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LSU AgCenter transitions sweetpotato growers from seed to clean plants
The Louisiana State University (LSU) AgCenter Sweet Potato Research Station was established in 1949. Dr. Julian C. Miller, the first...

Debbie Woodbury
Mar 11, 20242 min read
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In Memorium: Dr. Deborah Golino
This last December the National Clean Plant Network lost one of it’s founding leaders and stalwart supporters. Deborah Golino played a...

Debbie Woodbury
Mar 11, 20242 min read
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Remembering Tammy Abernethy
Micropropagation and Repository Unit (MPRU) colleagues are mourning the loss of Tamara Abernethy. Tammy retired from the MPRU in 2021...

Debbie Woodbury
Mar 11, 20241 min read
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MPRU supports North Carolina State breeding program and certified Sweetpotato growers
The Micropropagation and Repository Unit (MPRU) continues to provide cleanup services for five advance selections to the NC State...

Debbie Woodbury
Mar 11, 20241 min read
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NCPN Economic Studies Show Positive Potential of Clean Plants
Foundation Plant Services has teamed with UC Cooperative Extension advisor Scott Stoddard to conduct virus testing as part of an NCPN-SP...

Debbie Woodbury
Mar 11, 20242 min read
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Capacity-building Efforts between NCPN-SP and the CleanSEED Program
The mission of NCPN-SP is to “conduct diagnostic and pathogen elimination services and to establish foundational planting stock of...

Debbie Woodbury
Mar 11, 20242 min read
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University of Arkansas Continues to Meet Expansion of Sweetpotato Industry
In Arkansas, sweetpotato production has been growing steadily, increasing in production from 3,000 acres in 2009 to 5,200 acres in 2023....

Debbie Woodbury
Mar 11, 20242 min read
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