Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 Page 92 Page 93 Page 94 Page 95 Page 96 Page 97 Page 98 Page 99 Page 100 Page 101 Page 102 Page 103 Page 104 Page 105 Page 106 Page 107 Page 108 Page 109 Page 110 Page 111 Page 112 Page 113 Page 114 Page 115 Page 116 Page 117 Page 118 Page 119 Page 120 Page 121 Page 122 Page 123 Page 124 Page 125 Page 126 Page 127 Page 128 Page 129 Page 130 Page 131 Page 132 Page 133 Page 134 Page 135 Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Page 148140 / SEEDWORLD.COM DECEMBER 2016 of biofortification. Bouis created the organization HarvestPlus in 2003 as a global multi-sector, multidisciplinary effort to improve nutrition and public health through biofortification. Vivid Life Sciences adds Eric Gerhartz to its team. Gerhartz will lead turf and ornamental sales. He brings more than a decade of experience in the turf and ornamental industry to the team, having previously been with Liquid Fence and Arysta LifeScience. Noble Foundation postdoctoral fellow Chakradhar Mattupalli has been nominated as one of five American Phytopathological Society (APS) Schroth Faces of the Future. Mattupalli’s research focuses on using aerial imag- ing techniques to evaluate how Phymatotrichopsis root rot spreads in alfalfa fields and the impact this can have on production. The Asia & Pacific Seed Association (APSA) welcomes Heidi Gallant as its new direc- tor. Gallant was most recently the executive director of the British Chamber of Commerce in Taipei; she is also CEO of Hai Ying Creative Inc. PRODUCT NEWS Cibus launched its new grower program for SU Canola that includes a volume bonus, contract bonus, loyalty bonus and trip to visit the Cibus headquarters in San Diego, California. Other promotional opportunities include a partnership with Cargill, offer- ing premium grain contracts to farmers, and zero percent financ- ing offered by Cibus’ distribution partner Wilbur-Ellis Company. Grassland Oregon develops a new seed mixture, called Pastures for Pollinators, that includes a variety of flowering annual clovers to sup- port sustainable livestock farming and increase pollinator populations. For the 2017 planting season, Mycogen announced that it was adding 21 new soybean varie- ties, giving growers more than 50 varieties to choose from in groups 0-5. According to Dow AgroSciences, the parent com- pany, Mycogen brand varieties offer strong agronomic pack- ages with strong tolerances to yield-robbing pests and diseases, such as sudden death syndrome, soybean cyst nematode and Phytophthora. SW