Clean technologies

Successful solutions

• Contributed to global efforts to reduce crop dependency on commercial nitrogen (N): discovered that a single plant gene activated the root nodulation process of legumes (critical step in the N-fixation process by legumes).
• Introduced a N-fixing endosymbiotic bacterium from sugarcane into corn and sorghum genotypes; identified and characterized genes and enzymes responsible for N-transport in soybean and dry bean.
• Discovered a gene network in alfalfa that controls yield and quality.
• Developed methods to help produce vaccines in crops and reduce antibiotic use in livestock and poultry.