James Susaimuthu inspects plant material in the Fruit Tree Clean Plant Center’s greenhouse. One of the goals of Dr. James Susaimuthu, new program manager of the Fruit Tree Clean Plant Center, is to use his diagnostic skills to find ways to improve virus testing of plant material. Susaimuthu, with a background in plant virology and pathology, joined the Fruit Tree Center in January to take over management duties from Dr. Bill Howell, who has been with the program for more than 20 years. Howell is serving as program consultant until he fully retires. The Fruit Tree Center is a program […]