Illumina Announces Recipients of Agricultural Greater Good Initiative Grants

Illumina, Inc. announced two new grant recipients of its Agricultural Greater Good Initiative at the 21st International Plant and Animal Genome Conference on 15 January 2013. The recipients, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) headquartered in India and the Biosciences Eastern and Central Africa International Livestock Research Institute Hub (BecA-ILRI Hub), are pioneering applications of Illumina technologies to increase crop yields and reduce poverty and hunger.