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$1.2 million for research:

US (SC): Clemson working on disease-resistant crops fruit crops

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently awarded the first year of a $10 million, five-year competitive grant, of which Clemson University will receive $1.2 million.

Clemson horticulture and genetics researchers are part of a national team developing economically important fruit crops.

Researchers are focused on eight crops: apple, blackberry, peach, pear, rose, strawberry, sweet cherry and tart cherry. The project, "RosBREED: Combining Disease Resistance with Horticultural Quality in New Rosaceous Cultivars," hopes to enable breeders to rapidly develop new varieties that have superior fruit production and are disease resistant.

Source: www.goupstate.com