Seed Biotechnology Center at UC Davis

Welcome to the SBC

The mission of the Seed Biotechnology Center (SBC) is to mobilize the research, educational and outreach resources of UC Davis in partnership with the Seed and Biotechnology Industries to facilitate discovery and commercialization of new seed technologies for agricultural and consumer benefit.

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Digital Twin technology enters into the curriculum, a game-changer in predictive breeding

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Featured Courses

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Seed Business 201: Vegetables 
September 22-26 at UC Davis
Register Before the Early Registration Deadline: Aug 22

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Davis PBA Class X Application Open
Early Bird Deadline Extended to Sept 30!
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PBA E-Series Online Courses
Statistics & Experimental Design: Sept 16 & 18
RStudio - Level 2: Nov 4 & 6
*NEW!* Molecular Markers 101: March 10 & 12

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Leadership Program for Plant Breeders & Scientists
November 18-20 in Barcelona, Spain

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Seed Business 101: Vegetables
December 1-5 at UC Davis

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News and Updates

Sujit receives award at ASTA

PBA IX’s Sujit Tha Receives Outstanding Student Award at ASTA Leadership Summit

  • by Whitney Lowe

The 2025 winner of the Plant Breeding Academy’s Outstanding Student Award is Sujit Tha, Head of Plant Breeding at CN Seeds Ltd in the United Kingdom. This prestigious PBA award was presented to Sujit by PBA Director, Jovan Djordjevic, at the ASTA (American Seed Trade Association) Leadership Summit in Washington DC on June 9. Jovan added: “At the UC Davis Plant Breeding Academy, we try to equip breeders not just with tools, but with clarity and confidence.

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CSA Spring Student Tour

  • by Whitney Lowe

The California Seed Association hosted its annual Spring Student Tour on April 7-8 in the Salinas area, visiting several companies with some 40 California State University and UC Davis undergraduate and graduate students, who were introduced to the technologies and jobs associated with producing seed globally.

On the 8th, the tour was hosted at noon by Hartnell College and Seed Central, and joined by 60 students from Hartnell and local high schools for lunch, industry panelists’ testimonials, and a networking career fair.