University of California - Davis, California, United States
This two-year course addresses the reduced number of plant breeders being trained in academic programs around the world. The program targets working professionals who desire to become fully trained plant breeders while maintaining their current employment...
Universidad Politecnica de Valencia - Valencia, Spain
Conservation of genetic resources and prebreeding, breeding for yield, breeding for resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses, breeding for quality, development of molecular and other biotechnological tools, evaluation and release of breeding material, market developmen...
Plant scientists and policy-makers from Europe and around the world will present and discuss cutting-edge science, plant science policy and societal issues.
Michigan State University - East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Designed not only to cover the molecular techniques available to a plant breeder for crop improvement but also to cover marker assisted selection with successful examples from around the world.
University of Nebraska–Lincoln - Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
Course covers the common breeding methods used to improve self-pollinated
crops, such as wheat, rice and barley, and the theoretical basis for selfpollinated
crop breeding.