Southeastern Louisiana University: Alumnus Marletta Leads Research Into Developing New Fungicides That Could Protect the World's Rice Harvest
April 15, 2023
April 15, 2023
HAMMOND, Louisiana, April 15 (TNSres) -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release:
Could a simple spray be developed to block a pathogen from entering the leaves of rice plants, thereby preventing blast disease - one of the world's most devastating cereal diseases - from destroying between 10 and 35 percent of the world's rice harvest every year?
That's the goal of Dr. Michael Marletta, a '73 SUNY Fredonia graduate and Prof . . .
Could a simple spray be developed to block a pathogen from entering the leaves of rice plants, thereby preventing blast disease - one of the world's most devastating cereal diseases - from destroying between 10 and 35 percent of the world's rice harvest every year?
That's the goal of Dr. Michael Marletta, a '73 SUNY Fredonia graduate and Prof . . .