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May-June 2005 • Vol. 31, No. 3
Spinach Team Receives John W. White Award
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| Spinach research team members include, from left, Teddy Morelock, Horticulture; Marjorie Fitch-Hilgenberg, Human Nutrition; Dennis Motes, Vegetable Substation director; Nilda Burgos, Crop, Soil, and Environmental Science; Brad Murphy, Horticulture; Vibha Srivastava, Crop, Soil, and Environmental Science; Paul McLeod, Entomology; Luke Howard, Food Science; and James Correll, Plant Pathology. |
Awards presented at Honors Convocation April 21 in the Arkansas Union Theater included the John W. White Outstanding Team Award to members of the world’s most productive spinach research program conducted by an interdisciplinary team of Division of Agriculture scientists. They each devote part of their time to research on the genetics, production and health benefits of this important crop.
Notable accomplishments include developing widely grown spinach varieties; comprehensive protocols for managing weed, insect and disease problems; and documentation of phytonutrients in spinach that provide health benefits beyond those of basic nutrition.