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  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Agriculture
  • Digital Agriculture
  • Food
  • Vegetables
  • Plants
Michael A. Gore, professor and chair of the School of Integrative Plant Science Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, and collaborators are working to create an open-source digital ecosystem to optimize food crops, starting with maize, with help from a $1 million grant from the National Institute for Food and Agriculture.

Michael A. Gore, professor and chair of the School of Integrative Plant Science Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, and collaborators are working to create an open-source digital ecosystem to optimize food crops, starting with maize, with help from a $1 million grant from the National Institute for Food and Agriculture.
 

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