The Dogwood Problem

Two University of Tennessee plant pathologists were recently awarded the university's highest award for entrepreneurship. Doctors Robert Trigiano and Mark Windham share the 2007 Wheeley Award for Technology Transfer. Their work with dogwood trees has revitalized the state's nursery industry. The scientists have developed four dogwood varieties resistant to two tree-killing diseases. The prevalence of those diseases had severely limited the use of new dogwoods as ornamental trees. Dr. Windham tells WUOT's Ann Lloyd they've spent years working on the problem...

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