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Mark
Lawson
Corn Technology Yield and Stress
Lead
Monsanto Company
Mark
Lawson is the Corn Technology Yield and
Stress Lead at Monsanto. His current
responsibilities (since early 2007)
include Monsanto’s corn drought,
nitrogen, cold, and intrinsic yield
projects. Prior to his current position
he was the company’s Global Corn Trait
Integration Lead. In this role, Lawson
was responsible for integrating the
results from Monsanto’s Corn Breeding
and Biotechnology groups into products
that combined the benefits of both
advanced plant breeding activities and
the new capabilities that have emerged
from Monsanto’s biotechnology effort
including RR, YGCB, and YGRW. Lawson has
been a member of the American Society of
Agronomy and the Crop Science Society of
America for 30 years. He has chaired the
American Seed Trade Association’s
Soybean Seed Division, Soybean Basic
Research Committee, and Legal and
Legislative Concerns Committee. |
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Breeding Objective
“We feel we can double yields by
2030.” |
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Success with Adaptation
Traits
“There’s a lot of excitement
about traits that could help
improve the efficiency of
growing crops.” |
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The Focus on N
“We’re looking for nitrogen
traits that either…” |
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Biotech in a Positive Light
“One of the things we’re looking
to do…is to identify traits that
can help reduce the impact
farming has on the environment.” |
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Responding to Critics
“We’d ensure they were safe for
use by the public…” |
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Improving Agriculture’s
Footprint
“We need to be able to do things
that help improve our
environment…” |
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