News and Updates
Biofortification of Cassava for Africa Presentation and Training Opportunities at UC Davis
Biofortification of Cassava for Africa
Richard Sayer’s December 12, 2012 presentation at the Michigan State University Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology Graduate Programs's Crop Improvement for Human Nutrition Symposium is available to watch now.
Multiple training opportunities available at the UC Davis Seed Biotechnology Center
For questions and additional information go to SBC or contact Susan DiTomaso.
Seed Business 101 – Field
Seed Business 101 was created with input from industry executives to accelerate the careers of promising new employees and young managers. The course has been offered since fall of 2010 and already attended by over 120 seed professionals. This educational opportunity gives participants a broad understanding of the major aspects of a seed company’s operations and cross-departmental knowledge of best practices for profitability. The UC Davis, CA Field session on January 28 – February 1, 2013 has limited registration space available.
Seed Biology, Production & Quality
This course has been expanded to include both hands-on exercises and detailed discussions of seed production and seed technology. Topics include: Flowering and pollination, seed development and maturation, production and certification, health and phytosanitation, harvesting and conditioning, vigor and viability, storage and longevity, biotechnology and seed enhancement. This class will be at UC Davis on February 12-14, 2013. Five Registered Seed Technologist credits will be available upon completion of the class. Participants also have the opportunity to attend Seed Central Research and Technology, Brainstorming and Forum events on the afternoon of February 14th. For more information see Seed Central.
UC Davis Plant Breeding Academy
The UC Davis Plant Breeding Academy (PBA) is a premium professional program offered in the USA, Europe and Asia. To date, more than one hundred private industry breeders have attended the PBA, making it the most significant program of its kind. Registration is now open for Class III of the European Plant Breeding Academy. This program begins in October 2013. There is an early-bird registration discount available until March 31, 2013. For more information on the European Plant Breeding Academy contact Joy Patterson or visit the PBA.
Seed Authentication Markers Workshop
This course, in collaboration with the International Seed Academy, will be held at UC Davis on January 22-23, 2013. The program is targeted to experts and professionals in seed technology. This advanced course will cover the latest technologies for seed coatings, seed identification, systemic markers and related topics. Registration is available on the SBC website. Three Registered Seed Technologist credits will be available upon completion of this course.
Program Management for Plant Breeders
This course will teach the principles of employee and resource management in a modern agricultural research program. It is designed for professionals directing plant breeding and laboratory programs. The session is scheduled for February 19-21, 2013 at UC Davis.
Jewels in the Genome Update and Upcoming PAG Workshop
Jewels in the Genome Update
RosBreed presents seven new Jewels in the Genome articles highlighting genomic regions important to the Rosacea. Jewels in the Genome is our short review series. Each Jewel highlights genomic regions that can be used for marker-assisted selection. The Jewels in the Genome series is written to describe marker-assisted breeding advances to an audience that includes producers, students, and professional plant breeders.
Jewels in the Genome
Apple Texture Presented by RosBREED
Crisp, Juicy Apples with Pleasing Acidity Presented by RosBREED
Fruit Texture in Peach Presented by RosBREED
Green Picotee Petunia
Peach Flavor Presented by RosBREED
Pepper Heat
Seedcoat Pigmentation in Soybean: An RNA Silencing Mediated Trait
Self-Fertility in Cherry Presented by RosBREED
Strawberry Acidity Presented by RosBREED
Sweet Cherry Fruit Size Presented by RosBREED
Tale of the Tomato Green Flesh Mutant
The Genetics of Compound Inflorescence in Tomato
Tomato Chilling Injury
Tomato Fruit Size
Join the Plant Breeding and Genomics Continuing Education Workshop
International Plant & Animal Genome XXI Conference, San Diego, CA, USA
Date: Monday, January 14, 2013
Time: 5-7pm
Location: Garden Salon 2 (above Charlies restaurant)
The Plant Breeding and Genomics (PBG) Community of Practice on eXtension.org will highlight the need, both locally and globally, for technical continuing education in the field of genomic assisted crop improvement. The growth of publically available sequence data for numerous crop species, and increasing power of open access computational tools, has opened up new strategies for crop improvement for all plant breeders. Inquiry-based learning, through self-paced, how-to, educational modules is proving to be a successful way to connect breeding professionals to emerging technologies. This session will provide an introduction to the PBG community, its resources, and strategies to integrate and expand the community.
