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News Release 10-082
NSF Provides $20 Million to Support 15 Projects Through BREAD Program
Projects will advance basic research on key problems in small farmer agriculture in the developing world
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Chickpea and root nodule, an organ in legumes associated with nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
Credit: Doug Cook
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Alternate dwarfing genes would allow wheat plants to better withstand stresses.
Credit: Kulvinder Gill
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The crown of a maize root system 40 days after germination, simulated using SimRoot.
Credit: Jonathan Lynch
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Soil improvement through biochar in conjunction with cook stove systems will be investigated.
Credit: Johannes Lehmann
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Sub-Saharan Africa has tsetse flies (green zone) that infect cattle with fatal trypanosomes.
Credit: Jayne Raper
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