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Hort Seminar: Dr. Helen Kraus; Bridging the Workforce Gap

121 Kilgore Hall 2721 Founders Drive, Raleigh, NC, United States

Bridging the Workforce Gap: A Partnership Between Academia and Horticulture Industries with speaker Dr. Helen Kraus, Associate Professor in the Department of Horticultural Science at NC State.

Plant Breeding Seminar: David Stelly – Interspecific Breeding to Genetically Diversify and Improve Crops: Needs, Challenges, and Solutions

2405 Williams Hall

Dr. David Stelly - "Interspecific Breeding to Genetically Diversify and Improve Crops: Needs, Challenges, and Solutions" Date: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 Time: 10:00 am Location: 2405 Williams Hall Speaker: Dr. David M. Stelly, Professor Dept of Soil and Crop Sciences Texas A&M University Specialty: Plant Breeding, Genetics, Molecular & Environmental Plant Sciences Title: “Interspecific Breeding…

Seminar: Tim Kelliher – Disrupting Crop Breeding with Genome Editing and Haploid Induction

121 Kilgore Hall 2721 Founders Drive, Raleigh, NC, United States

Dr. 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…

Seminar: Hernan Ceballos, Cassava Breeding Challenges and Opportunities

121 Kilgore Hall 2721 Founders Drive, Raleigh, NC, United States

Dr. Hernan Ceballos Senior Cassava Breeder at CIAT Monday 2nd December 3:00 pm 121 Kilgore Hall Join Zoom Meeting: https://ncsu.zoom.us/j/449325161 Meeting ID: 449 325 161 Abstract Cassava faces unique circumstances. It is a fundamental food-security crop for sub-Saharan Africa but a competitive industrial crop in SE Asia (second most important source of starch worldwide). Genetic…

[ZOOM] HS Grad Seminar – Xingyue Gong

NC, United States

Screening of Tomato Lines for Late Blight Resistance  Xingyue Gong, MHS seminar Under the direction of Dr. Dilip Panthee Monday, March 23, 2020, at 9:00 am Join Zoom Meeting: https://ncsu.zoom.us/j/244590315 Meeting ID: 244 590 0315 Join Live Seminar Abstract Late blight caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary is the serious disease of…

[ZOOM] HS Grad Seminar – Dallas Bretzman

NC, United States

Dallas Bretzman, of the Department of Horticultural Science, presents an MHS Final Seminar on Identifying Key Design and Management Practices for the University Public Open Space under the direction of Ms. Julieta Sherk.