Ithaca, New York
July 5, 2004
Source:
GenomeWeb News
By a GenomeWeb Staff
Reporter
Cornell University could receive $3 million for the
construction of its Center for Health Based Crop Genomics, in
addition to $10.6 million in other agricultural genetics
funding, under a $16.7 billion agriculture bill expected to be
approved by the US House of Representatives later this summer, a
local Ithaca, New York press report said.
The Center for Health Based Crop
Genomics, to be built on the Ithaca Campus, has been in
development some time, and the university has been recruiting
faculty for the Center
since last year.
This slew of proposed funding was
added to the agriculture bill by US Congressman Jim Walsh, who
represents the area of New York State where Cornell is located.
It also includes $3 million for construction of the Center for
Grape Genetics Researech at the Cornell Agricultural and Food
Technology Park; $250,000 additional funds for grape genetics
research at the Agriculture Research Service facility in Geneva;
$2,400,00 un additional viticulture research; and %510,000 for
research on the bacterial disease Apple fireblight, according to
Congressman Walsh's website.
The US House is slated to vote on
the funding sometime after it returns from the Independence Day
recess July 6, according to the report in the Ithaca Journal. |