African CRISPR Course Wins $2 Million in Funding

Andy Fell — May 26, 2023 - 10:52am

The 51�ԹϺ�� Davis African Plant Breeding Academy has been awarded $2 million to train scores of African scientists to advance crop breeding, increase production and improve nutrition for regional crops across the continent.

Gene Network Lets Plant Roots Handle Nitrogen

Andy Fell — October 24, 2018 - 9:45am

With robotics, computers and advanced genetics, researchers at the University of California, Davis, and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have established a core set of genes that help plants metabolize nitrogen, the key to plant growth and crop yield. They published their findings Oct. 24 in the journal Nature.

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African CRISPR Course Wins $2 Million in Funding

Gene Network Lets Plant Roots Handle Nitrogen