MOUNT VERNON,Wash. – In the Pacific Northwest, spinach seed is a tiny crop with huge value. And it’s in gigantic danger.
Northwest farmers grow the seeds that fuel the fast-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, or du Toit leads research to back growers reduce the impact of a crippling fungal disease called Fusarium wilt.
A deadly wiltThanks to mild,dry summers and long summer days, western Washington and Oregon is the only ... » More ...
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