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About Steven D. Tanksley
- Steven Dale Tanksley (born April 7, 1954) is the Chief Technology Officer of Nature Source Improved Plants.
- Prior to founding Nature Source Improved Plants, Tanksley served as the Liberty Hyde Bailey professor of plant breeding and biometry and chair of the Genomics Initiative Task Force at Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
- He is currently a Professor Emeritus at Cornell University.
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