Investments In Seed Syngenta to speed up corn trait development with $30 million facility

摘要

This fall,Syngenta opened its new Trait Conversion Accelerator,a $30 million expansion at its Nampa,Idaho,research and development and seed production facility.As the name implies,Syngenta expects to use the highly automated,controlled-environment corn breeding facility to speed up the time frame to introduce new corn traits.”We're about pushing the boundaries of yield,investing in traits and making sure that we're protecting that genetic potential for farmers,”notes David Hollinrake,regional director for Syngenta in North America.