Dow AgroSciences renews five-year partnership with Canada’s national research council, to advance productivity of canola

In Canada, Dow AgroSciences Canada announced today it has renewed its strategic alliance with the National Research Council Plant Biotechnology Institute for five years. The third five-year collaboration is expected to support the development of canola plants which produce higher levels of oil and canola meal with reduced levels of anti-nutritional factors.

Dow AgroSciences Canada is the maker of Nexera  canola, for Canadian growers, ranchers, foresters and industrial vegetation managers.

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