The U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy recently announced $5 million in funding to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and partner institutions to develop a new variety of corn called NSave that will reduce nitrogen fertilizer use and greenhouse gas emissions while maintaining crop yield.
Team receives funds to reduce synthetic fertilizer use
Angela Kent, professor in the department of natural resources and environmental sciences at the University of Illinois is the project leader for developing a new strain of corn -- NSave.
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