Sr. Director, External Innovation Investment, R&D Corteva Agriscience, United States
This is an exciting time for plant biologists and breeders alike. We are seeing the convergence of key technologies that allow us to drive genetic gain or genetic improvement of plant varieties that will facilitate more sustainable solutions with enhanced consumer preference. I will share examples of how we are using a suite of technologies like genome editing to create the specified variations within the crop. This is increasing the pace of innovation through our ability to leverage our genome knowledge to improve plant traits of interest more efficiently and with greater precision.