Scientists to study high-risk plant pathogen using small, unmanned aircraft

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2008-01-24

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Virginia Tech. University Relations

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A Virginia Tech plant pathologist known for his investigation of microbial life in the lower atmosphere is using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in a new, three-year study to detect, monitor, and forecast the spread of a fungus-like organism responsible for the Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s and 1850s.

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

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