The North Carolina Biotechnology Center has launched an initiative to help grow the state’s agricultural economy by creating more crop choices for North Carolina farmers. Following months of discussions with partners statewide, NCBiotech has established the Biotechnology Crops Commercialization Center, targeting potentially valuable crops adapted to the state’s diverse soil, climate and agribusiness conditions. Veteran ag biotech leader Alan Kriz, Ph.D., has joined NCBiotech’s AgBiotech Group as executive director of the crops commercialization center.
Kriz came to the Center after leading a team at Monsanto that maintained U.S. regulatory compliance for the company’s field trials. He has also worked for BASF Plant Science, Renessen, DEKALB Genetics and the University of Illinois.
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