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Syngenta Breaks Ground on $30 Million Trait Conversion Accelerator
USAgNet - 04/05/2018
Syngenta has broken ground on a Trait Conversion Accelerator at its Nampa, Idaho, research and development and seed production facility. Construction of the $30 million site enhancement is expected to be completed in 2019.
The Nampa site will accommodate the majority of Syngenta's North American corn trait conversion work previously done in open field or semi-controlled environments. It will provide a reliable growing environment to conduct marker-assisted backcrossing and
version generation, as well as deliver the introgression of market-leading traits into Syngenta's most advanced corn germplasm.
"Put simply, the Trait Conversion Accelerator will enable Syngenta to more quickly, reliably and efficiently deliver corn hybrids with its latest trait packages to market," said Ciriaco Franks, Nampa site manager for Syngenta. "This investment, which reinforces
Syngenta's commitment to a research and development presence in the region and the jobs located here, will result in state-of-the-art greenhouses and laboratories to help shorten product development life cycles."
The Nampa facility will house the capabilities and capacity to bring choice in traits to corn growers. Customers of the NK and Golden Harvest corn seed brands, as well as independent seed companies that license Syngenta technologies through Greenleaf
Genetics, will benefit from faster access to more hybrids with the latest Agrisure trait technologies.
Syngenta invests more than $1.3 billion each year in research and development globally. The Nampa Trait Conversion Accelerator is part of an incremental investment over the next five years that includes adding significantly more resources in product breeding,
product selection leads and trialing.
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