Dr. Curt McCartney's seminar will be held Thursday, August 13.
Dr. Brar's seminar will be held Friday, August 14.
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Attached are the seminar announcements for the Cereal Breeding & Genetics Assistant/Associate Professor position in the Department of Plant Science.
Tuesday, August 4, 2020 - Dr. Kassa Fentaye, Senior Scientist/Plant Geneticist (Consultant), Africa Rice Biodiversity Center, AfricaRice "Effectiveness of Genomic Selection in Different Breeding Populations and Environments in Maize"
Friday, August 7, 2020 - Dr. Ajay Kumar, Post-doctoral Research Scientist, Durum Wheat Breeding and Genetics Program in the Department of Plant Sciences at NDSU, Fargo, USA "Wheat Breeding for Future Food Security: A Multi-disciplinary and Collaborative Approach"
Thursday, August 13, 2020 - Dr. Curt McCartney, Research Scientist (Cereal Crop Genetics), AAFC-Morden Research and Development Centre, Morden, MB "Accelerating Wheat Breeding through Genetic Research"
Friday, August 14, 2020 - Dr. Gurcharn Brar, Assistant Professor the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, BC "From Head to Toe, Dealing with the Foes: Breeding Wheat for Disease Resistance"