Davis, California, USA
February 25, 2015

The UC Davis Plant Breeding Academy (PBA) is a premium professional certificate program designed to address the needs of plant breeders working in the private sector.  The program is offered on a regular basis in the USA and Europe; with special program offers in Asia and Africa.  Seed companies have expressed a high level of satisfaction and repeatedly enrolled breeders in the program.  To date, the program was attended by 171 breeders from over 90 organizations representing 44 countries, making it the most significant program of its kind.

The fourth class of the European Plant Breeding Academy will start in October 2015 and is now open for registration.  The 2015 program will maintain the core curriculum delivered in the previous classes and add modules to address the most recent development in plant breeding theory and practice, including an expanded section on use of genomic information in breeding, advanced experimental designs and GxE, to name a few. The list of the core instructors will be expanded to include Dr. Rita Mumm, University of Illinois and Dr. Todd Wehner, North Carolina State University, both regular instructors in the PBA USA. 

The format of this program allows us to move the sessions to different countries and expose the participants to variety of crops and environments.

Employers appreciate the opportunity to provide their valued employees advanced training without disrupting their full-time employment. Participants attend six 6-day sessions over approximately two years.

Location and dates:

Gent, Belgium                                  October 5-10, 2015

Angers, France                                 March 7-12, 2016

Gatersleben, Germany                   June 27-July 2, 2016

Enkhuizen, the Netherlands          October 3-8, 2016

Almeria, Spain                                  March 6-11, 2017

Davis, USA                                         June 26-30, 2017

A discount is available for registrations before March 31, 2015.

For more information on the UC Davis European Plant Breeding Academy or the Plant Breeding Academy in the United States visit http://pba.ucdavis.edu or contact Joy Patterson at jpatterson@ucdavis.edu.

Website: http://www.ucdavis.edu

Published: February 25, 2015