Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development

The center was established to produce value-added crops:

1. Drought resistant turf grasses for roadways, lawns, golf courses (require 30-40% less water)
2. Forage grasses with superior yield under arid land conditions
3. Hybrid vigor in wheat using molecular biology.

• A new forage grass, crested wheatgrass variety CD-2, has been
  released and licensed to 6 companies.
• The DNA based genetic markers for apomixis (asexual seed formation) genes are being used to tag apomictic Australian wheat grasses.
• Proprietary tissue culture media and procedures are being refined and show promise for use in the mass cloning and genetic engineering of agronomic, horticultural, and forestry plants.

• F1 Technologies