Development of Novel Genotype-Independent Regeneration System for Gene Editing in Sweetpotato
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Organization
North Carolina State University
Award Date
Award Amount
20,000
Program Name
Flash Grant
Program Category
Research and Equipment Support
Principal Investigator
Wusheng Liu
Fiscal Year
2022
Region
Research Triangle
Project Description:
Researchers at NCSU will develop a novel technology that will enable breeders to introduce new traits into sweet potatoes to accelerate crop improvement. The knowledge and technology from this work could be translated to other economically important crops.