Davis, California, USA
January 29, 2013
The UC Davis Plant Breeding Academy is a premium professional certificate program offered in the USA, Europe and Asia. To date, the program has been attended by 114 breeders from over 50 organizations representing 26 countries thus making it the most significant program of its kind.
The European Plant Breeding Academy has gained great recognition among the European seed industry for the value that it delivers to the plant breeding community. The European Seed Association (ESA) established an “Outstanding Student Award” while Bayer CropScience awarded one full scholarship to a student in the second class.
Most importantly, seed companies have expressed high level of satisfaction and repeatedly enrolled breeders in the program.
The 2013 class will maintain the core curriculum delivered in the previous classes and add modules to address the most recent development in plant breeding theory and practice, including an expanded section on molecular marker use, genome selection, non-replicated designs and GxE, using marker and pedigrees for prediction of breeding value. The format of the program allows us to move the sessions to different countries and expose the participants to variety of crops and environments.
Employers appreciate the opportunity to provide their valued employees advanced training without disrupting their full-time employment. Participants attend six 6-day sessions over approximately two years. The instructors are internationally recognized experts in plant breeding and seed technology.
Dates:
- Gent, Belgium October 21-26, 2013
- Angers, France March 3-8, 2014
- Gatersleben, Germany June 23-28, 2014
- Enkhuizen, the Netherlands October 6-11, 2014
- Almeria/Barcelona, Spain March 2-7, 2015
- Davis, USA June 22-27, 2015
A discount is available for registrations before March 31, 2013.
For more information on the UC Davis European Plant Breeding Academy or the Plant Breeding Academy in the United States visit http://pba.ucdavis.edu or contact Joy Patterson at jpatterson@ucdavis.edu.
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