NSA receives specialty crop grants
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The North Dakota Department of Agriculture has awarded the National Sunflower Association nearly $124,000 to enhance rust resistance in confection sunflower production through next-generation technologies. In addition, the department awarded NDSU more than $105,000 for managing Sclerotinia head rot in confection sunflowers with bee-vectored clonostachys rosea and partially resistant hybrids. The money is part of 27 grants to U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA-AMS) approved, totaling over $3 million. The money is given to promote the development, cultivation, production and sales of specialty crops in North Dakota.
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