On June 8, UC Davis Plant Breeding AcademySM (PBA) graduated the sixth class with a session in Davis, California. Over the last two years, eleven participants in this class spent more than 300 hours in classes, workshops and the field, training towards the Plant Breeding Academy Certificate.
UC Davis Plant Breeding Academy class 6 participants:
- Parag Agarwal, VNR Seeds, India;
- Erin Gerdes, Nuseed, USA;
- Manoj Kumar Kabdal, Dupont Pioneer, India;
- Ryan McMillen, Rijk Zwaan, USA;
- Bear Reel, CW Hemp, USA;
- Kelly Stanton, Enza Zaden, USA;
- Donato Titolo, Dow AgroSciences, USA;
- Katriona Vigueras, Bayer, CA;
- Hong Jen (Victor) Wang, Sakata Seed, CA;
- Carlos Manuel Xico, Bejo, Guatamala;
- Akira Yokofuji, Snow Brand Seed, Japan.
The Plant Breeding AcademySM is a premium professional certificate program offered in the USA, Europe, Asia and Africa. Fifteen classes offered worldwide since 2006 were attended by 281 breeders from over 60 countries, making the UC Davis Plant Breeding Academy the most recognized program of its kind.
The next class of the Plant Breeding AcademySM starts in September 2018.
For more information on the Plant Breeding Academy, please contact Joy Patterson at jpatterson@ucdavis.edu or visit http://pba.ucdavis.edu
UPCOMING SBC COURSES
Seed Business 101 Field Crops, August 20-24, 2018, St. Charles, IL
(http://sbc.ucdavis.edu/Courses/Seed_Business_101/Seed_Business_101_-_Field_Crops/)
Program Management for Plant Breeders, September 18 - 20, 2018, Davis, CA
(http://sbc.ucdavis.edu/Courses/Program_Management_for_Plant_Breeders/)
Seed Business 101 Horticulture, December 3-7, 2018, Davis, CA
(http://sbc.ucdavis.edu/Courses/Seed_Business_101/Seed_Business_101_-_Horticulture/)
Seed Production, February 12 - 14, 2019, Davis, CA USA
(http://sbc.ucdavis.edu/Courses/Seed_Production/)
The Seed Biotechnology Center was established at UC Davis in 1999 to mobilize the research, educational and outreach resources of the University of California in partnership with the seed and biotechnology industries, and to facilitate discovery and commercialization of new seed technologies for agricultural and consumer benefits.
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