Mars Incorporated and Nature Source Improved Plants (NSIP) Join Forces to Accelerate the Development of New Cacao Varieties with Higher Yield, Increased Disease Resistance and Improved Quality

Nature Source Improved Plants (NSIP)  is an advanced optimization analytics company located in New York, USA and Chiapas, Mexico; and dedicated to the conservation,  evaluation and utilization of natural genetic resources to deliver  high performing plant materials and creating value and efficiency through innovative and  sustainable cutting-edge technologies for the global community.   NSIP is focused on maximizing genetic performance via a unique pipeline of new breeding technologies based on genomics, operations research and other advanced fields of mathematics and computer science.   NSIP's advanced genetics and breeding technologies have resulted in a multifold increase in productivity and quality across a wide variety of field, vegetable, perennial and orphan crops, while minimizing R&D costs.  NSIP is also focused on the development of high throughput and high fidelity in vitro propagation techniques to meet the needs of growers – especially those involved in the production of…

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 (NSIP)  is an advanced optimization analytics company located in New York, USA and Chiapas, Mexico ; and dedicated to the conservation,  evaluation and utilization of natural genetic resources to deliver  high performing plant materials and creating value and efficiency through innovative and  sustainable cutting-edge technologies for the global community.   NSIP is focused on maximizing genetic performance via a unique pipeline of new breeding technologies based on genomics, operations research and other advanced fields of mathematics and computer science.   NSIP's advanced genetics and breeding technologies have resulted in a multifold increase in productivity and quality across a wide variety of field, vegetable, perennial and orphan crops, while minimizing R&D costs.  NSIP is also focused on the development of high throughput and high fidelity propagation techniques to meet the needs of growers – especially those involved in the production of perennial plantation crops.

Dr. Steven Tanksley (Chief Technology Officer, NSIP): 

For more information about NSIP, please visit NSIP, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube

Mars is a family-owned business with more than a century of history making diverse products and offering services for people and the pets people love. With more than $35 billion in sales, the company is a global business that produces some of the world's best-loved brands: M&M's , SNICKERS , TWIX , MILKY WAY , DOVE , PEDIGREE , ROYAL CANIN , WHISKAS , EXTRA , ORBIT , 5™, SKITTLES , UNCLE BEN'S , and COCOAVIA . Mars Associates proudly take care of half of the world's pets through our nutrition, health and services businesses such as Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, AniCura, VCA™ and Pet Partners™.  Headquartered in McLean, VA , Mars operates in more than 80 countries. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our more than 115,000 Associates to take action every day to help create a world tomorrow in which the planet, its people and pets can thrive. 

Dr. David Mackill (Director of Genetics and Breeding, Mars):

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