1. 2010-05-25 Conservation agricutlture
(training & education/Training events)

...ans are the crops under study. Strong emphasis is placed on the importance of interdisciplinary approaches. Breeders provide a better understanding of the nature of crop management by genotype interac...

2. Maize breeding lead scientist
(employment/job opportunities)

...Center (CIMMYT) is seeking applications from experienced, self-motivated, scientifically outstanding plant breeders to support the development of high-yielding, stress tolerant maize germplasm within...

3. Pearl Millet Improvement ICRISAT
(employment/job opportunities)

...ets in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia". Integrate himself/herself into an interdisciplinary team of breeders, molecular eneticists, agronomists, socio-economists, food technologists, seed syst...

4. 2010-03-08, European plant breeding academy
(training & education/Training events)

...ant Breeding Academy. The Academy is designed to reverse the current problem of the reduced number of plant breeders being trained in academic programs around the world. This premier training program ...

5. 2010-04-12, bioinformatics in pb
(training & education/Training events)

...ons for integrating these new approaches into their own working practices. The course is intended for plant breeders with some background in molecular genetics and for geneticists, molecular biologist...

6. An e-learning pre-breeding course under development by GIPB/FAO and Bioversity International
(e-learning/pre-breeding)

... on CD and over the World Wide Web. Target Audiences Primary audience: Genebank curators / Plant breeders (practicing and in training) working in National and International Agricultural Res...

7. Molecular markers toolbox
(databases & tools/Tools)

...nformation available via internet sources, public databases and papers that has been verified against plant breeders’ experiences. As an easily accessible global public good, this TB marks an im...

8. 2010-08-29 Molecular plant breeding at MSU
(training & education/Training events)

...eeding tools in crop improvement programs * Hands-on lab experience with Molecular Marker tools for Plant Breeders (including RAPD, SCAR, AFLP, and SSR markers) * Hands on experience with freely a...

9. Keynote addresses, Australia, 10-14 August 2009
(literature & views/meeting presentations and proceedings)

... Used by permission of conference organizers and authors. Educating the Next Generation of Plant Breeders: the Need and the Challenge P.S. Baenziger, P. W. Simon, and T. C. Wehner &n...

10. Plant breeding programs in Belize
(organizations & networks/national organizations and programs)

...anizations. They are serviced mostly by graduate professionals; however, there are neither specialist plant breeders attached to any of the programmes nor personnel with competence or training in biot...

11. Plant breeding programs in Burkina Faso
(organizations & networks/national organizations and programs)

...lack of funds. Another limiting aspect for the success of the breeding programs is the inadequate number of breeders for each crop. The private institute also complained about the “limited access to i...

12. Plant breeding programs in Jordan
(organizations & networks/national organizations and programs)

...o be evaluated for drought. The farmer materials are the first source for plant germplasm used by the plant breeders in this university. Faculty of Agriculture, University of Al-Balqua, Website avai...

13. Plant breeding programs in Guyana
(organizations & networks/national organizations and programs)

... Guyana are NARI, GRDB and GUYSUCO, and are all public sector agencies. The number and level of training of breeders are low and the budget allocated is showing a significant decline. The main breed...

14. Plant breeding programs in Togo
(organizations & networks/national organizations and programs)

...most limiting aspects for the success of the crop breeding programmes in Togo is the insufficient number of breeders by crop due to the inability of the country to replace the retired breeders, the la...

15. Plant breeding programs in Gabon
(organizations & networks/national organizations and programs)

...esent the major crops for both of them. 80% of LBV’s budget is dedicated to the plantain. The majority of breeders of CIAM will retire in a few years, so replacement should be ensured. Nevertheless,...

16. 2009-07-29, more plant power
(news/current news)

...omosomes typically show advantages over those with just two sets in each nucleus. For some time now, plant breeders and scientists have been trying to encourage this doubling or "polyploidy" in certa...

17. 2009-07-29, Traditional Thai hill farmers
(news/current news)

...in the Midwest or high-yield rice in the lowlands of Thailand, are artificial constructs developed by plant breeders. They are extraordinarily important in feeding the world. But they are static and n...

18. 2009-07-14, New tools for discovering DNA variation in crop genomes
(news/current news)

...f the human haplotype map”. Although the majority of SNPs do not contribute to phenotypic variation, plant breeders and geneticists alike are interested in using SNPs as genetic markers. As a genetic...

19. 2009-07-17, Can these "amber waves of grain" become perennials?
(news/current news)

...le the on-farm research gets underway in a systematic effort that Snapp has developed that is used by plant breeders in Africa and Asia, a research design called “mother and baby trials.” “The resear...

20. 2010, International postgraduate course plant breeding
(training & education/Training events)

...ant breeding Wageningen, THE NETHERLANDS 6 sessions in 2010 and 2011 The course enables professional plant breeders and researchers to upgrade their knowledge in parallel with their current career. I...

21. Winners of the six grants on climate change
(funding/Fellowships and grants conveyed)

...ty on genetic solutions to adaptation to the effects of climate change. GIPB is supporting efforts by plant breeders to use such information to breed new, high-yielding varieties adapted to conditions...

22. German Breeders Association - BDP
(organizations & networks/societies and associations)

German Plant Breeders' Association - BDP This association represents the professional interests of the German plant breeding and seed trading industry. The association is active in Germany - on natio

23. Call for PhD students at ACCI
(employment/job opportunities)

...n Scientist who are keen to make Plant Breeding their career. The aim of the ACCI is to train African plant breeders, in Africa, on African crops. This involves 2 years of academic studies at the Univ...

24. Call for PhD students at ACCI
(funding/Fellowships and grants available)

...n Scientist who are keen to make Plant Breeding their career. The aim of the ACCI is to train African plant breeders, in Africa, on African crops. This involves 2 years of academic studies at the Univ...

25. 2010-03-15 Southern African Plant Breeding Symposium
(meetings/Events)

... in crises as far as the future is concerned. The crises SAPBA is referring to is the small number of plant breeders entering the profession, and mid-career plant breeders moving out of the profession...

26. Walt Fehr, soybean scientist
(people/Accomplishments and contributions)

...areer, Dr. Fehr has also directed 77 graduate student programs, and many of those graduates are now soybean breeders in public and private plant breeding programs throughout the United States. ...

27. Plant Breeding and Genetics Society of Bangladesh - PBGSB
(organizations & networks/societies and associations)

Plant Breeding and Genetics Society of Bangladesh - PBGSB The need of plant breeders from Bangladesh for an official forum to discuss their professional activities finally lead to the creation of Pl

28. International Centre for Plant Breeding Education and Research - ICPBER
(organizations & networks/regional organizations and networks)

...GradDipSc, MSc and PhD) in genetics and plant breeding, as well as in-service training for practicing plant breeders or seeds industry personnel. (...) You could download the ICPBER brochure here. ...

29. International Centre for Plant Breeding Education and Research - ICPBER
(training & education/Degree training)

...GradDipSc, MSc and PhD) in genetics and plant breeding, as well as in-service training for practicing plant breeders or seeds industry personnel. (...) ...

30. GrapeBreeders
(organizations & networks/regional organizations and networks)

The Grapebreeders The grapebreeders.org is an online discussion list for private and public grape breeders. It is open for anyone interested in the breeding of grape varieties to contact each other a