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Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces $7 Million In Funding For Agricultural Plant Genomics, Genetics And Breeding Research

Main Category: Water - Air Quality / Agriculture
Also Included In: Genetics
Article Date: 19 Oct 2009 - 10:00 PDT

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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced more than $7 million in grants for research on the biology of plant processes and traits which can be used to breed crops with enhanced value and resilience to climate stress. The research will increase understanding of plant biology from the genome to the field, and provide a foundation for the development of plant varieties with increased yield, reduced production cost, and enhanced quality and nutritional value.

"At a time when disruptive climate change threatens production of some of the world's staple foods, some of the biggest gains we can make in ending world hunger will involve development of stress-resistant crops," said Vilsack. "Drought-tolerant, heat-tolerant, and saline-resistant crops will not only offer tremendous improvements for farmers around the world, but also position American farmers competitively in the world market."

These grants are awarded by USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), previously the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, under the new Agriculture and Food Research Initiative program to provide funding for fundamental and applied research, extension and education to address food and agricultural sciences.

Awards have been selected for:

University of California, Davis, Calif., $448,000
University of California, Davis, Calif., $447,000
University of California, Riverside, Calif., $1,000,000
USDA ARS Small Grains and Potato Germplasm Unit, Aberdeen, Idaho, $450,000
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., $997,000
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kan., $441,000
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky., $150,000
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich., $450,000
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn., $449,000
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn., $448,000
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb., $282,000
Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., $1,000,000
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Ore., $448,000
USDA FS Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, Ore., $454,545

Through federal funding and leadership for research, education and extension programs, NIFA focuses on investing in science and solving critical issues impacting people's daily lives and the nation's future. For more information, visit http://www.nifa.usda.gov.

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