Syngenta adds a new broccoli breeder based in Gilroy, California. Julie Rothe recently joined Syngenta as a plant breeder focused primarily on broccoli and will lead its sweet baby broccoli program, a collaboration between Syngenta and Mesa Packing. In addition, Rothe will support global breeding with research on multiple additional complementary brassica crops for the North American market.
“Broccoli production has significantly increased in the U.S. over the past several years in order to fulfill consumer demand, jumping 13 percent from 2013 to 2014,” said Barner Golumbfskie-Jones, Syngenta leafy and brassica crop product marketing manager. “The addition of a new breeder will give us the ability to focus our broccoli breeding efforts for North America, which is the fastest growing broccoli market in the world.”
More information is available at: http://www.syngenta-us.com/newsroom/news_release_detail.aspx?id=194527
“Broccoli production has significantly increased in the U.S. over the past several years in order to fulfill consumer demand, jumping 13 percent from 2013 to 2014,” said Barner Golumbfskie-Jones, Syngenta leafy and brassica crop product marketing manager. “The addition of a new breeder will give us the ability to focus our broccoli breeding efforts for North America, which is the fastest growing broccoli market in the world.”
More information is available at: http://www.syngenta-us.com/newsroom/news_release_detail.aspx?id=194527
