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Mission

The mission of Plant Stress and Germplasm Development research unit is to conduct fundamental and applied research on the response of plants to thermal and water stress and to develop, through traditional and molecular approaches, appropriate germplasm to reduce the impact of these stresses on crop yields and product quality.

Accomplishments
Biologically Identified Optimal Temperature Interactive Console (BIOTIC),
(U.S. Patent 5,539,637)
Control of plant gene expression
(U.S. Patent 5,723,765) A pollen-based transformation system for cotton
(U.S. Patent 5,929,300),
A selection procedure for identifying transgenic cells, embryos, and plants without the use of antibiotics
(Patent Application 10/331,861);
A synthetic herbicide resistant gene (Patent Application 10/279,452)