Texas A&M AgriLife Research entomologist earns award

Added on 15 April 2024

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Texas A&M AgriLife Research entomologist earns award

Left: Fruit from a single gene Sw 5b resistant tomato cultivar showing chlorotic spots, one of the characteristic tomato spotted wilt symptoms. Right: A single gene Tsw resistant pepper plant from a variety trial in Bushland, Texas, showing characteristic tomato spotted wilt-symptoms. Photos courtesy of Kiran Gadhave/Texas A&M AgriLife

Gadhave’s project is to develop an integrated pest management tool to offer a next-generation breakthrough solution to one of the largest hindrances to expanding specialty crop production in the Texas Panhandle — tomato spotted wilt virus and thrips.

Texas A&M AgriLife Research entomologist Kiran Gadhave, Ph.D., has been selected as one of 11 recipients of the New Innovator in Food and Agriculture Research Award from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research.