PLANT GENOME SCIENCE: FROM THE LAB TO THE 63-045 HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON BASIC RESEARCH OF THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION AUGUST 3, OCTOBER 5, AND OCTOBER 19, 1999 No. 106-60 Printed for the use of the Committee on Science U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 2000 For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR., Wisconsin, Chairman SHERWOOD L. BOEHLERT, New York CONSTANCE A. MORELLA, Maryland KEN CALVERT, California ROSCOE G. BARTLETT, Maryland DAVE WELDON, Florida THOMAS W. EWING, Illinois CHRIS CANNON, Utah KEVIN BRADY, Texas MERRILL COOK, Utah RALPH M. HALL, Texas, BART GORDON, Tennessee EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas MICHAEL F. DOYLE, Pennsylvania BOB ETHERIDGE, North Carolina JOHN B. LARSON, Connecticut DAVID WU, Oregon GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, JR., Washington ANTHONY D. WEINER, New York FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma MARK GREEN, Wisconsin STEVEN T. KUYKENDALL, California GARY G. MILLER, California JUDY BIGGERT, Illinois MARSHALL “MARK” SANFORD, South JACK METCALF, Washington MICHAEL E. CAPUANO, Massachusetts JOSEPH M. HOEFFEL, Pennsylvania Vacancy CONTENTS Opening Statement by Representative Nick Smith, Chairman, Subcommittee on Basic Research, U.S. House of Representatives Opening Statement by Representative Lynn Woolsey, Subcommittee on Basic 1 2 Dr. Eileen Kennedy, Deputy Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Dr. Kenneth Keegstra, Director, Michigan State University-Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory and University Distinguished Professor, Departments of Biochemistry and Botany & Plant Pathology, Michigan State University-Testimony Dr. John A. Ryals, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientific Officer, Paradigm Genetics, Inc.-Testimony Dr. Susanne L. Huttner, Director, Systemwide Biotechnology Research and Education Program and Director, BioSTAR Project, University of Opening Statement by Representative Nick Smith, Chairman, Subcommittee Opening Statement by Representative Lynn Woolsey, Subcommittee on Basic Dr. Kenneth Keegstra, Director, Michigan State University-Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory and University Distinguished Professor, Departments of Biochemistry and Botany & Plant Pathology, Michigan |