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If you require any information about the research project please contact Caroline Calvert (caroline.calvert@york.ac.uk). Inquiries related to commercial seed purchase should be directed to Michael McDaniel at East-West Seed International (Michael.McDaniel@eastwestseed.com). CNAP Artemisia Research Project Project Update, June 2012. Over the past six years, the CNAP Artemisia Research Project has successfully developed new varieties of the medicinal plant Artemisia annua; the primary source of the leading anti-malarial drug artemisinin. We have demonstrated these new varieties are competitive in a programme of rigorous field trials and the hybrids are now being taken forward by East-West Seed International, our commercialisation partner. East-West Seed are market leaders in breeding and commercialising hybrid seeds throughout Asia. The Project will continue to work closely with East-West Seed on hybrid development to support delivery to market. Our research has provided a major resource of information on A. annua and we are continuing to study the biology and agronomy of this important plant. We are grateful to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for their continued financial support for our research and development programme on A. annua. The ongoing work in CNAP with East-West Seed will ensure continued improvement of hybrids and a sustainable delivery of A. annua hybrids to market. Professor Ian Graham, |
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