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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