Brazil’s CTC shortlists four states to cite future US research station

In Brazil, the Centro de Tecnologia Canavieira has shortlisted four potential sites for its expansion into the US: North Carolina’s Research Triangle; Gainesville, Florida; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and Missouri. The expansion is aimed at integrating expertise on new gene technologies not easily found at home. The Florida and Louisiana sites offer obvious sugarcane connections, the RTP offers sorghum and biotech experience along with Bayer CropScience while Missouri has Monsanto and the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center to offer.