Genome studies map future research. Genome studies map future research. Health and safety in rural areas present unique challenges. Many rural occupations are hazardous. Health care professionals may be miles away.
Many citizens have low or fixed incomes.
With their intimate knowledge of rural communities and issues, these experts are ideally suited to help rural residents identify challenges to health and safety and formulate solutions. Payoff Tracking a bacterial threat. A quest for tiptop tomatoes. Tomato growers in New York and other regions lose millions of dollars to crop damage because cultivated tomatoes are susceptible to cold weather. The relationship between the genes that control chilling tolerance is complex, so traditional breeding programs haven't had much success moving chilling tolerance from wild tomato species into improved varieties.