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Dr. Melvin Newman, Professor

Dr. Melvin Newman, Professor The University of Tennessee
Entomology and Plant Pathology Department
605 Airways Blvd.
Jackson, TN 38301
Phone: 731-425-4718; Fax: 865-974-8868
Email: manewman@utk.edu

Ph.D. from Texas A & M.

Dr. Newman completed his B.S. in Agriculture and his M.Ed. at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas. He completed his Ph.D. in Plant Pathology at Texas A&M University, College Station Texas. Following this, he worked on a Postdoctoral Fellowship on wheat virus diseases for one year at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas.

Professional Interest: Diseases of field crops (soybeans, cotton, corn, sorghum, wheat, and small grains).

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Updated 09/23/2008