Title: Genetic engineering holds promise to alleviate hunger & malnutrition

Reporter: Sachin Rustgi

Time: 2017.10.09  4:00 pm

Location: Department of Agronomy meeting room 216

Biographical Sketch：

Dr. Sachin Rustgi is currently affiliated as Assistant Professor in Molecular Breeding with the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences at Clemson University, and Adjunct Assistant Professor with the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences at the Washington State University, Pullman. Dr. Rustgi’s research largely focuses on the improvement of nutritional value in the small grain cereals and legumes especially by elimination or detoxification of antinutritional elements and enhancement of health-promoting factors. His research has resulted in a number of high impact publications in internationally recognized journals including the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, the Journal of Experimental Botany, Plant Molecular Biology, and published over 50 journal articles and reviews. 

College  of   Agronomy   

Thursday, October 05, 2017