UC Davis Gets $6M USDA Grant for Genomics-Based Tree Breeding Program

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UC Davis Gets $6M USDA Grant for Genomics-Based Tree Breeding Program

Aug 31, 2007

The University of California – Davis has received $6 million from the US Department of Agriculture to apply genomic-based breeding technologies to conifer trees, the USDA announced yesterday.

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