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Appendix A: Committee Biographies
Pages 153-157

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... Dr. Leach studies the molecular and physiologic mechanisms for induction and manifestation of resistance in plants, using rice and the bacterial blight pathogen Xanthomas oryzae pv.
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... Dr. Hoel is a past director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and the National Toxicology Program, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
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... Working at The Pennsylvania State University and the Pesticide Research Laboratory of the Department of Entomology, Dr. Schultz studies chemically mediated interactions among plants, insects, microbes, and vertebrate predators, as well as the importance of dynamic plant responses to environmental stimuli.
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... T Ulf Westblom, Professor of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Texas A&M System Health Sciences Center, and Chief of Medicine, Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, is known for his expertise in microbial pathogenesis and bacterial growth characteristics.
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... Dr. Westblom also is a winemaker and small winery owner in Texas, where he is actively cultivating Pierce's Disease-resistant grape varieties.


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