As we move into the coming century, it will be ever more important for continued public funding of the land-grant university. UC must continue its missions in teaching, research and extension to further develop the knowledge base that will be necessary to meet the challenges facing our agricultural production system. The guest editors gratefully acknowledge comments from Belinda Martineau and the anonymous reviewers of the papers included in this issue of California Agriculture. Iron fortification of rice seed by the soybean ferritin gene. Gura T. 1999.
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