[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 45 (Tuesday, April 11, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E527]
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                        HONORING STEVEN T. KOIKE

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 11, 2000

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, today I honor Steven T. Koike for being 
named the recipient of the second annual Award for Outstanding 
Achievement, by the Friends of Agricultural Extension.
  The Friends of Agricultural Extension is a volunteer group that 
supports the Agricultural Extension program in the San Joaquin Valley. 
Each year Friends of Agricultural Extension publicly recognizes the 
author of an outstanding program in adaptive research and extension, 
which addresses a problem or opportunity facing production agriculture. 
This year, Koike's program, on the subject ``Research and Education 
about Spinach Diseases: A Model for Responding to the Needs of Growers 
of Minor Crops in California'', has been selected.
  Steven T. Koike serves as the Plant Pathology Farm Advisor for 
Monterey County as well as the counties of Santa Cruz and San Benito. 
Koike's research specializes in regional diagnosis of diseases of 
vegetables and floral plants.
  Koike, in assuming the position he now holds, brought to the region 
the vision of a country-based pathology laboratory to provide rapid 
diagnostic and research services to the farming community.
  Koike envisioned and brought into being (through grants, industry 
support, and county resources) a pathology laboratory fully equipped to 
deal with most fungal, bacterial, and nematode pests.
  Steven T. Koike, with the laboratory in place, is able to provide 
California farmers timely and accurate diagnostic methods, serving 
growers and farm advisors from no less than 15 California counties.
  Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to honor Mr. Steven T. Koike for his 
extraordinary research in the field of plant pathology, and to 
congratulate him on being named the recipient of the second annual 
Award for Outstanding Achievement. I urge my colleagues to join me in 
wishing Mr. Koike many more years of continued success.

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