Janis Fomba

Graduate Research Assistant.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Wheat Pathology
Bacterial Leaf Streak 🍃
Tan spot 👌
Septoria tritici Blotch

Go Big Red!

[Janis Fomba @FombaJanis]

Are the Xanthomonas translucens pv undulosa (Xtu) strains affecting Nebraska wheat genetically similar, or are different strain populations circulating within the State? To learn more about this, please join me today from 3:45 to 4:30 PM at #PlantHealth2026, Poster 017.

[Janis Fomba @FombaJanis]

Honored to receive a Student Travel Award from APS Foundation to attend the #PlantHealth2026! Grateful for the opportunity to connect with researchers, share my work on bacterial leaf streak of wheat, and continue growing as a Plant Pathologist. Thank you Prof. S.N. Wegulo #UNL

[Janis Fomba @FombaJanis]

If you are attending #planthealth2025, I would be glad if you could stop by my poster, (number 137), today between 3:45 and 4:30 PM. I will be presenting on the crop loss assessment concerning winter wheat in Nebraska. #wheatpathologylab #Wegulolab #UNL

[Janis Fomba @FombaJanis]

After a busy summer dedicated to fieldwork, survey, lab hours and late night of reading, writing and data analysis, I'm heading to #APSPLANTHEALTH2025 in Honolulu Hawaii to learn, connect, and share what we've uncovered about bacterial leaf streak in wheat! 🤓🌴🔬📚 #PlantHealth

[Janis Fomba @FombaJanis]

I'm currently in the field collecting symptomatic samples of bacterial leaf streak in wheat. This is the second year of the survey, and we've successfully isolated BLS and other pathogens.🌾👍
I came across stripe rust, Leaf rust, FHB and others. #UNLPLANTPATHOLOGY #WHEAT2025BLS

[Wheat Initiative @WheatInitiative]

Next week: #Wheat Pathogens #webinar!
“Further Dissecting Genetics of Virulence in Wheat Tan Spot Pathogen Pyrenophora tritici-repentis” with Liu Zhaohui
Have a look here!
👇👇👇
https://t.co/zQRzxRq0yo
@karchuntan
@ReemWheat

[Janis Fomba @FombaJanis]

Last week, I had the pleasure of presenting my research on Aegilops longissima and winter wheat resistance to bacterial leaf streak to the UNL plant pathology department and the wider community. The Q&A session was engaging and insightful from a diverse audience. #motivated!

[UNL Plant Path Grads @UNLPlantPath]

This week, @FombaJanis gave a brilliant seminar on Aegilops longissima and winter wheat resistance to bacterial leaf streak. From field surveys to genomic insights, her research blends pathology and precision to tackle yield loss in 🌾. Stay tuned for more updates soon! #seminars

[Dr. Mustafa O. Jibrin @JibrinLab]

#PlantHealth2024. Many thanks to the APS Foundation @plantdisease and Early Career Professional Committee for this year's Schroth Faces of the Future Symposium. Looking forward to learning from all. More: abstracts: https://t.co/fBY7544tCl @TLowePower @MorganCarterPhD

[Janis Fomba @FombaJanis]

I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as a Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln! Department of Plant Pathology 🪴 Wheat Pathology program. #Foliardiseases

Exciting adventure! Go Big Red💪

[AmiriLab @TFRECPathology]

Arild, Joseph, and Madan presenting their research work at the annual HortShow in Kennewick, WA. Great job guys!

[Janis Fomba @FombaJanis]

@awaicekhan It would be interesting to know the patulin concentration of the juice 😉

[Awais Khan @awaicekhan]

Tons of #Apples on the side of road ready for transportation to juice processing facility!

[Janis Fomba @FombaJanis]

@JibrinLab Congratulations 👏🎊✨️

[Dr. Mustafa O. Jibrin @JibrinLab]

Excited and grateful to announce The Jibrin Horticulture Pathology Lab at Oklahoma State University. We are open for collaborative research and extension on all aspects of diseases of horticultural crops and systems. Please watch this space for relevant announcements.

[ASOO YAJI @DACLLY]

Can early detection of apple storage disease caused by Neonectria ditissima be achieved by Smell?
#NeonectriaDitissima
#StorageDiseases #PostHarvestDiseases
#ICPP2023

[Janis Fomba @FombaJanis]

@TFRECPathology

[ASOO YAJI @DACLLY]

How can early detection of Neonectria ditissima in storage be achieved for effective control and fruit loss reduction?
#PostHarvestStorageDisease
#ICPP2023

[Janis Fomba @FombaJanis]

@WATreeFruit Found 16 words!

[WSU Plant Pathology @WSUPlantPath]

Great turnout for our alumni social at #PlantHealth2023 in Denver this week. Good to see so many former students and friends of the department.

[Janis Fomba @FombaJanis]

@Buckhout_Bull @TFRECPathology Nice to meet you too Dr. Bull.
We missed you at the Colorful Colorado party yesterday!

[Janis Fomba @FombaJanis]

Please stop by my poster (#624) today from 2:45 - 3:30 pm. to learn more about using biopesticides to manage post harvest diseases in pome fruits. #PlantHealth2023 @TFRECPathology