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Jan 20, 2022

Growing Produce features VacCAP update

The January 2022 issue of the trade publication, Growing Produce, featured an update on the VacCAP project, officially know as, “Vaccinium CAP: Leveraging genetic and genomic resources to enable development of improved blueberry and cranberry cultivars to growers and consumers.” The article outlines the goals of the project and reports on findings so far. Massimo…

Sep 1, 2019

Popular Science article features banana research

An article published in Popular Science (August 27, 2019) cited Massimo Iorizzo, PhD, as an expert source. Titled, The banana as we know it is doomed, the article discusses the disease threat looming over a monoculture banana (Cavendish) and the race to find or develop a suitable replacement with disease resistance. Iorizzo describes his strategy…