September 29-29, 2011

WEBINAR - Natives: Harvesting and Pure Live Seed

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SGS North America, Inc.*

Online - , United States

Viability of native seed is affected by collection and storage methods. Information on purity, germination and TZ testing methods will be presented along with a review morphology of dicot and monocotyledon natives and checking for seed fill prior to harvest.

September 29-29, 2011

WEBINAR - How to align sequences

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Michigan State University

Online at 1pm Eastern Daylight Time (GMT - 4:00) (12pm Central, 11am Mountain, 10am Pacific) - , United States

Dr. Candice Hansey, Michigan State University, will demonstrate the problem of sequence alignment and provide examples of software that can be used to align sequences.

September 29-29, 2011

2011 UT Pumpkin Field Day

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University of Tennessee

West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center, 605 Airways Boulevard (from 1:00 – 5:00 p.m) - Jackson, TN, United States

September 29-29, 2011

University of Tennessee, Pumpkin Field Day 2011

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University of Tennessee

West TN Research & Education Center - Jackson, TN, United States

September 28, 2011 - October 19, 2011

Lettuce Annotation Jamboree

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University of California, Davis

University of California - Davis, CA, United States

Oct 3-11: focus on annotation of individual species; main emphasis on lettuce but individual researchers may work in parallel to annotate other Compositae species. Oct 12: Workshop on analyses of synteny and comparative genomics; Oct 13-19: syntenic and evolutionary com...

September 28-30, 2011

Danforth Center 13th Annual Fall Symposium: "Plant Genomes to Phenomes"

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Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center - St. Louis, MO, United States

September 27-29, 2011

ISTA Purity Workshop

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Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

University of Saskatchewan, CFIA's Seed Testing Laboratory, 301-421, Downey Road - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

This workshop aims at presenting and discussing the principles of the ISTA analytical Purity test, Pure Seed Definitions, the Other Seed Determination test, seed identification, results calculations and reporting plus aspects of quality management linked to analytical p...

September 27, 2011 - November 1, 2011

COURSE - Online plant breeding course: Germplasm and Genes

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University of Nebraska

Online course offered by the Dept. of Agronomy & Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Online graduate-level course offered for noncredit professional development. Course focuses on the importance of creating the necessary genetic variation resources for conventional and modern plant breeding programs.

September 26, 2011 - October 28, 2011

COURSE - Plant Breeding for Drought Tolerance

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Colorado State University

Online - , United States

The course will focus on plant breeding strategies and practices directed toward improving plant performance in moisture-stressed environments. Targeted to graduate students in the plant sciences, as well as to professionals in the public and private sectors.

September 22-22, 2011

WEBINAR - The Value of Biopesticides: Effective. Safe. Smart

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Biological Products Industry Alliance (BPIA)

Online, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT - , United States

September 22-22, 2011

WEBINAR - Soybean Cultivar Testing - Cultivar and accelerated aging tests

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SGS North America, Inc.*

Online - Brookings, SD, United States

SGS will cover five processes used to determine soybean cultivars: hilum check and seed characteristics, seed coat peroxidase reaction. hypocotyl color seedling growout test, electrophoresis, event ID using PCR/DNA based methods

September 22-22, 2011

Rsearch Powered by Vineland

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Vineland Research and Innovation Centre

Vineland campus, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm - Vineland Station, ON, Canada

The latest science and technology innovations for the Canadian horticulture industry.

September 19-21, 2011

Training program - HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) for the Organic Professional

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Organic Trade Association (OTA)

All Things Organic and Natural Products Expo East - Baltimore, MD, United Kingdom

The course provides instruction in the seven principles of HACCP, how they relate to prerequisite and organic certification programs, how to write HACCP Plans and implement HACCP in organic food environments.

September 15-15, 2011

WEBINAR - How to use R software for statistical data analysis

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Ohio State University

Online at 1pm Eastern Daylight Time (GMT - 4:00) (12pm Central, 11am Mountain, 10am Pacific) - , United States

During this webinar, Dr. Heather Merk, The Ohio State University, will introduce R software for statistical analysis and demonstrate how R has been used to analyze tomato phenotypic data collected for the SolCAP project.

September 15-15, 2011

WEBINAR - 2011 Social Media Training

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National Corn Growers Association (NCGA)

Online - , United States

Will address the goals of the series and why growers should engage in social media. Presenters will define the objectives and review “return on investment” of engaging in social media and how it fits within the context of agriculture.

September 8-8, 2011

WEBINAR - Soybean: physical, physiological and pathological testing

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SGS North America, Inc.*

Online - Brookings, SD, United States

This webinar will discuss the common tests ordered on fall soybean production and also show photographs of symptoms/signs including seed coat mechanical damage, field and storage fungi and seedling abnormalities/vigor.

September 8-8, 2011

Corn Disease Diagnostic and Management Clinic

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Iowa State University

Field Extension Education Laboratory (FEEL), approximately 5 miles west of Ames - Ames, IA, United States

September 7-7, 2011

University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture’s annual Cotton Tour

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University of Tennessee

West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center - Jackson, TN, United States

Variety Selection, Performance, Effects of Planting Date, Cover Crops & Defoliation - Variety Response to Irrigation - Deficit Irrigation of Cotton - Plant Response to Irrigation Regimes - Response of Cotton to Ignite Herbicide - more

September 7-7, 2011

Twilight Grower Sessions

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Vineland Research and Innovation Centre

J. Collins & Sons - Copetown, Ontario, Canada

Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association and Vineland Research and Innovation Centre invite you to attend ‘in the field’ information sessions on ethnic vegetable production. 6:00 to 8:00 PM.

September 7-8, 2011

Coexistence Workshop: The Science of Gene Flow in Agriculture and its Role in Co-existence

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USDA

Jefferson Auditorium, USDA South Building, 1400 Independence Ave., S.W. - Washington, DC, United States

Experts from academia and industry will discuss the impact of gene flow in agriculture, and current and upcoming transgenic and non-transgenic technologies to control gene flow. Given the introduction of new crops for, diverse traits, biofuels, and production systems ai...

September 1-1, 2011

WEBINAR - Comparing corn cold test: physical, physiological and pathological testing

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SGS North America, Inc.*

Online at 10:00 am Central U.S. time - Brookings, SD, United States

September 1-3, 2011

Canada’s Fruit & Veg Tech X-Change

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Norfolk County - , Ontario, Canada

September 1-3, 2011

Canada's Fruit & Veg Tech X-Change (CFVTX) - Outdoor Horticulture Trade Show, Norfolk County

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The X-Perience Farm - St.Williams, Ontario, Canada

August 30, 2011 - September 1, 2011

2011 Farm Progress Show

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Decatur, IL, United States

August 23, 2011 - September 22, 2011

COURSE - Online plant breeding course: Self-Pollinated Crop Breeding

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University of Nebraska

Online course offered by the Dept. of Agronomy & Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Lincoln, NE, United States

Online graduate-level course offered for noncredit professional development. Course covers common breeding methods used to improve self-pollinated crops, such as wheat, rice and barley, and theoretical basis for self-pollinated crop breeding.