Baysal-Gurel
Plant Pathology Lab
Welcome
The primary research focus of our lab is developing of sustainable, ecological friendly and economical management practices for woody ornamental industry in Tennessee concentrating on plant pathology, mycology, plant disease diagnosis, plant disease management, integrated pest management and biological control of plant diseases and biopesticides research areas.
News
Janaury 2025
Dr. Mahesh Adhikari joined as a Post Doctoral Researcher to our lab. Welcome!
November 2024
Dr. Farhat Avin started his job as a Plant Health Diagnostic Lab Scientist at Bayer Crop Science, Chesterfield, MO.
October 2024
Dr. Kumuditha Liyanage joined as a Grants Technical Reporting Manager at College of Agriculture of Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN.
Baysal-Gurel lab organized a Vascular Streak Dieback (VSD) Meeting on October 1 -2, 2024 in Otis L. Floyd Nursery Research Center, McMinnville, TN.
September 2024
Dr. Fulya Baysal-Gurel attended the 2024 National Plant Diagnostics Network (NPDN) National Meeting in Portland, Maine from September 9 to 13, 2024.
August 2024
Congratulations to Christina Jennings and Pratima Subedi for passing the PhD candidacy exam.
Dr. Seyed Mohammad Rouhani joined as a Post Doctoral Researcher and Shahla Borzouei joined as a PhD student in Baysal-Gurel Lab this month. Welcome!
July 2024
Baysal-Gurel Lab members attended the Plant Health APS Meeting in Memphis, TN from July 27 to 31, 2024.
June 2024
Dr. Prabha Liyanapathiranage started her new job as the State Plant Pathologist of the Tennessee Department of Agriculture from June.
Christina Jennings received a Bayer APS-MNRRS complimentary registration fee sponsorship to attend the APS Meeting 2024.
May 2024
Pratima Subedi received the student travel award to attend and present in the APS 2024 Meeting.
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Fulya Baysal-Gurel has been promoted to Associate Dean of Research, and we’re excited to watch her succeed. Congratulations Dr. Baysal-Gurel on your well-deserved promotion.
April 2024
Baysal-Gurel Lab attended the Association of 1890 Research Directors (ARD) 21st Biennial Research Symposium in Gaylord Opryland, Nashville, TN from April 6 to 9, 2024.
February 2024
Post doctoral Research Associate Dr. Kumuditha Liyanage participated in the 56th Southern Agriculture Economics Association (SAEA) held in Atlanta, Georgia from February 3 to 6, 2024 and he won the second place in the poster competition.
January 2024
Dr. Bhawana Ghimire joined as a Plant Disease and Insect Diagnostician at Bartlett Tree Experts company in North Carolina.
Dr. Madhav Parajuli joined as a Post Doctoral Research Fellow at USDA-ARS, Nursery Research Center in McMinnville.
December 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Bhawana Ghimire and Dr. Madhav Parajuli who received their Doctoral degrees at Tennessee State University Fall Graduation ceremony 2023.
November 2023
Christina Jennings won the first place and Bhawana Ghimire won the second Place in the Agriculture-Plant Sciences oral session competition at the 133rd Tennessee Academy of Sciences (TAS) held in Rhodes College, Memphis, TN on November 18, 2023. Also, Christina Jennings won the first place in Agriculture poster session competition at TAS meeting. Congratulations to winners!
Madhav Parajuli presented oral and poster presentations at Ambrosia Beetle symposium in Entomological Society of America Meeting 2023 in National Harbor, Maryland which was held from November 5 to 8, 2023
October 2023
Congratulations to Bhawana Ghimire, who successfully passed her Doctoral Dissertation Defense. Bhawana’s dissertation was entitled, “Improving Woody Ornamental Crop Disease Mitigation through Innovation”.
Madhav Parajuli presented his research on "Ambrosia Beetle Prefers Flood Intolerant Field Nursery Tree Species for Attack and Colonization Under Flooding Conditions" in Tennessee Entomological Society 50th Annual Conference at Nursery Research Center which was held from October 9 to 10, 2023
Congratulations to Madhav Parajuli, who successfully defended his Doctoral Dissertation. Madhav’s dissertation was entitled, “Evaluation of Sustainable Management Practices to Promote Healthy Growth of Woody Ornamentals”.
Dr. Fulya Baysal-Gurel featured in Tennessee State University College of Agriculture Facebook page as Faculty Spotlight! View the full post at:
August 2023
Madhav Parajuli, Drs. Farhat Avin, Prabha Liyanapathiranage and Cansu Oksel and Dr. Fulya Baysal-Gurel attended the Plant Health APS Meeting in Denver, CO from August 12 to 16, 2023.
Madhav Parajuli won the student travel award and Bayer complimentary registration fee sponsorship for the APS Meeting.
Dr. Farhat Avin received the Travel award for the APS Agricultural Microbiomes Thinkathon and participated in the Pre-Meeting workshop.
Dr. Prabha Liyanapathiranage won the award in the “Nature” category for the Art in Phytopathology contest in Plant Health 2023 for her photo "Leopard print is making a splash this season"
Bhawana Ghimire and Christina Jennings participated in the American Society of Plant Biologists Conference in Savannah, Georgia from August 5 to 9, 2023. Bhawana was an awardee and one of the 16 candidates who presented in the Corteva Student Showcase this year.
Christina Jennings won the third place in the Ornamental Plant Breeding Oral Competition at the 2023 American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida, July 31 - August 4, 2023.
