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Sakata Seed America has appointed Bill McCarthy as director of research and development (R&D). McCarthy will be responsible for all of Sakata Seed America’s vegetable research and development activity at the company’s R&D stations in Burlington, Washington; Woodland and Salinas, California; Fort Myers, Florida, and Culiacan, Mexico.
McCarthy started his career at Sakata and rejoined the company in October 2020. He previously led other companies’ hot pepper and sweet pepper R&D programs, creating over 45 commercial pepper hybrids for open field and protected culture in the U.S. and abroad. McCarthy has a doctorate degree in horticulture and plant genetics from North Carolina State University.
He will be based at Sakata’s Woodland Innovation Center in California.
