WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) announced a $441,000 grant to Kansas State University for research on the biology of plant processes and traits, which can be used to breed crops with enhanced value and resilience.

The research will increase understanding of plant biology from the genome to the field, and provide a foundation for the development of plant varieties with increased yield, reduced production cost, and enhanced quality and nutritional value.

The grant was awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the new Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Program as created in the 2008 Farm Bill which Senator Roberts worked to develop and supported. Senator Roberts is a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee.

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