Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences Grant

Organization - Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Grant Amount - $450,000
Foundation - Rockefeller Foundation
Grant Purpose - in support of research to be conducted by its Shanghai Agrobiological Gene Center for continued modifications and improvements of screening facilities in Shanghai and Hainan, China, leading to genetically improved drought-tolerant rice


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