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Dorith Rotenberg & Research Team in the News!
Exploring new frontiers: Research examines virus infection's differing effects on plants, insects
Dorith Rotenberg, research assistant professor in plant pathology, has been examining the phenomenon since late 2006. Derek Schneweis, doctoral student in plant pathology, Monument, Colo., has been assisting Rotenberg in her research. Joshua Ames, sophomore in biology, Lenexa, Kan., joined the project in summer 2011 with a research assistantship funded by the National Science Foundation through the university's Ecological Genomics Institute. The focus of the research is the western flower thrips, a small insect that is the primary vector, or carrier, for tomato spotted wilt virus. Any plant infected with the virus must be removed or destroyed to prevent further spread.
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