This week, I had a pleasant surprise. On Monday, 96 junior high girls visited Sokoine University to learn more about the university and research. I got to talk about plant pathology, tomato diseases and my work in Morogoro. Luckily, I had bacteria, fungi, and microscopes on hand to enliven the discussion. The students asked a lot of great questions and many wanted to study science in the future (YAY!).
We wrapped up the first round of variety trial evaluations in the final village at the end of this. Everything is looking good and the farmers are happy to discuss what they think of the different varieties.
The hostel monkeys also came back for a visit this week and were entertaining as always.
Pics from this week below!
Learning what tomato diseases look like on the plant…
Then learning what the pathogens look like on a plate!
Check out those sclerotia!
The research team in the field: Dr. Mamiro, Babu (MS student), Dr. Mtui, Gome (village leader, he adopted me), myself and Jackson
It may look like I’m praying, but actually I’m evaluating tomato diseases.
I attempted to shimmy up a coconut tree. I made it all of 5 feet off the ground.
Anna Banana
Monkey!
