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Who is Professor Paula Tennant?
Professor Paula Tennant is a Research Plant Pathologist working with virus diseases of fruit crops at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. Paula Tennant graduated from the University of the West Indies, Mona in 1990 with a B.Sc. in Botany. In 1996, she received a Ph.
In what branch of science did Paula Tennant work?
Research Plant Pathologist
Prof. Paula Tennant is a Research Plant Pathologist working with virus diseases of fruit crops.
Which Jamaican scientist developed Solo Sunrise papaya?
The Solo Sunrise was developed via crossbreeding by Dr Paula Tennant, Jamaican plant biotechnologist. It is immune to the devastating Ring Spot disease that nearly wiped out Jamaica’s papaya crops in the early 1980s.
What did Dr Paula Tennant invented?
papaya
Dr. Paula Tennant is the first person from the Caribbean to develop a bioengineered plant product and the first to create a papaya that is resistant to the Papaya Ringspot Virus (PRSV). Paula Tennant was born in Kingston in 1967.
Which Jamaican scientist was an advisor to World Health Organization?
Peter Figueroa
GENEVA, Switzerland (CMC) — Jamaican doctor and professor, Peter Figueroa, has been recognised at the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a health leader for his substantial contribution to public health in Jamaica, the Caribbean, the Americas and the world, over the past four decades.
What did Professor Louis Grant discover?
Grant instituted quarantine on the movement of horses, donkeys and mules from that region. After much laboratory investigation he discovered that the horses were suffering from a virus known as equine encephalitis, which could not be spread to humans but could cause great damage to Jamaica’s horse population.
Which Jamaica scientist developed a papaya immune to the ring spot diseases?
Dr. Paula Tennant is the first person from the Caribbean to develop a bioengineered plant product and the first to create a papaya that is resistant to the Papaya Ringspot Virus (PRSV). Paula Tennant was born in Kingston in 1967.
Who was the first scientist in Jamaica?
Thomas Lecky
| Thomas Phillip Lecky PH.D., O.M., O. J., O.B.E. | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | McGill Ontario Agricultural College University of Edinburgh |
| Known for | Jamaica Black cattle breed |
| Awards | Jamaica Order of Merit |
| Scientific career |
Who invented Jamaica?
Christopher Columbus reached the island in 1494 and spent a year shipwrecked there in 1503–04. The Spanish crown granted the island to the Columbus family, but for decades it was something of a backwater, valued chiefly as a supply base for food and animal hides.
Who is Louis Grant?
A microbiologist and pathologist, whose work has impacted significantly both on the local and international spheres, particularly relating to the management and treatment of tuberculosis, leptospirosis, equine encephalitis and dengue fever.