Announcing the Advanced Module UC Davis Plant Breeding Academy (PBA), November 7-9, 2017
Davis, California, USA
April 18, 2017
The second offering of the Advanced Module UC Davis Plant Breeding Academy (PBA) will take place November 7-9, 2017. The course is offered biennially. Advanced PBA module is designed to review the breeding concepts and strategies in context of the modern tools, build the necessary background towards understanding and practical application of BLUPs, genomic selection, with lectures and discussion on the following topics:
- Multivariate selection,
- Linear and mixed models,
- BLUPs,
- Genomic selection,
- Advancements in dealing with testing environments,
- Experimental designs.
UC Davis instructors will be joined by Bruce Walsh, University of Arizona, to deliver this module.
The full registration fee $1,150.
Early bird rate of $950 is available for registrations before September 1, 2017.
Start: November 7th, 2017, Tuesday at 8:00.
End: November 9th, 2017, Thursday at 4:30 pm.
For more information and registration please visit http://pba.ucdavis.edu/PBA_Advanced_Module/ or contact Joy Patterson at jpatterson@ucdavis.edu.
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