Surya Sapkota
Post-Doctoral Associate Cornell University and USDA/ARS
Current Position: Plant Breeder, USDA ARS
Role in VitisGen: I was involved in population development, local phenotyping, and executing experiments in the powdery mildew phenotyping center including development of the high throughput phenotyping robot.
“The VitisGen project was an excellent platform for me to develop networking among breeders, extension workers, industry representatives and other colleagues. This project provided an insight on how cross discipline collaboration can accomplish great things.”