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USDA/NIFA invests $8.6M in plant breeding for agricultural production (A1141)


USA
June 26, 2024

The Plant Breeding for Agricultural Production (A1141) program area priority within NIFA’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative supports public breeding efforts to improve crop productivity, efficiency, quality and performance. This priority supports a wide variety of research on and utilization of desirable traits such as increased nutrient use efficiency; tolerance to drought, flood and temperature extremes associated with climate change; resistance to pests and diseases; improved nutrition; and removal of undesirable traits using both traditional genetic approaches and bioengineering.

List of Awardees: 

  • Auburn University
  • Clemson University
  • Mississippi State University
  • North Carolina State University
  • Oklahoma State University
  • South Dakota State University
  • Texas Tech University
  • University of Arkansas
  • University of California, Davis
  • University of Florida (2 awards)
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • University of Kentucky
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison (2 awards)
  • Virginia Tech

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Published: June 27, 2024

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