Davis, California, USA
November 12, 2015

Twenty-seven breeders/researchers representing public and private organizations from the USA, Canada, France, Germany and Argentina, participated in the first open offering of the course Advanced Module Plant Breeding Academy, held in Davis, CA, November 3-5, 2015. Among the participants was the second recipient of the “Larry Teuber Memorial Scholarship,” Jareerat Chunthawodtiporn who is a PhD student at UC Davis.

Participants included:

• Sarah Smith, HM.Clause, USA;
• Josefa Lagunas, Driscoll's, USA;
• Jana Murche, KWS Cereals, USA;
• Matthias Vitten, Driscoll's, USA;
• Tarek Joobeur, USA;
• Michael Fourneau, MAISADOUR Semences, France;
• Laurent Gouere, MAISADOUR Semences, France;
• Ben Beyer, Advanta US, Inc., USA;
• Tobias Wilhelm Eschholz, MAISADOUR Semences, Germany;
• Anoop Sindhu, CHS, USA;
• John Larse, Larse Farms, USA;
• David Linde, BHN Research, USA;
• Camille Henry, MAISADOUR Semences, France;
• Zhongjin Lu, Arcadia Biosciences, USA;
• Suresh Bhamidimarri, S&W Seed, USA;
• Julie Soula, Doriane SAS, France;
• Jody Gilchrest, Nuseed, USA;
• Hosea Matel, Cavite State University, USA;
• Yanel Belich, NIDERA S.A, Argentina;
• Theresa Hill, UC Davis, USA;
• Aziz Rehman, Cargill Limited, Canada;
• Juan Marroquin, HM.Clause, USA;
• Marta Baptista, Driscoll's, USA;
• Alastair Fyfe, Sweet Darling Sales, USA;
• Lorena Parra, UC Davis, USA;
• Miguel Macias González, UC Davis, USA;
• Jareerat Chunthawodtiporn, UC Davis, USA.

The module is designed to review the breeding strategies in context of the modern tools, build the necessary background towards understanding and practical application of BLUPs, genomic selection, advanced experimental designs and dealing with testing environments.

UC Davis instructors, Allen Van Deynze and Rale Gjuric, were joined by Bruce Walsh, University of Arizona, to deliver this module.

For additional information and future dates, please check our website http://pba.ucdavis.edu/ or contact Joy Patterson at jpatterson@ucdavis.edu.

UPCOMING COURSES

• Seed Business 101 – Field, Chicago, IL, December 4-8, 2015 (http://sbc.ucdavis.edu/Courses/Seed_Business_101/)
• Breeding with Genomics - 7th class, Davis, CA, February 16-18, 2016 (http://sbc.ucdavis.edu/Courses/Breeding_with_Genomics/)
• Seed Production (NEW), Davis, CA, February 2-5, 2016 (http://sbc.ucdavis.edu/Courses/Seed_Production/)
• UC Davis Plant Breeding Academy Class 6 starts September 2016 (http://pba.ucdavis.edu/Programs/PBA_in_Davis_Class_IV/)
• Seed Business 101 – Horticulture, Chiang Mai, Thailand, February 22-26, 2016 (http://sbc.ucdavis.edu/Courses/Seed_Business_101/)

Website: http://sbc.ucdavis.edu

Published: November 12, 2015