Transgenic Papaya
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Dennis Gonsalves received his Ph.D. in Plant Pathology in 1972 from the Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, California. He is a Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, Geneva, New York. He specializes in virus diseases of fruit and vegetables.
Stephen Ferreira received his Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from the University of California in 1974. He is an Associate Specialist in the Department of Plant Pathology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii. His areas of responsibility include extension and research activities in papaya, ornamentals, and vegetable crops.
Richard Manshardt received his Ph.D. in Horticultural Sciences from the University of Florida in 1980. He is a Professor in the Department of Horticulture at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii. He has served as a breeder of tropical fruit crops at the University of Hawaii at Manoa since 1983. The genetic improvement of papaya has been his chief area of specialization.
Maureen Fitch received her Ph.D. in Horticulture in 1991 from the Department of Horticulture, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii. She is a tissue culture specialist in the United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Honolulu, Hawaii. Her research is on tissue culture, transformation, and micropropagation of sugarcane and papaya.
Jerry L. Slightom received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry in 1975 from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL. He is a Distinguished Scientist VI at the Pharmacia & Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan. He has worked in plant molecular biology and is currently involved in running the DNA Sequencing Core Laboratory for the analysis of bacterial genomes and the identification of human disease-related genes.
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