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Dr. Baysal-Gurel receives $5K grant to help solve problem plaguing redbuds
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Dr. Baysal-Gurel and her team are currently working on identification of causal agents of Vascular Streak Dieback. The definitive identification of the causal agents will greatly contribute to the design of effective management plans to reduce the losses in redbud production due to the Vascular Streak Dieback.
The Middle Tennessee Nursery Association Board of Directors recently met and awarded a $5,000 donation to Dr. Fulya Baysal-Gurel – Associate Professor and Plant Pathologist at the Tennessee State University, Otis L. Floyd Nursery Research Center, McMinnville for the current redbud problem - Vascular Streak Dieback of redbud.