March 1, 2012
DuPont, Australian Centre expand collaboration on wheat productivity improvement
To be able to improve the overall productivity of wheat and other crops, the expansion of their long-standing research collaboration had been jointly reported on Tuesday (Feb 28) by DuPont and the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics (ACPFG).
The expanded programme will focus on advanced cereal breeding through molecular markers, discovery research for agronomic traits and hybrid seed production in wheat, said the companies.
In addition, the collaboration will continue working toward agronomic traits to increase drought tolerance and decrease the need for soil-applied nitrogen fertiliser in leading production crops, including corn, soy, rapeseed, rice and sorghum.
