Davis, California, USA
March 13, 2018
The UC Davis Plant Breeding AcademySM (PBA) is a professional certificate program offered since 2006 with classes in the USA, Europe, Africa and Asia. To date, the program has trained more than 380 breeders, 70% of which are from the private seed industry. Class VII of the PBA in Davis will start in September, 2018 and is now open for registration.
The 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 2018 class core curriculum will maintain the upgrades from the previous classes and add modules to address the most recent developments in plant breeding theory and practice.
The core instructors includes internationally recognized experts in plant breeding and seed technology: Kent Bradford, Allen Van Deynze, Rale Gjuric (all of UC Davis), Rita Mumm (University of Illinois) and Todd Wehner (North Carolina State University). They will be supported by a number of guest lecturers from 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 10-15, 2018
- February 4-9, 2019
- June 3-8, 2019
- September 9-14, 2019
- February 3-8, 2020
- June 1-6, 2020
For more information about the UC Davis Plant Breeding Academy contact Joy Patterson at jpatterson@ucdavis.edu or visit http://pba.ucdavis.edu.
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