Crop Genetics Award of the Year.As a result of his discoveries in corn breeding and quantitative genetics, Arnel Hallauer, Ph.D., distinguished professor of agronomy agronomy (əgrŏn`əmē), branch of agriculture dealing with various physical and biological factors—including soil management, tillage, crop rotation, breeding, weed control, and climate—related to crop production. Agronomy commonly refers to field crops, e.g. at Iowa State University (ISU ISU - I-Shou University (Taiwan) ISU - Idaho State University ISU - Illinois State University ISU - Imam Sadiq University (Tehran, Iran) ISU - Independent Steelworkers Union ISU - Independent Study Unit ISU - Indian Student Union ISU - Indiana State University ISU - Inquiry System Update ISU - Instrument Simulator Unit ISU - Intake Screening Unit ISU - Integrated Sensor Unit (avionics) ISU - Integrated Service Unit ISU - Integrated Sight Unit) and leader of the university's corn breeding program, was awarded the Crop Genetics Award of the Year at the American Seed Trade Association's 2001 Corn & Sorghum sorghum, tall, coarse annual (Sorghum vulgare) of the family Gramineae (grass family), somewhat similar in appearance to corn (but having the grain in a panicle rather than an ear) and used for much the same purposes. Probably indigenous to Africa, it is one of the longest-cultivated plants of warm regions there and also in Asia—especially in India and China. and Soybean Seed Research Conferences on Dec. 6. Verdant Partners, an investment banking and consulting firm focused on the crop genetics industry, to honor its research leaders, sponsor this award each year. This includes outstanding professionals in the seed sector, traditional plant breeding plant breeding, science of altering the genetic pattern of plants in order to increase their value. Increased crop yield is the primary aim of most plant-breeding programs; advantages of the hybrids and new varieties developed include adaptation to new agricultural areas, greater resistance to disease and insects, greater yield of useful parts, better nutritional content of edible parts, and greater physiological efficiency. and plant biotechnology. With the award, Verdant issues a $10,000 scholarship to an agricultural educational institution in the winner's name. |
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