Frank Zalom

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Frank Zalom
NationalityAmerican
Alma materArizona State University
University of California, Davis
Scientific career
FieldsEntomology
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Davis

Frank G. Zalom is an American entomologist at University of California, Davis and an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[1][2]

Zalom, together with Mysore Sudarshana and Brian Bahder, is credited with discovering that the three cornered alfalfa treehopper (Ceresa festina), previously considered a minor vineyard pest, is a vector for grapevine red blotch disease in 2016.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Frank G. Zalom". ucdavis.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
  2. ^ "Frank Zalom". aaas.org. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
  3. ^ "Vector Transmitting Red Blotch Virus Found". growingproduce.com. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2018.