Ilce Medina Meza
The Sustainable Michigan Fund will support research from Ilce Medina Meza, an assistant professor of biosystems and agricultural engineering.
Medina Meza and collaborators from MSU and Iowa State University are investigating how the antimicrobial properties of grape pomace can be used to thwart the development of sour rot -- a poorly understood disease of wine grapes.
The team will use nanotechnology to develop carriers of grape pomace antimicrobial compounds and evaluate their controlled release and performance to limit disease in grapevines.
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Story courtesy of MSU AgBioResearch.