BBIG Boxwood Seminar Series: Battling Boxwood Blight

James LaMondia • August 28, 2023

The Boxwood Blight Insight Group is pleased to host the next webinar in their on-going efforts to assist the industry manage boxwood health in the nursery and in landscapes.

Dr. Jim LaMondia presents research results and recent discoveries relating to boxwood blight management in nursery and landscape settings. These tactics will include targeted fungicide use, host plant genetics and cultural controls.

Speaker

Dr. James LaMondia

Emeritus Scientist, Plant Pathologist & Nematologist / Plant Breeder, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, The Boxwood Blight Insight Group

Dr. James A. LaMondia earned his Ph.D. in Plant Pathology at Cornell University. He joined The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in 1986 after two years of postdoctoral work for the USDA APHIS and was the Chief Scientist and Head of the CAES Valley Laboratory until he retired in March2022.

Jim is volunteering as Emeritus Scientist and conducts research on the biology and management of plant pathogens and nematodes on a number of crops, including tobacco and ornamentals. His research focuses on the development and utilization of management strategies, fungicides and fungicide resistance, plant resistance to pathogens, and management with crop rotation and antagonistic crops.

He has published over 155 refereed publications, 10 chapters, 75 extension publications, 100 abstracts and has made over 500 research and extension presentations.

Jim has served as President of the Society of Nematologists, on the Journal of Nematology Editorial Board as Associate and Senior Editor, and as President of the American Phytopathological Society Northeast Division.

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