Yale University Grant

Organization - Yale University
Grant Amount - $383,490
Foundation - Rockefeller Foundation
Grant Purpose - for a collaborative research project with Peking University to improve stress tolerance in rice and other cereals through the genome-wide identification of rice promotors with desirable drought-induceable characteristics

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