of bacterial blight race 3. European Journal of Plant Pathology 105 (8): 743-751. Chen, D., M. dela Vina, T. Inukai, D.J. Mackill, P.C. Ronald and R.J. Nelson. 1999. Molecular mapping of the blast resistance genes, Pi44(t), derived from a durably resistant rice cultivar. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 98: 1046-1053. "Cash From Chicago Aids Fight for Spuds," by Laurie Goering. Chicago Tribune, June 17, 1998, page 4. "Building a Better Potato: American Scientist Rebecca Nelson Has Been Leading the Charge to Use Genetically modified crops to Fight Famine in Peru. But Not Everyone Thinks It's God's Work," by Jonathan Kandell. Los Angeles Times Magazine, August 11, 2002, section I.18. "Potato Warrior: Molecular biologist Rebecca Nelson '82 is trying to defeat 'the worst crop disease in the world.'" Sources Swarthmore College Bulletin September 1998. Cornell University staff page. References 21st-century American botanists Cornell University faculty Living people MacArthur Fellows American women botanists Swarthmore College alumni University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences alumni 1961 births American women academics 21st-century American women scientists