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KBTX story about endophyte technology development

March 29, 2017 by gasword

Greg did a TV interview with local station KBTX about the cotton fungal endophyte work in the lab that led to the development of a commercial product with industry partner, Indigo Ag.
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Source: From The Ground Up.

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Gregory Sword

Professor & Charles R. Parencia Chair in Cotton Entomology

Department of Entomology,
Interdisciplinary Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (EEB) Degree Program, and
Molecular & Environmental Plant Sciences Program
Texas A&M University
TAMU 2475
College Station, TX, 77843, USA

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Entomology Research Lab Rm. 112-120

Email: gasword[at]tamu.edu
Phone: (979) 862-1702
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