Moose Jaw Today: Verticillium disease discovery, UM doctoral student
August 19, 2025 —
University of Manitoba doctoral student, Shruti Kashyap, is studying early-season moisture as it relates to verticillium disease severity. That led to the discovery that plants with thick suberin-rich roots had lower disease. Kashyap worked with her advisors, Claudio Stasolla and Harmeet Chawla, Plant Science professors in the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences.
Read more in Moose Jaw Today.