Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Quinnipiac Chapter of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society Seminar Series presents Dr. Neil Schultes

 Quinnipiac Chapter of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society

Seminar Series presents

Dr. Neil Schultes

Associate Agricultural Scientist,

The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

“Fire blight – a bacterial scourge of apple production”


Tuesday, March 5 at 3:30 PM in Buckman Theater

Fire blight is a devastating disease affecting apple and pear production.  The pathogen is a Gram-negative bacterium called Erwinia amylovora that is native to North America but readily infects apple and pear trees that originated in the old world.  This disease was first described in 1787 and due to modern cultivation practices has become a major problem in apple production.  This talk will give an introduction into the biology of this plant pathogen, describe current control practices and present some current lab based research into future disease management strategies.

 

Dr. Schultes received his Ph.D. in Genetics at Harvard Medical School and did postdoctoral research at Yale University before joining CAES in 1994, where he has advanced from Assistant Scientist to his current position.

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