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Grant provides affordable testing for harmful cherry disease

Grant provides affordable testing for harmful cherry disease

GREY KAMASZ, Evergreen reporter July 27, 2022

WSU gained access to a $530,589 grant in June to study little cherry disease and fund testing services at WSU's Plant Pest Diagnostic Clinic, where researchers will receive their first samples this week. LCD...

Scott Harper, WSU assistant professor of virology, examines diseased cherries, which can be small and bitter.

WSU tree researchers attempt to prevent Little Cherry Disease

EMMA LEDBETTER, Evergreen news editor August 27, 2020

WSU scientists and cherry growers are finding new ways to prevent Little Cherry Disease, an infection that spreads between trees and can significantly decrease fruit yield.  When a tree growing fruit...

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