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J: Examples of Interactions with Industry and Plant Breeders Reported by Principal Investigators of NPGI
Pages 159-163

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... to produce natural product fungicide alternatives and to exploit trichome produced diterpenes and sugar esters. Also, since the field trial for aphid resistance, we have had 3 additional APHIS permits (on a non-trichome project)
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From page 160...
... • A segregating population has been developed for mapping that has also been licensed for private use. • Licensed genetic stocks to Syngenta and DuPont/Pioneer MATERIAL TRANSFER TO OR ACCESS TO RESOURCES BY INDUSTRY • My program has provided marker assisted selection services to the follow ing private wheat breeding companies: WestBred, Resource Seed, Inc., and Arizona Plant Breeders.
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From page 161...
... • We have produced soybean BAC contigs for the United Soybean Board, sweet orange BAC contigs for the California Citrus Board, and are in the process of generating walnut BAC contigs for the California Walnut Marketing Board. • We have provided one seed company with gene sequences that are being used to selectively breed varieties with superior nutrition.
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From page 162...
... The project allowed them to identify all but two of the maize cellulose synthase genes and provisional patents also resulted. Later work after this project identified the two remaining genes and also established that over-expression of certain CesA genes led to altered stalk strength, a trait important in the more windy northern parts of the U.S.; stronger stalks resist lodging in the field.
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From page 163...
... • We are working closely with Prunus breeding programs worldwide to mark genes that control fruit quality characters, tree architecture and other important traits. • We meet once a year with other soybean breeders that work in fatty com position (USB meeting)
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  • lettuce producer

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  • cellulose synthase
  • cotton genomics
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