Richard Veilleux, Virginia Tech (IMAGE) Virginia Tech Caption Richard Veilleux, professor of horticulture at Virginia Tech, contributed a unique phureja type of potato variety that accelerated the development of a a draft sequence of the potato genome. Credit Virginia Tech Photo Usage Restrictions with report of research by Richard Veilleux License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.