Christina Jennings and Bhawana Ghimire represented the lab in the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida, July 31 - August 4, 2023. They both won travel awards to participate in the conference.
June 2023
Bhawana Ghimire received the Corteva Student Showcase award to present in the American Society of Plant Biologists 2023 in Savannah, Georgia from August 5 to 9, 2023.
Dr. Farhat Avin received a travel award for the APS Agricultural Microbiomes Thinkathon for the Plant Health APS Meeting in Denver, CO from August 12 to 16, 2023.
Madhav Parajuli received Bayer complimentary registration fee sponsorship for the Plant Health APS Meeting in Denver, CO from August 12 to 16, 2023.
May 2023
Madhav Parajuli won the travel award for the Plant Health APS Meeting in Denver, CO from August 12 to 16, 2023.
Bhawana Ghimire and Christina Jennings won the travel awards for the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) Annual Conference in Orlando, FL from July 31 to August 4, 2023.
Congratulations to Christina Jennings for defending her Ph.D. proposal successfully.
April 2023
Pratima Subedi defended her Ph.D. proposal successfully. Congratulations, Pratima!
Dr. Fulya Baysal-Gurel received the Outstanding Graduate Student Mentor Award 2022-2023 from Tennessee State University College of Agriculture Awards Luncheon, April 6,2023.
March 2023
Madhav Parajuli won the first place in the Agriculture and Natural Sciences section in the Graduate student oral presentation competition at the 45th Annual Tennessee State University-Wide Research Symposium, March 27-31, 2023.
Post doctoral scholar Cansu Oksel (Left) and Ph.D. student Bhawana Ghimire (Right) won travel awards and participated in the PVAMU Conference and Training on Water, Climate, and Food Security of the Integrated Decision Support System (IDSS) at Prairie View A & M University representing TSU at Prairie View, Texas from March 6-10, 2023.
February 2023
Bhawana Ghimire won the travel award and the third place in the poster presentation competition at the Southern Division APS Meeting in Durham, NC from February 13 to 16, 2023.
Christina Jennings won the travel award at the Southern Division APS Meeting in Durham, NC from February 13 to 16, 2023.
December 2022
Congratulations to Dr. Sandhya Neupane who received her Doctoral degree in Biological Sciences at Tennessee State University Fall Commencement 2022.
November 2022
Sandhya Neupane won the first place and Madhav Parajuli won the second Place in the oral competition at the 132nd Tennessee Academy of Sciences (TAS) held in Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN on November 18, 2022.
October 2022
Bhawana Ghimire and Sandhya Neupane won 1890 Universities Foundation CAREER DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE scholarships in Atlanta GA. October 25-26, 2022.
September 2022
Congratulations to Sandhya Neupane, who successfully defended her Doctoral Dissertation. Sandhya’s dissertation was entitled, “Improving Nursery Crop Production Using Sustainable Approaches for Disease Management”.
Dr. Fulya Baysal-Gurel received a $5k donation to help and find solutions for the current problem Vascular Streak Dieback of redbud in the Tennessee nursery industry.
August 2022
Madhav Parajuli won the first place in the Inaugural Diagnostic Bowl Competition at the American Phytopathological Society Meeting, Plant Health 2022, on April 6-10 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
May 2022
Madhav Parajuli won the 3rd Place in 2022 NAPA Conference Doctoral Division. May 27-29, 2022
Krishna Neupane received a research internship with BASF in Tennessee for 10 weeks in Summer 2022.
April 2022
Madhav Parajuli won the first place in graduate student competitive oral presentation at the 20th Biennial Research Symposium of the Association of Research Directors (ARD) on April 2-5 in Atlanta, Georgia.
March 2022
Madhav Parajuli won the second place in the Graduate student oral presentation competition at the 2022 Tennessee State University Research Symposium, March 30, 2022.
Bhawana Ghimire won the second place in the Doctoral division, 36th MANNRS National Competition on Three Minute Thesis competition from March 23 to March 26, 2022.
Krishna Neupane won the first place in the Masters Division, MANRRS National Competition, 2022.
Sandhya Neupane was the runner-up of the Martin Stoner Travel Scholarship and an invited Graduate student presenter of the 67th Annual Conference on Soilborne Plant Pathogens - Virtual. March 23-24, 2022
Sandhya Neupane and Madhav Parajuli won second and third place in the graduate student poster competition at the 99th Annual meeting of the Southern division of the American Phytopathological Society on March 7-10 in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
November 2021
Krishna Neupane - first place, Sandhya Neupane - second place and Bhawana Ghimire won the third place in agricultural division on student oral competition in Tennessee Academy of Sciences Meeting organized on November 6, 2021
Madhav Parajuli won the first place in agricultural division on student poster competition in Tennessee Academy of Sciences Meeting organized on November 6, 2021
October 2021
Bhawana Ghimire won the first place in “Three Minute Thesis” competition on Doctoral Division for regional competition on October 10, 2021, organized by MANNRS region III
Krishna Neupane won the first place in “Three Minute Thesis” competition on Masters Division for regional competition on October 10, 2021, organized by MANNRS region III
August 2021
Bhawana Ghimire won the travel award from APS foundation to attend Plant Health, Seismic Shifts in Disease Risks in 2020 by the American Phytopathological Society on August 2-6, 2021
Krishna Neupane won the scholarship award from Bayer in Plant Health, Seismic Shifts in Disease Risks in 2020 by the American Phytopathological Society on August 2-6, 2021