diversity – Equity – Access) seminars consist of SWFREC people presenting about their home country. March 2022...

Titled, “Scouting and Management of Citrus Diseases (HLB, Phytophtora, Leprosis)”, Dr. Batuman's presentation on January 12th discussed...

Congratulations on the successful PhD defense and welcome as post-doctoral researcher! Kellee’s PhD Research was focuswed on the...

Citrus pathology and Citrus physiology (Professor Ute Albrecht's) lab members participated in the harvesting and juicing of grapefruits...

Southwest Florida WINK News visits Batuman Lab to report: “UF Researchers receive federal funding to fight citrus greening”. Dr. Batuman...

During the Fall of 2021, Salih Yilmaz became the Vice President of Plant Pathology Graduate Student Organization and the Treasurer of the...

Mid-August 2021 marked the successful completion of Marissa Penquiney’s summer internship at the Citrus pathology lab. Marissa is going...

All members of the Batuman Lab and much of Dewdney lab (from Citrus Research and Education center in Lake Alfred, FL) participated in the...

Dr. Ozgur Batuman, UF-IFAS. In this talk, Ozgur reminds growers to continue paying attention to other pathogens that can attack already...

University of Florida Researchers study ways to combat citrus greening