Welcome to the UC Davis Plant Breeding Academy

UC Davis Plant Breeding Academy Class 6 is here! Classes will be held in Davis and will begin in September, 2016!

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UC Davis Plant Breeding Academy (PBA) organized and delivered a customized training course as a collaborative effort with Limagrain Academy in Bangkok, Thailand, August 22-26, 2016.

Dr. Enoch Achigan-Dako, a researcher from Benin and a current student of the African Plant Breeding Academy, is training and researching how to breed indigenous plants in African to be more nutritious and productive. Read more  

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UC Davis helps fight stunting in Africa with orphan crops

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 UC Davis African Plant Breeding Academy starts second class

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UC Davis Plant Breeding Completes the Advanced Module Session

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UC Davis European Plant Breeding Academy starts the fourth class 

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LGC and the African Orphan Crop Consortium (AOCC) expand co-operation to accelerate Marker-Assisted Selection

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Dr. Gurdev Khush, UC Davis Alumnus and Adjunct Professor, was honored at last month's Plant Breeding for Food Security Symposium. Read full article in the Plant Breeding Center June newsletter. 

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UC Davis Ranked No.1 in the World for Agriculture

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Plant Breeding Academy in the News:

Plant Breeding Academy by Numbers

• This crop is not an orphan anymore: it now has a home
  

The Academy is a professional development course designed by the UC Davis Seed Biotechnology Center to increase the supply of professional plant breeders. Reduced numbers of plant breeders are being trained in academic programs, leading to a shortage throughout the industry. The SBC and seed industry leaders have addressed this issue by creating the Academy.