The fall series will consist of six seminars over the course of consecutive weeks beginning October 5 – November 9, 2023, on Thursdays from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm EST.

Our goal is to build a platform that would bring together a global community of persons directly or indirectly working in plant breeding, or with just the interest to learn about what is fueling plant breeding in different parts of the world.  We would appreciate your help in forwarding this invitation to other colleagues and institutions that might be interested in attending or participating.

October 5, 2023

Laura Mayor (Corteva) Advances in the use of technology in commercial sorghum breeding

October 12, 2023

Emily Bellis (Arkansas State Univ/Avalo) Understanding crop landrace evolution to accelerate breeding for current and future environments

October 19, 2023

Hudson Ashrafi (NC State University) Sustaining the supply of high-quality blueberries by leveraging applied breeding, genetics, and genomics

October 26, 2023

Fekadu Dinssa (World Vegetable Center – Tanzania) Traditional Vegetable R&D at WorldVeg in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)

November 2, 2023

Lukas Mueller (Boyce Thompson Institute) Breedbase, the digital ecosystem for breeding

November 9, 2023

Hamid Khazaei (Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)) Advances in Faba Bean Breeding and Genomics