Invitation to Workshop at PAG & UC Davis Short Course Announcement
Plant Breeding and Genomics Continuing Education Workshop at PAG
International Plant & Animal Genome XXI Conference, San Diego, CA, USA
Date: Monday, January 14, 2013
Time: 5-7pm
Location: Garden Salon 2 (above Charlies restaurant)
The Plant Breeding and Genomics (PBG) Community of Practice on eXtension.org will highlight the need, both locally and globally, for technical continuing education in the field of genomic assisted crop improvement. The growth of publically available sequence data for numerous crop species, and increasing power of open access computational tools, has opened up new strategies for crop improvement for all plant breeders. Inquiry-based learning, through self-paced, how-to, educational modules is proving to be a successful way to connect breeding professionals to emerging technologies. This session will provide an introduction to the PBG community, its resources, and strategies to integrate and expand the community.
UC Davis Short-Course Announcement:
Program Management for Plant Breeders
Date:February 19-21, 2013
Location: Univeristy of California Davis
Early-bird Registration: Until January 21, 2013
More Information: http://sbc.ucdavis.edu/education/Courses/Program_Management_for_Plant_breeders_2013.html
This course is designed to enhance management skills of plant breeders and technical leads. Professionals directing these programs in agricultural research, in agribusiness development and those from the public sector will benefit from attending this course
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Plant Breeding and Genomics Partnerships
Partnering with Plant Breeding & Genomics
Plant Breeding and Genomics (PBG) is a multi-institutional group of researchers and IT professionals supporting science-based outreach efforts at http://www.extension.org/plant_breeding_genomics. PBG and their partners work together to create, edit, peer review and publish outreach material to eXtension, the on-line publishing arm of Cooperative Extension. PBG offers outreach and education efforts aimed at plant breeders, seed industry professionals, and students. Publishing to eXtension represents a defined objective for inclusion in AFRI competitive grants.
PBG is home to a variety of high quality outreach materials, including: breeding and genomics tutorials and webinars, crop-specific breeding information, and grower-specific information. PBG offers an established network for outreach and education. Since the launch of our webinar series in September 2011, PBG content has been visited 250 thousand times; with 1035 people from 56 countries and hundreds of organizations registered to receive the PBG newsletter.
PBG is committed to free sharing of ideas, techniques, and computational tools for the advancement of science, agriculture, and global food security. We are looking for partners who share our commitment to excellence in science outreach. If you are interested in including PBG in upcoming proposals you will want to get a PBG letter of support. Please contact Shawn Yarnes (shawnyarnes@gmail.com) or David Francis (francis.77@osu.edu) for further information.
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Crop Improvement for Human Nutrition Symposium at Michigan State University
Register now to join the Plant Breeding and Genomics Community of Practice for a live two-part web broadcast of :
Michigan State University’s Crop Improvement for Human Nutrition Symposium
Date: Friday, December 14, 2012
The main purpose of agricultural production is to efficiently grow food so we can lead healthy, productive and prosperous lives. Historically, plant breeding's main goal has been increasing yield. However, in the last decades questions have been raised about how much interest should be placed on the importance of food factors associated with human health that are commonly found in deficient levels among populations. In this symposium, we discuss the recent advances of plant breeding for human nutrition and their implications for consumers.
Webinar 1: Morning Session
9:15 am – 10:15 ET
Richard Sayre Los Alamos National Laboratory
Cassava for Africa
10:45-11:45 am ET
Dilrukshi Thavarajah
North Dakota State University:
Pulse Biofortification: Linking Food Systems for Better Human Heath
Register for morning session now at:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/312159465
Webinar 2: Afternoon Session
1:30-2:30 pm ET
Torbert Rocheford
Purdue University
Genetic, Genomic, and Human Visual Analyses and Selection Approaches for Orange, High Provitamin A Maize Grain for Africa
2:30-3:30 pm ET
Irwin Goldman
University of Wisconsin
Take Two Onions and Call Me in the Morning: Possibilities and Pitfalls in Breeding for Health-Related Traits
Register for afternoon session now at:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/167134233
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PGB’s New Content Coordinator and Links to New Webinar Recordings
Plant Breeding and Genomics Community of Practice is pleased to announce our new content coordinator, Shawn Yarnes.
Shawn joins the project via Ohio State University from her home base, UC Davis, where she recently completed post-doctoral work with Allen VanDeynze. She has a background in QTL discovery and disease resistance breeding in a variety of crop and tree species. Feel free to contact her with any questions you may have about PBG content at shawnyarnes@gmail.com.
Watch the Latest Plant Breeding and Genomics Webinar Recordings
SolCAP Workshop at PAA 2012 Webinar
This webinar is a selected portion of a live broadcast of the SolCAP workshop at the 96th Annual Potato Association of America Meeting in Denver, Colordo.
Breeding In a Genomics Era: State of the Art and New Opportunities – Live from ASHS 2012
This webinar is a selected portion of a live broadcast of a colloquim featuring SolCAP project members at the 2012 American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) conference in Miami, Florida.
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New Webinar: Live from PAA 2012 the SolCAP Workshop
Join the Plant Breeding and Genomics Community of Practice for a live broadcast from the Potato Association of America Conference in Denver, Colorado.
