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Holly Springs, NC | Could probably add BASF as well. You could also include a bunch of land grant universities such as Texas A&M or Kansas State. When I was an undergrad at Texas Tech, I spent four years in the cotton breeding program working with mutations and we did develop an Imidazolinone resistant cotton line. BASF was interested and they bought it but only because they own all the Clearfield crops and didn't want this one to get into the hands of Monsanto or Bayer as they could not bring cotton into their crop portfolio.
I think most university systems that have crop breeding programs have contributed more germplasm to the industry than most think. This is the germplasm that has contributed more yield and quality that is then picked up by the big companies and resistance genes bred into them. | |
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what companies are spending $ for research?
