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PBA E-SERIES
Spring 2021
Registration is open!
Based upon a seed industry-wide survey assessing continuous educational needs during the pandemic, we are launching a set of on-line short courses.

PBA E-SERIES COURSE DETAILS

 

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UC Davis completes Seed Production ONLINE course 

The SBC completed its annual Seed Production course, held ONLINE over six ½ days (February 16 - 18 and 23 - 25, 2021). Taught by experts from both industry and academia, this 2021 course generated wide interest from all around the globe, drawing 77 professionals from the U.S., U.K., Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Lebanon and Mexico. Lead instructors included industry expert Mike Pereira, SBC Director of Education Jovan Djordjevic and SBC Director Emeritus Kent Bradford.  Thank you to our instructors, invited presenters and all participants for making this course a huge success! 

Testimonials
“Thank you for the wonderful course. It was a great opportunity to listen and learn from such dedicated and knowledgeable people.” Simon Lancaster, Tozer Seeds Ltd.
“I really enjoyed your wonderful lesson! I learned many things from all of instructors and I was able to reconfirm that I love this job.” Min Sai, TAKII & Co., Ltd.
“Great course, thank you. The 3am start time (Australian time zone) was worth it!!” Chris Smith, Sunland Seeds P/L
“The organization team did a fantastic job with the course! I will definitely recommend this course to others in my organization.” Pat Battonyai de Oliveira, Bayer

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LGC, Biosearch Technologies to feature African PBA Class IV graduates

LGC, Biosearch Technologies to feature African PBA Class IV graduates Drs. Inge Gazendam and Santatra Ravelomanantsoa in webinar "Celebrating advances in agrigenomics with SuperSHEroes", which shines the spotlight on three women scientists who are seeding global change in agriculture by championing modern genomics that promote sustainability, efficiency, and optimal breeding workflows. https://lnkd.in/gbRsYen

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Dr. Jovan Djordjevic joins the SBC as director of education

We are excited to welcome Dr. Jovan Djordjevic to our team as SBC’s director of education! Jovan has spent over 25 cumulative years with Monsanto, Limagrain and BASF Vegetable Seeds, where he most recently directed research and breeding teams and developed crop strategy (vegetable seeds) as BASF Vegetable’s Global R&D Team Lead for breeding. An accomplished and experienced plant breeder, he brings a broad-based expertise in plant breeding research and development. Read more

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Rale Gjuric, former SBC Education Director, discusses the many uses of Hemp, with Marcel Bruins (European Seed)

Industrial hemp has many uses, including paper, textiles, biodegradable plastics, construction, health food, and fuel. With the increased focus on breeding for industrial hemp and cannabis, European Seed spoke with Rale (Radiša) Gjuric, Director of the UC Davis Plant Breeding Academy, to get his take on the ins and outs of this new course and the risen interest in the crop. Read more
Source: European Seed https://european-seed.com  

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