Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton
The greater St. Louis area is home to the highest concentration of plant scientists in the world. These creative, innovative scientists in companies, universities and research institutes are addressing one of the world’s greatest challenges: How do we provide the nutritious food needed to sustain a growing global population?
St. Louis-headquartered Monsanto has emerged as the world’s leading agricultural biotechnology company, and represents a premier example of the development of a highly successful commercial enterprise based on innovative science. The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is the largest independent plant science research center in the world, another great St. Louis asset.
The University of Missouri-Columbia and -St. Louis, Washington University and the Missouri Botanical Garden have leading programs in plant science that add new knowledge in the field and contribute to the development of the next generation of scientists. The St. Louis ecosystem for plant science is unique and world-class, in quality, scale and impact.
Read the full piece in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.