NSF Awards $67M to 22 Plant Genome Research Projects

Sep 22, 2004

NEW YORK, Sept. 22 (GenomeWeb News) - The National Sciences Foundation has awarded 22 new grants, totaling $67 million, under its Plant Genome Research Program, the foundation said yesterday.

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