In the returning saga on my attempt to study the Ipomoea and fungal Periglandula relationship, my plants got spider mites somehow. I believe this one here is a two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae. I applied bug soap in an effort to get rid of them and I think I succeeded.
Once the plants recovered, I began to trial my fungicide treatments and they just would not work. I tried varying concentrations of Tebucanozole and still Periglandula would return to the leaf surface after a week. I didn't want to continuously add fungicide in case it would harm the plant and I want to finish my PhD by Fall 2022 and didn't have time to order new fungicide, trial it, and perform the experiment I had planned. So instead, I'm doing a completely different project for my last dissertation chapter that will hopefully have a quick turn-around! In science it's important to be flexible!
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