Congratulations to Dr. Derrick Grunwald, Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Ellison Lab for recent journal publications in Crop Protection.
Dr. Grunwald’s research is focused on determining the presence and prevalence of viral and viroid diseases of hemp. This involves conducting disease surveys as well as adapting technologies to develop novel disease diagnostic tools for growers.
In collaboration with USDA-ARS, “Survey of plant viruses in Wisconsin iris production demonstrates widespread prevalence of Potyvirus iriseverum” was published in April 2025 and is available here.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2025.107196
For questions about this work or to speak with Dr. Grunwald, you can contact him at dgrunwald2@wisc.edu.