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Professor discovers, patents new grapevine cultivar
A professor at the Missouri State University Fruit Experiment Station in Mountain Grove, Missouri, has discovered and patented a new grapevine cultivar.
Dr. Wenping Qiu is the director of the Center for Grapevine Biotechnology.
He was granted a patent for the Norton Blanc grapevine cultivar, a hybrid of the Norton and cabernet sauvignon grapevines.
“We’re over joyful,” he said. “It’s one of the two most significant achievements we’ve made for society — the other being our former discovery of a new grape virus.”
William H. Darr College of Agriculture Dean Dr. Melissa Bledsoe said the discovery…
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