Emerging Trends in Agricultural Diagnostics

In this video from InnovATEBIO, Zach Bateson describes the diagnostic biotechnology used at the National Agricultural Genotyping Center (NAGC) and highlights how diagnostic data provides insights into emerging threats across the agricultural community. Bateson explores research underway at the NAGC that helps identify drivers of colony losses impacting the honeybee industry, quickly detect herbicide resistant weeds, and measure environmental pathogen densities to develop predictive models for crop diseases. Bateson also highlights his background in genetic research; diagnostic technology, such as qPCR; and other projects in agricultural diagnostics. The video recording runs 56:46 minutes in length.