Dr. Vernyl Pederson Professor Emeritus of Plant Pathology, NDSU Founder CROPSCAN, Inc.

Last update - 1/24/2000

NOTICE: Dr. Vernyl Pederson died on January 15, 2000. Funeral Service Obituary.
Personal Hero Essay, "They Were His Hands", by step-granddaughter, Berit Nelson

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• Undergraduate degree in Chemistry from South Dakota State University, 1949.
• Masters degree from South Dakota State University in Plant Pathology, 1957.
• PhD degree from Iowa State University in Plant Pathology with major in Plant Pathology, minors in Genetics and Statistics, 1960.
• Assistant and Associate Professor of Plant Pathology at South Dakota State University 1960-1968 specializing in field crops pathology.
• Professor of Plant Pathology at North Dakota State University 1967-1987 specializing in barley pathology.
• Founder and President, CROPSCAN, Inc. 1985-December 1992.
• Vice President, CROPSCAN, Inc. December 1992 - February 2000.

  Primary interests were: Disease control, Epidemiology, Phytopathometry.

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