Davis, California, USA
July 27, 2016
We are filling the few remaining spots of UC Davis Plant Breeding Academy (PBA) Class 6 beginning in September 2016. The class size is limited to twenty (20).
UC Davis PBA is a professional certificate program offered since 2006 with classes in USA, Europe, Africa and Asia. To date, the program has trained more than 200 breeders, 80% of which are from the private seed industry. Class 6 of the PBA Davis will start in September 2016.
PBA is a postgraduate program that teaches the fundamentals of plant breeding, genetics and statistics through lectures, discussion, and field trips to public and private breeding programs. The 2016 class core curriculum will maintain the upgrades from the previous classes and add modules to address the most recent development in plant breeding theory and practice.
The core instructor list includes internationally recognized experts in plant breeding and seed technology: Kent Bradford, Allen Van Deynze, Rale Gjuric (UC Davis), Rita Mumm (University of Illinois) and Todd Wehner (NCSU). They will be supported by a number of guest lecturers from the private industry and academia.
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.
Dates:
- September 12-17, 2016
- February 6-11, 2017
- June 5-10, 2017
- September 11-16, 2017
- February 5-10, 2018
- June 4-9, 2018
For more information on the UC Davis Plant Breeding Academy contact Joy Patterson at jpatterson@ucdavis.edu or visit http://pba.ucdavis.edu.
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