Welcome to the Cannabis Cautilance Podcast.

I'm your host, Tad Hussey of Kiss Organics.

This is the podcast where we discuss the cutting edge of growing from a science-based perspective

and drawing top experts from around the industry to share their wisdom and knowledge.

My guest this week is Rufus Akininlola.

He is a PhD candidate and graduate research assistant in the

Entomology and Plant Pathology Department at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. He works

in the research programs of UT specialty crops and field crop pathology focusing on sustainable

disease and integrated pest management systems where he's co-mentored by Dr. Heather Kelly and Zachariah Hansen.

Rufus has a master's of science degree in agronomy focused on plant pathology from the University

of Nebraska-Lincoln and a bachelor's of science degree in microbiology from Atakunle-Ajassin University

in Nigeria. His areas of interest include management of field and specialty crops

with emphasis on the improved adoption of integrated pest management and natural products in crop

protection. Rufus was recently awarded a developing emerging agricultural leader and talent grant

by Cortiva Agroscience in recognizing his potentials as an emerging crop protection

future leader.

Now on to the show.

Hi, Rufus.

Thanks for coming on the show today.

Hey, how you're trying?

Thank you for having me.

Absolutely.

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