Attracting and retaining talented new employees is a critical challenge for the seed industry. The Seed Business 101 course was created, with input from industry executives, to accelerate the careers of promising new employees and young managers.
Sportspark, University of East Anglia - Norwich, United Kingdom
The conference will be covering all aspects of fundamental and applied plant virology, and will include presentations from invited internationally-recognised speakers and from conference delegates.
Queen Elizabeth II Centre - London, United Kingdom
Pest, weeds and pathogens cost the arable sector through lower yields, poorer quality and the added expense of crop protection measures. A better understanding of their biology will enable more effective prevention and control.
The John McIntyre Conference Centre, situated at Pollock Halls within the University of Edinburgh's campus - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Key scientific themes will include development of new metrics for defining sustainable intensification, linking the development of climate change mitigation and adaptation, and how to support growth in developing countries without increasing their emissions.
Info: Riccardo Velasco, Istituto Agrario San Michele all’Adige, Via E. Mach, 1, 38010 S. Michele all’Adige, Italy. E-mail: riccardo.velasco@iasma.it / More info: http://www.ishs.org/calendar/
EUCARPIA - European Association for Research on Plant Breeding
Zentrales Hörsaal-Gebäude - Goettingen, Germany
This conference will focus on the development of new crop breeding strategies to improve crop nutrient use efficiency, as one strategy to address these challenges.
The program will include the first results of the NUE-CROPS project (Improving nutrient efficiency in maj...
AVRDC’s Research and Training Station - Kamphaeng Saen, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
The training emphasizes advanced and sustainable vegetable production and postharvest technologies, farmer education, marketing, and human health and nutrition. In addition, the training will enhance awareness and understanding of emerging global development issues and...
Provides an introduction to breeding methodology and selection theory for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers in animal and plant breeding. Conducted by Piter Bijma of Wageningen UR, one of the leading authorities in this field.
The meeting will bring together labs at the cutting edge of plant reproduction research and will focus on the processes that regulate successful gamete delivery to the embryo sac and the complexity of post-fertilization regulation of early seed development.
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