Timothy Miles is an assistant professor in MSU's Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences. He is teaming up with researchers across the US to further study management of Anthracnose and Botrytis fruit rot in blueberries.
Miles has received a $3.95 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop strategies for implementing and maintaining effective management practices for blueberry fruit rot. For this, he will continue to lead a multi-institutional team of researchers in addressing ways to improve the quality of blueberries while limiting their loss before, during and after harvest.
The USDA-funded project, part of the USDA’s Specialty Crop Research Initiative, is called: “BLUE-DYNAMO: An Interactive Platform to Deliver Blueberry Disease and Horticultural Management Strategies for Fruit Rots.”
Source: msutoday.msu.edu