Plant Breeding Symposium
Sponsored by Pioneer Hi-Bred, International
Organized by Graduate Students in Applied Plant Sciences Program
Plant Breeding in the 21st Century:
Challenges and Opportunities Across the Plant Sciences
Monday, March 17, 2008
Cargill Center for Microbial and Plant Genomics
St. Paul Campus, University of Minnesota
8:00 am – 5:30 pm
The Symposium is FREE and open to the public
No pre-registration is necessary
Click on each speaker’s name to access their personal webpages.
Click here for complete presentation abstract and biography.
A detailed schedule of the event can be found here.
Introductory Speech: Plant Breeding Education and Training: An Industry Perspective
Dr. Geoff Graham, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
Keynote Address: Imagining the Future of Applied Plant Genetics
Dr. Ron Phillips, University of Minnesota
The Genetics of Domestication: The Evidence from Maize and Other Crops
Dr. John Doebley, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Where Are We Growing? Making Sense of Plant Breeding Data Across Environments
Dr. José Crossa, CIMMYT (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center) (Click here for Speaker presentation in pdf format)
Big Science and Plant Breeding: Usefulness of Genomics Data
Dr. Bill Beavis, Iowa State University (Click here for Speaker presentation in pdf format)
Tree Breeding: Conquering High Heterozygosity and Long Generation Times
Dr. David Neale, University of California-Davis
Directions:
Address:
Cargill Building for Microbial and Plant Genomics
1500 Gortner Avenue
St. Paul, Minnesota 55108
General Phone: 612-624-6198
Map and parking: http://www1.umn.edu/twincities/maps/CargillB/index.html
Committee: All members of the committee are current graduate students in the Applied Plant Sciences Program in the Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics and Department of Horticultural Science at the University of Minnesota. The symposium is solely organized by graduate students in the APS program.
Edmund A. Quirin (Co-chair) quir0053@umn.edu
Haiyan Jia (Co-chair) jiax0017@umn.edu
Jennifer Flynn Seth Fore
Alexander Kahler Michael Kantar
Robenzon Lorenzana Patricio Mayor
Steven McKay Katie Petersen
Brian Seda Vance Whitaker
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions about the event.
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