Plant Breeding Symposium

Sponsored by Pioneer Hi-Bred, International

Organized by Graduate Students in Applied Plant Sciences Program

Plant Breeding in the 21^st 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

Click on each speaker’s name to access their personal webpages.

You can also view presentation abstracts and biographies

and detailed schedule of the event.

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) (Speaker Presentation)

Big Science and Plant Breeding: Usefulness of Genomics Data

Dr. Bill Beavis, Iowa State University (Speaker Presentation)

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

2008 Committee Members: 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