2010
February
16-17, 2010
Breeding
with
Molecular
Markers
course
Seed
Biotechnology
Center at UC
Davis
March 2010 -
September
2011
European
Plant
Breeding
Academy
Davis,
California ~
Angers,
France ~
Enkhuizen,
The
Netherlands
~ Barcelona,
Spain ~
Gatersleben,
Germany ~
Davis,
California
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.
Participants
meet for six
one-week
sessions
over two
years at 4
European
locations
and at UC
Davis.
Readings and
exercises
continue
between
sessions via
the
internet.
March 3 –
April 8
Advanced
Plant
Breeding
Topics
Mini-course
for seed
professionals
- University
of
Nebraska-Lincoln
/ Distance
Education &
Life-Long
Learning
Program -
Lincoln,
Nebraska
March 15-26
Quantitative
Methods in
Plant
Breeding
NIAB -
Cambridge,
United
Kingdom
June 14-25
Plant
Breeding for
Drought
Tolerance
Colorado
State
University
August 29 -
September 3
Molecular
Plant
Breeding: An
International
Short Course
on Practical
Applications
of Molecular
tools for
Plant
Breeding
Michigan
State
University -
East
Lansing,
Michigan,
USA
September
2010 - June
2011
Plant
Breeding
Academy,
Class III
Davis,
California
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.
Participants
meet at UC
Davis for
six one-week
sessions
over two
years.
Readings and
exercises
continue
between
sessions via
the
internet.
September
19-30
International
Agricultural
Biotechnology
Short Course
Michigan
State
University -
East
Lansing,
Michigan,
USA
October 4-22
Plant genetic resources and seeds: policies,
conservation and use
Wageningen
UR
Takes
(partly)
place in
India
See
http://www.nuffic.nl/international-organizations/docs/nfp/NFP-brochure.pdf
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