Washington State University said it will receive $1 million as part of a national project to study improving the productivity and profitability of onion growing.
Brenda Schroeder of the WSU department of plant pathology is part of a multi-state team of scientists and industry professionals that will study the onion.
“My role in this project is to lead the team in the development of diagnostic tools for bacterial and fungal pathogens of onion, and to coordinate the WSU team’s activities in overall pest diagnostics,” Schroeder said in a statement.
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