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2Blades
2Blades is an agricultural phytopathology non-profit which performs research to improve durable plant disease resistance, genetic resistance in crops, and funds other researchers to do the same. 2Blades was co-founded by Dr. Roger Freedman and Dr. Diana Horvath in 2004. p.121 Funding source 2Blades is partly funded by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation does its research at Sainsbury Laboratory, The Sainsbury Laboratory, among other locations . One co-founder, Chairman Roger Freedman also works for Gatsby, which was founded by David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville, Lord David Sainsbury. Freedman had pitched an idea to Sainsbury's venture capital company to begin investing in genetically modified plant, plant genetic engineering technologies, and although the board did so, they found someone else to lead it. Freedman had wanted to run it, but was told that was not for him by Sainsbury. Indeed, soon thereafter Sainsbury set up another early investment company specifically for Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phytopathology
Plant pathology (also phytopathology) is the scientific study of diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungi, oomycetes, bacteria, viruses, viroids, virus-like organisms, phytoplasmas, protozoa, nematodes and parasitic plants. Not included are ectoparasites like insects, mites, vertebrate, or other pests that affect plant health by eating plant tissues. Plant pathology also involves the study of pathogen identification, disease etiology, disease cycles, economic impact, plant disease epidemiology, plant disease resistance, how plant diseases affect humans and animals, pathosystem genetics, and management of plant diseases. Overview Control of plant diseases is crucial to the reliable production of food, and it provides significant problems in agricultural use of land, water, fuel and other inputs. Plants in both natural and cultivated populatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
