New Strategies for Achieving High Frequency Precise Genome Editing in Crops
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Organization
East Carolina University
Award Date
Award Amount
100,000
Program Name
Collaborative Funding Grant
Program Category
Research and Equipment Support
Principal Investigator
Yiping Qi
Fiscal Year
2016
Region
Eastern
Project Description:
Dr. Yiping Qi (ECU) will work to enhance and increase the efficiency of gene insertion techniques in test plants. The new technology would ultimately be used to improve agricultural crops to feed the world's growing population.