Our second speaker this morning is Roger Kemble, who welcomed us earlier. Roger just finished up and now we’re in a Q&A session with him and Bruce Howison.

Roger focused on Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc. and global research. He says that in 2005 Syngenta invested $822 million in R&D and that they have 5,000 people on staff conducting this work. He says the 2 main tools they use for R&D are Biotechnology and Precision Breeding.

I don’t know if I’ll get their Powerpoint presentations but I’ll ask. There’s just too much to try to cover quickly.

One of the new products they’ve developed is the PureHeart watermelon. He called it a “personal” watermelon and it is tiny. I’ve purchased these before and think they’re great. You can find out about them from Dulcinea which is marketing them.