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Jiayu Dong

Ph.D. Student, Plant Pathology
  • PhD in Plant Pathology: 2024-Present, Ph.D. Student (Plant Pathology), Virginia Tech
  • Master of Agronomy: 2020-2023, China Agricultural University, China
  • Bachelor of Agronomy: 2016-2020, China Agricultural University, China
  • My research focuses on evaluating the efficacy of fungicides in controlling tobacco target spot, comparing the leaf endophyte community's response to foliar fungicide application versus untreated controls, and surveying target spot disease in Virginia while collecting Rhizoctonia solani isolates from tobacco-growing regions for comparative genomic analysis.
  • Jialu Song, Jiayu Dong, Mingwei Ma, He Yi, & Zhiqi Liu (2019). The complete mitochondrial genome of Conwentzia sinica (Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae), Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 4(2), 4045-4046. DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1688714