GCREC was pleased to welcome Ag Commissioner Adam Putnam to the center on August 26.  Dr. Jack Rechcigl, Center Director, met with and led the Commissioner on a tour of the facility.  During his visit, the Commissioner learned about several different programs at GCREC including plant pathology and breeding.

Adam Putnam, Florida Ag Commissioner, visits the GCREC Diagnostic Clinic with Drs. Jack Rechcigl, Natalia Peres and James Mertely.	Commissioner Putnam visits with Dr. Jay Scott and discussed the newest release from the tomato breeding program - Tasti-Lee.
Commissioner Putnam examines techniques used in the plant pathology lab.	Dr. Peres explains the various methods for detecting disease in plant samples brought to the lab each week.
Dr. Peres explains the modeling tool available to strawberry growers to help them determine and treat diseases throughout the season.
In the vegetable pathology lab, Dr. Gary Vallad explains diseases that affect tomatoes and demonstrates methods of detecting disease and treatments that are being used