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USA - Registration now open for the Annual Meeting 2017 of the National Association of Plant Breeders 


Davis, California, USA
April 14, 2017

Registration is officially open for the National Association of Plant Breeders 2017 Annual Meeting. Registration information can be found here: http://napb2017.ucdavis.edu/registration/

You will also find abstract submission information and important deadlines. 

For questions about registration or sponsorship, contact Carla Datanagan: cdatanagan@ucdavis.edu

Abstract submission is accessible with your conference registration ID, which is provided in an email after you have registered for the conference: http://napb2017.ucdavis.edu/registration/

Early Bird Registration Cutoff: May 20, 2017
Student Talk Abstract Submission Deadline: May 30, 2017
Printing Deadline: July 1, 2017

We are pleased to announce that the Honorable Karen Ross, Secretary of Agriculture for California, will be kicking off the conference. For a working list of confirmed speakers, visit: http://napb2017.ucdavis.edu/keynote-speakers/

Speakers include:

Dr. P. Stephen Baenziger (award winner)
Professor
Wheat Growers Presidential Chair
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Dr. Brett Carver (award winner)
Regents Professor
Wheat Genetics Chair in Agriculture
Wheat Breeding and Genetics
Oklahoma State University

Dr. Julie Dawson
Assistant Professor
Department of Horticulture
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Dr. Jorge Dubcovsky (award winner)
Professor
Department of Plant Sciences
University of California, Davis
Howard Hughes Medical Institute - Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Researcher

Dr. Isabelle Henry
Project Scientist
UC Davis Genome Center

Dr. Jesse Poland (award winner)
Assistant Professor
Associate Director of the Wheat Genetics Resource Center
Director of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Applied Wheat Genomics
Kansas State University

Dr. Philipp Simon (award winner)
Professor (USDA)
Department of Horticulture
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Dr. Dina St. Clair
Professor
Department of Plant Sciences
University of California, Davis

For questions about registration or sponsorship, contact Carla Datanagan: cdatanagan@ucdavis.edu



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