First Workshop in “Advancements in Plant Breeding Symposium Series”
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On February 19th, 2020 the first set of seminars in what is planned to become a series of ‘advancements in plant breeding symposia’ was held in Washington DC. The event was jointly sponsored by the National Association of Plant Breeders (NAPB), Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee (PBCC), and the University of California, Davis Seed Biotechnology Center. The purpose of the workshop was to provide presentations on the sciences contributing to plant breeding to open a dialog with the federal agencies, such as the EPA, FDA, USDA, and USTR. This public workshop on a range of topics in plant breeding from the public sector had the specific intent to improve communication between the public and private sectors of the plant breeding community with these federal agencies.
Access the full report here: The Discipline of Plant Breeding
Completion Date: April 17, 2020
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National Association of Plant Breeders (NAPB), Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee (PBCC), and the University of California, Davis Seed Biotechnology Center
The forum provided a fundamental grounding in the scientific disciplines contributing to plant breeding, with the morning session around the topics of breeding food and feed crops and the afternoon session focused on applications of genetic diversity to improve productivity, efficiency and rate of crop improvement. All of the presentations can be accessed and are a public record at the following NAPB web site link: https://www.plantbreeding.org/content/plant-breeding-research.
All presentations at the link above provide excellent overviews of research and ideas for each topic. The countless contributions of plant breeding through the ages and many opportunities applicable for today and the future are represented in these talks. They provide an excellent public record of what has been accomplished and what is possible through the many scientific disciplines that contribute to effective plant breeding programs.