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David Dennis
David Dennis is the co-founder,
President and
CEO of
Performance Plants, a privately held
ag biotechnology company.
The company is focused on gene
evaluation and the development of
agronomically significant plant traits
like Yield Protection Technology, a
mechanism that allows plants to survive
drought.
A
student experiment gone wrong results in
something very right: a drought
tolerance gene.
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The need for
drought resistance
In developed countries, we’ve
overcome insects and weeds but
environmental stresses remain. |
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An on-off
switch
You only have the technology
operating when you want it to. |
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Aspirations
for drought tolerance
We want to make a difference
in the developed world and
Africa. |
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Finding
drought tolerance
It was a student experiment
gone wrong. |
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Making it a
commercial reality
A consortium of investors
came in. |
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Heat
resistance and water efficiency
traits coming
40% of the world’s food
supply comes from irrigated
land. |
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