Augment your seed development R&D and achieve faster speed-to-market with Illinois Crop Improvement’s counter-season services that offer year-round breeding, growout and research expertise.
In fact, continuous nursery options allow for three generations in one calendar year. It all happens on Illinois Crop’s dedicated farming operation in Puerto Rico, where the growing conditions are ideal due to the region’s warm climate, rich soil and drip irrigation system.
We talk to Lizandro Perez, winter farm team lead for the Illinois Crop Improvement Association, about why Puerto Rico is such a valuable asset for the plant breeding world.
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