Title: SolCAP Workshop Live from PAA 2012
Day: August 12, 2012
Time: 3pm to 7pm Eastern Time (-500 GMT), 2pm to 6pm Central Time, 1pm to 5pm Mountain Time, 12pm to 4pm Pacific Time
Register: http://www.extension.org/pages/64775/solcap-workshop-at-paa-2012-webinar
Presentations
A Century of Potato Breeding: Improvement, Diversification, and Diversity. Candace Hirsch.
Seeking and Verifying Candidate Genes on the Infinium 8303 Potato SNP Array. Richard Veilleux.
SNP Mapping and QTL Analysis in a Tetraploid Mapping Population. David Douches.
A Case Study: What to Do When Your SNP Data Set Arrives. Sarah Braun.
A New User's Experience with TetraploidMap and SolCAP SNPs for QTL Analysis in Potato. Jaebun Park.
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New Webinar: Live from ASHS 2012 - Breeding for a Genomics Era
Please join the Plant Breeding and Genomics Community of Practice for a special event, live from the ASHS 2012 conference in Miami, Florida.
Title: Breeding In a Genomics Era: State of the Art and New Opportunities - Live from ASHS 2012
Day: Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Time: 2pm to 6pm Eastern Time (-500 GMT)
Register: http://www.extension.org/pages/64774
Presentations
Mapping Economically Important Traits In Tetraploid Potato Using Genome-Wide SNPs. David Douches.
The Population Genetics of Human Selection During 100 Years of Tomato Breeding: Implications to Gain Under Selection. David Francis.
Successful DNA-Informed Breeding for Tree Fruit: The Rosbreed Experience. Cameron P. Peace.
Leveraging the Cacao Genome for the Identification of Genes Regulating Important Agronomic Traits. J.C. Motamayor.
Experience with Genome Wide Selection In Maize. Rex Bernardo.
Find all future and archived Plant Breeding and Genomics Community of Practice webinars »
Watch Plant Breeding and Genomics Webinar Recordings!
Full-length and bite-sized recordings are now available from recent PBG webinars
- Learn how to generate and visualize a genetic map for large SNP datasets - presented by Allen Van Deynze, University of California, Davis
- Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/63330
- Learn how to develop SNP-based tetraploid maps for potato - presented by Dave Douches and Joe Coombs, Michigan State University
- Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/63187
- View all archived webinars
- Explore PBG Content - www.eXtension.org/plant_breeding_genomics
- Access the PBG YouTube Channel - www.youtube.com/plantbreedgenomics
UC Davis Professional Courses: Seed Business 101- Field Crops & UC Davis Plant Breeding Academy
Seed Business 101 Field Crops
Attracting and retaining talented new employees is a critical challenge for the seed industry. The Seed Business 101SM course was created with input from industry executives to accelerate the careers of promising new employees and young managers. The course has been attended by more than 100 people since its launch in fall of 2010. The course also offers invaluable insights and perspective to seed dealers and companies offering products and services to the seed industry, including seed treatments, crop protection, seed enhancement and technology, machinery and equipment, etc. Seed Business 101 is one week course designed to expose the participants to the five functional areas of a seed company (R&D, production, operations, sales and marketing; and administration). By creating a virtual seed company and case studies for each functional area, the course content is delivered in a very interactive way. The course gives employees that are new to the seed industry a broad understanding of the major aspects of a seed company’s operations and cross-departmental knowledge of best practices for profitability. The course is taught by widely respected industry executives with additional help of industry experts participating as guest speakers. Registrations are now being accepted for the Seed Business 101SM Field Crops, June 11-15, 2012, in Minneapolis. Register before April 16th, 2012 to take advantage of the early registration discount. For course details, testimonials and registration please visit SB 101 or contact Jeannette Martins at jmartins@ucdavis.edu.
UC Davis Plant Breeding Academy- a Premium Professional Certificate Program for Plant Breeders. Class IV starts in September 2012
The UC Davis Plant Breeding Academy is a premium professional certificate program that covers the fundamentals and the most recent developments in plant breeding theory and practice. Employers appreciate the opportunity to provide their valued employees advanced training without disrupting their full-time employment. Participants attend six 6-day sessions. The instructors are internationally recognized experts in plant breeding and seed technology. The upcoming PBA class IV starts in September 2012. Adding Rita Mumm, the Director or Illinois Plant Breeding Center, as a core lecturer; and partnering with software developers (Dr. Tomerius, Phenome-Networks) will strengthen the delivery of our program.The course will maintaining the core curriculum delivered in the previous three 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, etc.
Applications are now being accepted for the Class IV. We can extend our early bird discount is available for registrations before April 30th, 2012. Visit http://pba.ucdavis.edu for more information and registration.