Overview & Curriculum

Course goal: This course develops the skills and abilities of current industry personnel to enable them to become independent breeders or more valuable contributors to larger breeding programs.
Who should attend? The course is targeted toward personnel currently involved in plant breeding programs who lack the academic background in genetics theory and practice to advance as independent breeders. Current breeders who desire a refresher course or would like to broaden their expertise would also be potential participants.
For background information see Academic Training of Plant Breeders No Longer Meets Demand, Seed World, Jan 2006
For more information, contact Whitney Lowe at wlowe@ucdavis.edu