Carlos A. Sendoya-Corrales

Agricultural Engineer 🌾🪴🌴 | Master in Science, Crop Protection 🐞🐜🦗🦋 | 🚵‍♂️ 🧑‍🍳 📸 🪵| Looking for a Ph.D position in Entomology | Opinions are my own

[Tropical Plant Clinic & Research Lab @ClinicPlant]

Are you interested in learning how to successfully integrate #biological products into your #ornamental plant production?

Join us for a hands-on, in-person workshop hosted by the UF/IFAS Tropical Research & Education Center and Miami-Dade Extension. This event is designed specifically for growers and will provide real-world insights, the latest research updates, and practical guidance from top industry experts.

🌱 Biological Control Workshop for Ornamental Plant Production

📅 Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2025
📍 Location: Miami-Dade Extension Office
Address: 18710 SW 288th St, Homestead, FL 33030

🕒 Schedule:
Registration: 8:30 am – 8:45 am

Workshop: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Lunch (included): 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

💲 Cost: FREE
🎓 CEUs Available

Why Attend?

✔ Learn how to use biopesticides, beneficial insects, microbial inoculants, and biofertilizers effectively
✔ Discover strategies to reduce chemical inputs while improving plant health
✔ Gain expert guidance on application, compatibility, and storage best practices
✔ Network with peers and biological product companies
✔ Set realistic expectations for disease and pest management outcomes
Featured Companies & Experts:

Harrell’s • BioWorks • BioBee • Syngenta • Bioline • BASF

🔗 Pre-register now:
https://t.co/cSiPIaHwyF

📧 For questions, contact: [email protected]

#organic #biologicals #biocontrol #IPM #pest #planthealth

[Tropical Plant Clinic & Research Lab @ClinicPlant]

Two @IR4_Project fungicide trials done! One on #postharvest #avocado and one on miracle fruit 💪🏼 @CaSendoyaC_
Thank you to all the lab for helping with the 🥑 harvest! @UFPlantPath @UFTropical @FPSFloridaPhyt1 @APS_PHC @plantdisease @FDACSDPI @USDA @FSHS_Hort

[Carlos de la Torre. Avocado grower @carlosdlt280]

The hardest part of #avocado Laurel Wilt integrated managemet is to remove “aparently” clean trees. Not many growers can do, is against our nature.

[Tropical Plant Clinic & Research Lab @ClinicPlant]

First sample collection for our #avocado #laurelwilt flutriafol field trial - three months after treatment 🌳💉. Sapwood and fruit samples were taken and will be sent soon for residue analysis 🧪. This is part of our ongoing efforts to find short-mid-and long term management tools for Laurel Wilt. Supported by @USDA and @IR4_Project 💪🏼 We hope to find the active ingredient at fungicidal levels in the vascular tissue and no residue in the fruit 🤞🏻🤞🏻

To learn more about our greenhouse flutriafol trials check out this pub:

https://t.co/KNyQcMJr9n

@andrewmann_ @CaSendoyaC_ @UFPlantPath @UFTropical @FPSFloridaPhyt1 @NifaScriAvocado @plantdisease @APS_Tropical @ippcnews @UF_IFAS_GFSI @UF_EPI @FDACSDPI @FSHS_Hort

[Tropical Plant Clinic & Research Lab @ClinicPlant]

Stay tuned for the results of the field trials in collaboration with the @IR4_Project! @andrewmann_ @CaSendoyaC_

[Tropical Plant Clinic & Research Lab @ClinicPlant]

Establishing the basis of an #avocado #aguacate 🥑breeding 🧬program for Laurel Wilt disease 🍄. Survivor plants are let re-sprout and grown for future evaluation 📋through a second artificial inoculation💉. Promising material will be genotyped and established in the field for downstream testing. It’s a long process but we are ready for it 💪🏼
@CaSendoyaC_ @pmanosalva1 @USDA_NIFA @USDA @NifaScriAvocado @UF_IFAS @UFPlantPath @UF_IFAS_GFSI @IUFROdivision7 @FDACS @FlaFarmBureau @FPSFloridaPhyt1 @ippcnews @icpp2023 @APS_Tropical @Plant_Pathogens @USDA_APHIS @DadeCountyAg @FSHS_Hort

[Tropical Plant Clinic & Research Lab @ClinicPlant]

Gazis Lab well represented at #FPS2025! @FPSFloridaPhyt1 🤓🤓🤓

@UFPlantPath @UFTropical @UF_IFAS @APS_Tropical @USDA @USDA_NIFA @FDACS @IUFROdivision7 @plantdisease @UFCALS @UF_IFAS_GFSI @UF_EPI @USDA_APHIS @icpp2023 @ippcnews @UFIFAS_IRREC

[Tropical Plant Clinic & Research Lab @ClinicPlant]

We are ready for #FPS2025 @FPSFloridaPhyt1 !!!

