Joe Sowokinos winning the prestigious National Potato Council (NPC) Meritorious Service Award marked the second straight year the East Grand Forks, Minnesota USDA Potato Research Lab has produced a winner for this award! Last year co-worker Marty Glynn was the recipient.
Joe retired in the spring of 2009 as a professor in the Horticultural Science Department at the University of Minnesota after a long and distinguished career serving the potato industry where he is best known for cloning the anti-sweetening gene (designated UgpA) from the potato cultivar ‘Snowden.’
Joe Sowokinos wins NPC Meritorious Service Award
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