Events
CALS Research
HS Seminar: Samuel Acheampong – Use of CRISPR/Cas System in Sweetpotato Genetic Improvement
121 Kilgore Hall 2721 Founders Drive, Raleigh, NC, United StatesMountain Research Station Field Day, Waynesville, NC
Mountain Research Station, 265 Test Farm Road, Waynesville, NC 2 Test Farm Rd, United StatesRegistration and trade show open at 1:30 pm Opening remarks start at 2:30 pm Educational session on forage fertility and alternative lime sources from 2:45 to 3:45 pm Two field tours: Beef & Forage (winter feeding areas, crabgrass variety trial, hemp grain variety trial, and bull test and scoring) or Crop Production (tomato disease management,…
Textiles and Agriculture and Life Sciences Faculty Ideation Session
Wilson College of Textiles 1020 Main Campus Dr, Raleigh, NC, United StatesOn behalf of Dr. Xiangwu Zhang, Assoc. Dean for Research in the Wilson College of Textiles and Dr. Steve Lommel, Assoc. Dean for Research in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, you are cordially invited to attend an interdisciplinary faculty ideation session that will be held on Wednesday, November 13 from 3:00-5:00 pm at…
Seminar: Tim Kelliher – Disrupting Crop Breeding with Genome Editing and Haploid Induction
121 Kilgore Hall 2721 Founders Drive, Raleigh, NC, United StatesDr. Tim Kelliher Principal Scientist, Reproduction Biology, Syngenta Genome editing using CRISPR-Cas9 works efficiently in plant cells, but delivery of genome editing machinery into the vast majority of crop varieties is not possible using established methods. We co-opted the aberrant reproductive process of haploid induction (HI) to induce edits in nascent seeds of diverse monocot…
Presentation by Dr. Steve Lommel, Associate Dean for Research
Thomas Hall Stephens RoomDr. Lommel will be presenting a summary of his accomplishments and a vision for the future of research in CALS as part of his 5-year performance review.
Seminar: Dr. Hudson Ashrafi – Helping Producers and Training of the Next-Generation Blueberry and Plant Breeders
Breeding Blueberries Along with Other Specialty Crops through Conventional and Modern Techniques: Helping Producers and Training of the Next-Generation Plant Breeders: Dr. Hudson Ashrafi, Assistant Professor with the Department of Horticultural Science
Seminar: Wusheng Liu – Translational Genomics for Crop Improvement
Translational Genomics for Crop Improvement Dr. Wusheng Liu, Assistant Professor Translational Genomics and Plant Bioengineering Department of Horticultural Science, NCSU Tuesday, September 8, 2020, at 3:00 pm Join Zoom Meeting: https://ncsu.zoom.us/j/93845316753?pwd=NS80Zk0rdFozbnkrejMzWE8vTGM5UT09 Meeting ID: 938 4531 6753 Abstract Recent advances in basic science could be translational to applied research for crop trait improvement. To bridge the…
Seminar: Dr. Wehner – Breeding for High Yield in Cucumber
Dr. Todd Wehner presents 'Breeding for High Yield in Cucumber at NC State'. Cucumber is one of the most important vegetables in the world. It is used fresh, pickled or as ingredients in cosmetics. Forty years ago, we started working on optimizing cucumber breeding programs to help our colleagues to be more efficient. Some of the questions we attempted to answer included: optimum plot size, optimum experiment size (number of years, locations, seasons, and replications needed), the importance of genotype x environment interaction on yield, the need for side borders and end borders in trials, methods for measuring yield (fruit value, weight and count), and how to measure the yield of all-male (fruitless) cultivars.
Spring 2022 International Plant Breeding Seminar Series
The International Plant Breeding Seminars will be held on Thursdays from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm EST from March 31 - May 5, 2022. The events will be hosted by Carlos Iglesias, Director of the NC State Plant Breeding Consortium.