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My guest this week is a returning guest. Dr. Nicole Gauthier is a pathologist, and Professor and Extension specialist at the University of Kentucky.\xa0 Her program focuses on disease management of specialty crops, including hemp.\xa0 In her Extension role, she develops educational and outreach programs to help growers manage disease through identification, understanding of pathosystems, and integration of management strategies. Her research program focuses on a range of hemp diseases, including Fusarium head blight.\xa0 Dr. Gauthier earned her BS in Horticulture Science and her PhD in Plant Pathology from Louisiana State University.\xa0 She joined the UK College of Agriculture in 2011 and began working with industrial hemp in 2014.\xa0There will be a link on the podcast page to access her resources and research.