Tongming Song
professor
plant genetic breeder, agriculture
Agria Corporation
China
Biography
Professor Song is a specialist receiving special allowance from the State Council of People’s Republic of China. He served as a professor and doctoral supervisor at China Agricultural University in 1989, an honorary professor of the University of Illinois in the USA , a director of the Plant Genetics Breeding department of China Agricultural University, and a part-time professor of the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science . He is an advisor to leading global agricultural companies such as Pioneer-DuPont, Monsanto, and Renessen (a joint venture of Monsanto and Cargill). He has received a First Prize at the National Awards for Science and Technology Progress, a Second Prize in the National Awards for Science and Technology Invention, and a First Prize from the Ministry of Trade and Economic Cooperation for Science and Technology Progress
Research Interest
plant genetic breeder, agriculture