Biography:
Dr. Medrano has 16 years research experience with the United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service as a Research Scientist. He was the first to show that rotting of immature green cotton bolls is caused by infective microbes and demonstrated that these pathogens are vectored by boll-piercing insects such as stink bugs. He has authored 45 scientific publications and is known and respected by colleagues for conducting innovative and superior quality research. He has presented more than 66 papers, posters, and seminars at scientific conferences, many by invitation including 8 international conferences.
Title : Genome sequence of a Bacillus sp. with antimicrobial activity toward significant sorghum fungal pathogens
Title : A genomic analysis of interactions between a vector-borne phyotpathogen and cotton