MOUNT VERNON,Wash. – In the Pacific Northwest, spinach seed is a tiny crop with huge value. And it’s in big grief.
Northwest farmers grow the seeds that fuel the hastily-growing baby leaf spinach market. But they’re increasingly burdened by a devastating disease that takes their fields out of commission for decades at a time.
Lindsey du Toit aims to change that. A professor at Washington State University, and du Toit leads research to help growers reduce the impact of a crippling fungal disease called Fusarium wilt.
A deadly wiltThanks to gentle,dry summers and long summer days, western Washington and Oregon is the only ... » More ...
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