Research Interests / Job description Foliar and soilborne pathogens of vegetable and fruit crops. Biological and chemical control. Molecular biology techniques for diagnostics and studying host pathogen interactions of: Fusarium spp. of cucurbits and mango, and Colletotrichum spp. of strawberry, anemone, Limonium, avocado and almond. Epidemiology and control of mango malformation disease caused by Fusarium mangiferae. Epidemiology and control of Colletotrichum acutatum, C. gloeosporioides, Macrophomina, Rhizoctonia, Fusarium and Phytophthora in strawberry. Ambrosia beetle/Fusarium interaction affecting avocado Botryosphaeria affecting avocado and other fruit trees Forest Pathology: Fungal pathogens of Pine, Cyprus and Carob trees Medical cannabis: Diseases and means of management