Dan Bernardo As part of its strategy to become a leader in horticultural genomics, Washington State University has hired two scientists to augment its program. The university planned to create one faculty position, but ended up hiring two of the candidates: Dr. Amit Dhingra, previously with the University of Florida, and Dr. Cameron Peace from the University of California, Davis. Dr. Jim McFerson, manager of the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission, said the search committee, of which he was a member, thought the two candidates were so outstanding that WSU should consider hiring both of them. The two scientists […]