Technology
The center was established to produce value-added crops:
- Drought resistant turf grasses for roadways, lawns, golf courses (require 30-40% less water)
- Forage grasses with superior yield under arid land conditions
- Hybrid
vigor in wheat using molecular biology.
Center News
Annual Report Summaries
Value Added Seed Technology 90-91
Value Added Seed Technology 91-92
Value Added Seed Technology 92-93
Value Added Seed Technology 93-94
Value Added Seed Technology 94-95
Value Added Seed Technology 95-96
Value Added Seed Technology 96-97
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- A new forage grass, crested wheatgrass variety CD-2, has been
released and licensed to 6 companies.
- The DNA based genetic markers for apomixis (asexual seed formation) genes are being used to tag apomictic Australian wheat grasses.
- Proprietary tissue culture media and procedures are being refined and show promise for use in the mass cloning and genetic engineering of agronomic, horticultural, and forestry plants.
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