Dr. Ozgur Batuman | Plant Pathology Department | University of Florida Institute for Food and Agricultural Sciences Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, Immokalee FL
Batuman Lab Research Projects and Services
Batuman lab is split into two main labs, the multifaceted Citrus Pathology Lab and the HLB Lab which is solely committed to citrus greening, also known as HuangLongBing (HLB).
Dr. Batuman has various ongoing research projects in these labs aimed at understanding different aspects of pest and pathogens within citrus hosts, including disease interactions, biology, epidemiology, genetics, and genomics-based studies. Some of the major citrus diseases we research are the economically important and devastating Citrus Greening (HLB), Citrus Canker, Citrus Black Spot (CBS), and many more.
Additionally, the lab conducts Florida tomato virus research, has an ongoing collaboration with Bayer Crop Sciences, and provides citrus diagnostics services to the local citrus growing community.