Dr. James Susaimuthu, program manager of the Fruit Tree Clean Plant Center at Prosser, Washington, attended ­­college in India before coming to the United States and graduating with a doctorate in plant virology from the ­University of Arkansas. In his role at the Fruit Tree Network, he sees opportunity to use his research skills in solving industry problems. Though he is familiar with working in laboratory environments, he looks forward to addressing real-world problems, incorporating new technology that will help growers. While working on his doctorate in Arkansas, he discovered two new blackberry viruses and developed tests that identified the […]