Ashok Chanda (@BeetPath) header
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Associate Professor & Extension Sugarbeet Pathologist at @UMNPlantPath and @UMNExt Husband, Dad, Scientist, Educator, 1st gen Immigrant and PhD

St Paul, MN
Joined February 2011
Replying to @UMNews
@UMNews Plant Pathology Becky Spanner and @USDA ARS Fargo Alyssa Flobinus at #2025ISMPMI
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Replying to @ASSBT_BSDF
@ASSBT_BSDF 2025 #Sugarbeet conference in Long Beach, CA
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It was awesome to have on our summer team Jacob! Hope we convinced you that plant pathogens are as cool (and nasty) as human pathogens. We wish you all the best! Thanks to @TPhytopath for serving as his mentor. @UMNPlantPath @CFANS_NWROC
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Yes, came back to these poor #sugarbeets waiting for @plantdisease diagnosis after a great #PlantHealth2024 meeting
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Saw quiet a few planters in action today in the valley #plant24 Please remember Safety is First #sugarbeet @CrystalSugarCo @MDFCoop @UMNExt @NDSUExtension
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Made it just in time for my kids @jfkdance comps 25 ft from office @CFANS_NWROC at @UMNCrookston gym where both my kids will be performing today #DanceParents @Buckwheatgal 👯‍♀️👯‍♂️
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Replying to @TPhytopath
@TPhytopath and me checked out a few local attractions with @USDA #Sugarbeet researchers in #Brussels @DNAthan_Wyatt @RachelNaegele @Dornomics while enjoying our #BelgianWaffles 😋😋
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@Dornomics @USDA at #IIRB24 #Brussels talking about genomic mapping of #Rhizoctonia resistance in #Sugarbeet
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Replying to @TPhytopath
@TPhytopath presenting #Sugarbeet #Cercospora #DMIFungicide #Cyp51 resistance haplotypes as impacted by Tank-mix partners @CFANS @UMNPlantPath @CFANS_NWROC at #IIRB24 #Brussels #Belgium
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Replying to @MarketBirdDog
@DNAthan_Wyatt presenting #Sugarbeet #Cercospora research at #2024IIRB meeting in #Brussels @USDA @Melvin_Bolton
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Beautiful morning in the Red River Valley #MN #Crookston
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@UMNPlantPath @CFANS Grad students @SamanthaRude3 @TPhytopath presenting their research today at annual #sugarbeet research reporting session in Fargo
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🎊 Congratulations, Sam, for receiving the Alan Dexter #sugarbeet scholarship through Sugarbeet Research & Education Board of MN and ND @HirschCory @UMNPlantPath #ProudMentors
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🎉🎉🎉Congratulations, Jeff on your retirement after 33 years of contributions to #sugarbeet field research projects at the @CFANS_NWROC Thank you for everything and hope you get to pursue things that you enjoy most now.
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#sugarbeets are stored in the fields after harvest and hauled to the factory in Germany while in MN and ND we pile the beets at various locations and at the factories to process into sugar
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I am thankful to my team for their contagious positive energy and contributions to the #Sugarbeet Pathology program, we had a wonderful #LabLunch @UMNPlantPath @CFANS_NWROC @TPhytopath @SamanthaRude3 @ChenggenC
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Day 1 of #sugarbeet manual #harvest23 with good old potato forks and machetes, screening @ChenggenC lines for resistance to #Rhizoctonia @UMNPlantPath @USDA @ASSBT_BSDF @TPhytopath #GratefulPI for the #unbeetable team
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It was fun to host the @KWS_Group from Germany and France on this #LaborDay and showcase our #Sugarbeet #Cercospora and #Rhizoctonia research trials @UMNPlantPath
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