This week’s Cotton Newsline is 3 cuts. All cuts are Dr. Roy Cantrell, Cotton Molecular Breeding Lead for Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri
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Advancements in technology is helping cotton researchers speed up the plant breeding process in terms of developing new cotton varieties and putting biotech traits that cotton producers want into varieties faster. Dr. Roy Cantrell, Cotton Molecular Breeding Lead for Monsanto explains how molecular breeding accelerates the process.
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According to Cantrell, Monsanto has put a huge effort behind automation.
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Cantrell says there are several different traits they are working on for cotton.