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Heather Kelly

Principal Investigator

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Plant pathology, resistance monitoring, disease management

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Focuses on process-level evaluation of disease control in field crops: monitoring fungicide sensitivity and resistance, running multi-site field trials, optimizing seed treatment and diagnostic protocols, and aligning cultivars, products, and application timings to boost yield and ROI.

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University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Remote sensing-based early disease detection for precision fungicide application in soybean

A drone-based remote sensing approach using multispectral and thermal imagery to detect early-stage foliar disease infection in soybean before visual symptoms appear. By pairing spectral reflectance data with varietal in...

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Heather Kelly

Principal Investigator

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Work experience

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Principal Investigator

2012 - Present

Top industry applications

Pest and disease management

Expertise

Plant BiologyPlant Pathology

Last updated Jan 2026