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Abbott Dr, Thomas |
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Submitted to: Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops Conference
Publication Type: Abstract Only Publication Acceptance Date: 6/1/1997 Publication Date: N/A Citation: N/A Interpretive Summary: Technical Abstract: The National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR) in Peoria, Illinois, United States of America, is part of the Agricultural Research Service, the research arm of the United States Department of Agriculture. There are ten research units at NCAUR and one of them is the New Crops Research Unit (NCR). The mission of NCR is to develop new industrial products from meadowfoam, lesquerella, jojoba, crambe, milkweed cuphea, Euphorbia lagascae, vernonia or other potential new crops; to solve seed processing or product quality problems; and to develop new methods to evaluate germplasm and breeding lines for the proposed crops in collaborative programs with plant scientists. NCR's four permanent research scientists and support staff work closely with our customers through Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADA's), confidentiality agreements and public reports. The NCR progress report and dgroup information is displayed on the Internet at www.ncaur.usda.gov/nc/ nchome.html. This includes a searchable database of the composition of oilseeds collected over 38 years. The poster describes the role of the NCR team in new crop developments. |