Most of the Gazis lab is attending 🤓 hope to see you there! @UFPlantPath @UFTropical @UF_IFAS @FDACS @FDACSDPI @USDA @plantdisease @APS_OIP @APS_PHC @APS_Tropical @APS_Extension @ippcnews @FNGLA @FlaFarmBureau

#plantdisease #planthealth #mycology #fungi #Florida

[Tropical Plant Clinic & Research Lab @ClinicPlant]

Great day hosting researchers from Lavras University, #Brazil 🇧🇷 hoping for future collaborations on tropical fruit research 🤓
#planthealth #FoodSecurity
@UFPlantPath @UFTropical @APS_OIP @plantdisease @icpp2023 @ippcnews

[Tropical Plant Clinic & Research Lab @ClinicPlant]

A day full of #avocado #aguacate 🥑🥑science 🤓🤓 First day of @pmanosalva1 visit to @UFTropical and the start of our field fungicide trial 💪🏼
Great job by @andrewmann_ @CaSendoyaC_ @fungindrublic and Lucas!

@UFPlantPath @IUFROdivision7 @USDA_NIFA @NifaScriAvocado @FPSFloridaPhyt1 @APS_Tropical @plantdisease

[Tropical Plant Clinic & Research Lab @ClinicPlant]

All hands on deck! 💪🏼 We harvested one of the many #avocado germplasm screening trials we are running in our quest to find tolerant materials to the lethal #laurelwilt 🍄💀🥑

Interesting patterns in disease response across materials - host genetics 🧬 to follow 🤓🤓

#aguacate #palta #planthealth

@IUFROdivision7 @UFPlantPath @UFTropical @UF_IFAS @USDA_NIFA @FPSFloridaPhyt1 @fungindrublic @CaSendoyaC_ @USDA @USDA_APHIS @APS_Tropical @plantdisease @IUFRO @icpp2023 @ippcnews @UF_EPI @GlobalGators @forestservice @CABI_Research @NifaScriAvocado

[Tropical Plant Clinic & Research Lab @ClinicPlant]

For more days like this! 😬 #Avocado orchard @carlosdlt280 visit in the early morning and tree injection 💉🌳training the rest of the day 💪🏼💪🏼🤓🤓
We are almost ready to start our #aguacate #field #fungicide 🧪trial as part of @IR4_Project integrated solutions program. We hope that our greenhouse results (article accepted!) hold in field trees 🤞🏻🤞🏻 @UFTropical @UFPlantPath @UF_IFAS @USDA @NifaScriAvocado @FlaFarmBureau @FDACS @FDACSDPI @IUFROdivision7 @icpp2023 @ippcnews @FSHS_Hort

[Tropical Plant Clinic & Research Lab @ClinicPlant]

We make plants sick 😷 to test potential management solutions 💪🏼 we continue our #avocado 🥑germplasm screening in the search for a #laurelwilt tolerant/resistant genotypes and we are almost done with the first @IR4_Project #fungicide #guava trial of the year 🤓 Great work by a great team 🤝 #teamwork #research #planthealth #plantdisease @UFTropical @UFPlantPath @UF_IFAS @APS_Tropical @APS_Extension @plantdisease @IUFRO @IUFROdivision7 @USDA @NifaScriAvocado @USDA_NIFA @ippcnews @FPSFloridaPhyt1 @FSHS_Hort

[Tropical Plant Clinic & Research Lab @ClinicPlant]

📢 Are you growing #dragonfruit #pitaya #pitahaya?

