FARGO, N.D. — Dr. Jeffrey Suttle was inducted as an Honorary Life Member of the Potato Association of America (PAA) last week at the PAA Annual Meeting in Fargo.
Suttle is the recently retired Research Leader of the USDA-ARS Sugarbeet and Potato Research Unit in Fargo. Jeff also provided management and oversight of the USDA-ARS research lab in East Grand Forks, MN to assure continued assessment of new genotypes for potato processing quality and storability for cooperating laboratories across the U.S.
Suttle graduated from The University of Texas with a degree in botany and then proceeded on to Michigan State University where he obtained his PhD in plant physiology in 1979. Jeff was quickly hired by the USDA-ARS as a research plant physiologist in Fargo. Jeff maintained a keen interest and sharp expertise in the physiology of plant hormone metabolism from the time he was in graduate school and throughout his research career with ARS.
Jeff has been involved in the PAA and related activities since he began his research program on potato tuber dormancy. He has helped to organize PAA symposia, presented many oral and poster research summaries of his research at PAA meetings over the years, and served as senior editor for the American Journal of Potato Research. Suttle’s globally recognized research career and accomplishments continue to flourish, benefiting both the potato industry and consumers.
Congratulations Jeff!
— Northern Plains Potato Growers Association
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