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Texas Plant Disease Diagnostic Laboratory gets new director

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COLLEGE STATION 'Dr. Kevin Ong, a Texas AgriLife Extension Service plant pathologist, has been named director of the Texas Plant Disease Diagnostic Laboratory.Ong replaces the laboratory's founder, Dr. Larry Barnes, who retired at the end of August, said Dr. David Appel, associate department head in plant pathology and microbiology at Texas A&M University.“We were lucky to have Larry here to establish such a good diagnostic clinic, and we were lucky to have had Kevin here to take ...

  • about 2 months ago
  • from AgNews - Texas A&M University
  • Published Sep 17, 2008 12:00 AM