Tom Isakeit, PhD, CPPP Assistant Professor and Extension Plant Pathologist, Texas A&M University Agricultural Research and Extension Center Weslaco, Texas

Ph.D., Plant Pathology, Michigan State University, 1988
M.Sc., Plant Pathology, Michigan State University, 1984
B.Sc., Agriculture, University of Alberta, 1980

Diagnosis of vegetable diseases and development of control measures, with emphasis on watermelon diseases.

Identified and initiated studies on the biology and control of two new watermelon diseases in south Texas: the squash leaf curl virus and bacterial fruit blotch.

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