BASF Plant Science.BASF Plant Science, Limburgerhof, Germany, has formed a new subsidiary, called BASF AgGenetics LLC, which will work closely with a number of established U.S. breeding companies to enlarge the available corn germplasm pool and to significantly enhance the development of new proprietary inbred in·bred (  n br d)adj. lines in the U.S. The cooperation includes more than a dozen experienced and successful corn breeders managing over 100 test locations. All breeding stations are well situated in key regions of the U.S. Corn Belt Corn Belt, major agricultural region of the U.S. Midwest where corn acreage once exceeded that of any other crop. It is now commonly called the Feed Grains and Livestock Belt. Located in the north central plains, it is centered in Iowa and Illinois and extends into S Minnesota, SE South Dakota, E Nebraska, NE Kansas, N Missouri, Indiana, and W Ohio. and have a proven record of developing competitive inbred lines covering a diverse geography.
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