How will that information help plant science or Pioneer?
Regardless of where you find it, DNA is DNA. If we know a sequence of DNA in the rice plant is responsible for a specific characteristic, there’s a good chance a similar sequence in a corn plant is responsible for that same characteristic. Our scientists use many sources of information–like the rice genome, and information we gather on our own–to determine what DNA is responsible for the traits in corn or soybeans. The more we understand these crops on the molecular level, the greater the opportunity to give our customers the full benefit of genetic potential that exists within them. Q: Farm output has grown dramatically over the past 100 years. Why, then, do we need to continue this process? A: Farmers are trying to be as efficient as possible because commodity prices have stayed relatively flat for 50 years. During that period, we’ve had tremendous increases in productivity. That has all benefited consumers when you think about food prices. If we hadn’t increased yield over that ti
