(Source: Clemson University) CLEMSON - Clemson University has received a $150,000 grant from Wells Fargo to support research aimed at preventing Armillaria root rot, a devastating fungus that can cause the destruction of peach crops throughout the Southeast. Armillaria root rot, commonly known as 'oak root rot,' is a soil-borne disease that is estimated to cause greater than $4 million in annual peach losses per state and millions more in control costs, including loss of available orchard land. 'This agriculture grant is an investment in our local community and the agriculture industry, which will provide much-needed funding aimed at researching a disease that has proven to have an adverse...
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