July 16, 2025, 1 PM MST
Cynthia Ocamb is a professor in the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University, based in Corvallis, OR. Ocamb provides statewide leadership in the diagnosis and management of diseases of field and vegetable crops as an Extension specialist in plant pathology. She is a co-editor of the Pacific Northwest Plant Disease Management Handbook. Her current research activities consists of hop and hemp pathology projects as well as studying diseases in specialty seed crops with an emphasis on the fungal pathogen Fusarium.