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40 years of Sunflower Innovations
MAS Seeds® started its research activities on sunflower 40 Years ago. Camille HENRY (head of Sunflower Breeding) , Aurélie BAUSSART (Lead of Sunflower Conversion) and Gabriel Magaddino (Oil seeds crops Products Manager) tell us about 40 Years of sunflower innovation at MAS Seeds®.
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