Sugar Kelp (IMAGE)

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Sugar Kelp

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One of the funded projects will develop a breeding program for sugar kelp -- Saccharina latissima, one of the most commercially important species -- using the latest gene sequencing and genomic resources for faster, more accurate and efficient selective breeding.

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Photo by David Bailey, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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