Davis, California, USA
April 9, 2014
Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen (pictured) of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology will keynote a Seed Central-affiliated conference on Thursday, April 10 in the UC Davis Conference Center.
He will speak on "Honey Bees in Seed Crop Pollination" at 6 p.m. Mussen serves as the Extension apiculturist for the entire state, but is also involved in bee activities nationally and globally.
Seed Central is organizing the April 9-10 conference with the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. This is the Veg Research and Development Forum, an annual meeting of the research managers of vegetable seed companies with breeding activities for the North American market. Its purpose: to enable discussion among research managers of long-term, pre-competitive research topics and research-related policy issues of importance to the North American vegetable seed industry. Attendance includes invited participation with university scientists, technology providers to the seed industry and members of the downstream agriculture and food industries.
Seed Central, established in 2010, is an initiative of the Seed Biotechnology Center at UC Davis and SeedQuest and involves a growing number of companies and organizations in the global seed and food industry. It aims to facilitate communication and research collaboration between seed industry members and university scientists.
UC Davis is a world leader in seed, plant and agricultural sciences. Some 100 seed and seed-related companies are located near UC Davis and benefit greatly from its proximity, but the influence of UC Davis extends throughout the USA and far beyond, according to the Seed Central website.
Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey
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