Don't miss this webinar on crop management! 🧑‍🏫🖥️🛜

Pest Management Strategies for Dragon Fruit
When: Thursday, March 6, 2025; 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
Where: Webinar via Zoom
Cost: Free
CEU: One Ag Row Tree Crop CEU will be awarded to attendees

Registration required: https://t.co/pf0tJRQzUq

@UFPlantPath @UFTropical @UF_IFAS @MiamiUrbanHort @FDACS @FruitnetMedia @FruitPortal @FlaFarmBureau @UFCALS @USDA @ASHS_Hort @FSHS_Hort @APS_Tropical @ufhorticulture @UFEntNem @RareFruitMiami @FairchildGarden @EdibleSoFla @FruitnetLive

[Tropical Plant Clinic & Research Lab @ClinicPlant]

Research diversity- in one day: we planted #avocado #aguacate #palta survivors from our #laurelwilt germplasm screening in the field; troubleshoot #diagnostic #LAMP assay; collected potential scab on mamey, and calibrated spray equipment for the upcoming #fungicide @IR4_Project field trial on guava 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼🚜🚜

@CaSendoyaC_ @fungindrublic @labmanagershel @UFTropical @UFPlantPath @UFPlantPath @APS_Tropical @APS_Tropical @FDACS @FDACSDPI @USDA @USDA_NIFA @USDA_APHIS

[Tropical Plant Clinic & Research Lab @ClinicPlant]

New lab 📸 A smaller group but still a happy bunch 🐊😎 #plantdoctors #planthealth #gators 🥑🍌🥭🍍🥥🌺🍄🍄‍🟫@labmanagershel @CaSendoyaC_ @fungindrublic @UFTropical @UFPlantPath @UF_IFAS

[Tropical Plant Clinic & Research Lab @ClinicPlant]

Gearing up for another large inoculation experiment 💉🍄. We plan on validating results from our previous #laurelwilt disease screening and keep testing unique #avocado #aguacate #palta germplasm 💪🏼💪🏼 for disease tolerance/resistance. Great teamwork 🤓🤓🥑🥑
@USDA @USDA_NIFA @NifaScriAvocado @UFPlantPath @UFTropical @IUFRO @IUFROdivision7 @EPPOnews @USFSRegion8 @FDACS @USDA_ARS @FlaFarmBureau @FlaFruitandVeg @UFCALS @UF_IFAS_GFSI @UF_EPI @plantdisease @APS_Tropical @fungindrublic @CaSendoyaC_

[Tropical Plant Clinic & Research Lab @ClinicPlant]

Another busy Monday 💪🏼, working hard to keep #avocado #aguacate #palta 🥑🥑🥑healthy through the development of better/faster diagnostic tools 🔬🧫🧪🧬
@fungindrublic @CaSendoyaC_ @UFPlantPath @UFTropical @UF_IFAS @NPDN @USDA_APHIS @APS_Tropical @icpp2023 @icpp2028 @EPPOnews @FPSFloridaPhyt1 @FDACSDPI @plantdisease @IUFROdivision7 @FSHS_Hort @USFSRegion8 @USDA @NifaScriAvocado

#planthealth #invasive #laurelwilt #surveillance #diagnostics

[Tropical Plant Clinic & Research Lab @ClinicPlant]

Two of our lab's 2024 publications on #avocado #aguacate #palta diseases are trending! 🎆🎆 🥑🥑🍄🍄

You can read them here 👇:

#LaurelWilt #genetics #germplasm #foodsecurity

https://t.co/R3TbMsUo45

AND

#scab #Elsinoe

https://t.co/3aBEQUeAOX

@UFPlantPath @UFTropical @UF_IFAS @IUFRO @IUFROdivision7 @FAOKnowledge @EPPOnews @USDA @USDA_NIFA @PlantDiseaseJ @icpp2023 @ippcnews @APHIS @FlaFarmBureau @FLAgCoalition @FSHS_Hort @FPSFloridaPhyt1 @FDACS @plantdisease @NZ_Avocado @Plant_Pathogens @SEFitopatologia @corpohass @INRAE_PV @ASCOLFIColombia @SBFitopatologia @FruitPortal @FruitnetMedia

[Tropical Plant Clinic & Research Lab @ClinicPlant]

Fungal taxonomists attempting to identify #ambrosia #beetles 🪲🍄 😵‍💫

Making progress with our #laurelwilt #avocado #surveillance LAMP 🧬detection project 💪🏼 @fungindrublic

#foresthealth #aguacate #invasivespecies #fungi

@USDA_APHIS @IUFRO @IUFROdivision7 @NPDN @USDA @usfs_r9 @forestservice @EPPOnews @Invasivesnet @UFPlantPath @UFTropical @Invasivesnet @UF_EPI @FAO @sfiwc22 @ippcnews @APS_Tropical @plantdisease