Monsanto aids UW plant breeding with $1 million gift
Monsanto Co. has made a $1 million gift to support plant breeding and genetics in the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS), the UW announced.
The Monsanto Graduate Fellowship in Plant Breeding will help fund Ph.D.-level graduate students in the plant breeding and plant genetics program in CALS.
"Plant breeding defines an activity that will be an essential component of our planetary stewardship as we feed our growing population through the coming century," CALS Dean Molly Jahn said in a statement. "This gift from Monsanto will allow us to explore revolutionary approaches toward improved agricultural productivity and environmental stewardship while we train the next generation of plant breeders."
Monsanto said it sees the UW program as a strong partner, as it has a "long history of training outstanding plant breeders" Bob Reiter, vice president of Breeding Technology for Monsanto, said in a statement.
