Biochemistry PSA research
Biochemistry PSA research
26/08/2011
Associate Professor Russell Poulter is in the news this week. A reseach team consisting of Assoc Prof Poulter, Professor Iain Lamont, Dr Margi Butler, Dr Becky Laurie, and Mr Les McNoe, has determined the genomic sequence of the Kiwifruit pathogen PSA.
Assoc Prof Poulter, as spokesman for the group, told news media that there is only one strain of PSA in New Zealand, and the organism that was previously thought to be PSA LV is in fact a different organism which has been renamed PSD. PSD has only ever been found in New Zealand, and is unlikely to lead to virulent disease in kiwifruit.
Read the whole story on RadioNZ's website.
And on the New Zealand Herald's