SBC completes successful session of Seed Production course

The UC Davis Seed Biotechnology Center completed another successful session of the Seed Production course last week, February 14-16, 2017, in Davis, CA.

UC Davis Seed Production is a 3-day course designed to expose participants to the underlying biology of seed production, the key role of insect pollinators, how seed crops are successfully managed from an agronomic, quality control, and genetic integrity standpoint, and how to meet new challenges through seed production research.

The fifty-nine (59) participants represented twelve (12) countries and forty-one (41) companies with regional, national and international reach. Congratulations on the completion of the course to the following seed production professionals:
Cynthia Annotto, Rock-n-Rose, USA; María Añón, CSBC, Argentina; Lorna Aochi, Enza Zaden, USA; Brenden Aragon, Pacific Grading Service, USA; Chris Brigantino, United genetics, USA; Patrick Callahan, USDA-ARS, USA; Ignacio Javier Cardinale, Satus Ager, Argentina; Ariel Chang, Genuineseeds, USA; Po-Hao Chiu, Known-You Seed, Taiwan; Samuel Cloete, Kannar Earth Science, USA; William Colfer, Plant Sciences, USA; Kyle Cook, Bayer, USA; Esther Diaz Urbano, CSI, USA; Tim Dines, SPS Dorsing Seeds, USA; Tyler Edwards, Bayer, USA; Dallas Engleson, HyTech Production, Canada; Eric Entel, Brotherton Seed, USA; Michael Evans, HM.Clause, USA; Cheni Filios, PanAmerican Seed, USA; Larry Frame, UC Davis, USA; Rick Grider, Monsanto, USA; Jameson Hall, Cibus, USA; James Hatumena, Bayer, The Netherlands; Chris Hietamaa, Bayer, Canada; Lynn Hough, Bayer, USA; Rena Huff, Voloagri, USA; Toshiro Inoue, Nippon Del Monte, Japan; Johan Jacobs, Bayer, The Netherlands; Amber Keeney, USA; Michael Koda, Pinnacle Seed, USA; Hiroyuki Koso, Yokohama Nursery, JAPAN; Magda Kriegh, Bayer, USA; Nathalia Langedijk, Enza Zaden, Nederland; Callie Lindsey, Vilmorin, USA; Lisa McClish, HMClause, USA; Steven Mitchell, Purdum Farms, USA; Johanna Montenegro, HILSEA, Ecuador; Madhusudhan Reddy Mukkamalla, UPL, India; Jon Nickerson, GreenGo, USA; Ian Nordman, HM. Clause, USA; Daniel Parker, Advanta, Australia; Ioannis Patounis, SPIROU, Greece; Leandro Perez, Satus Ager, Argentina; Elliott Proffitt, Redwood Organic Seeds, USA; Jasminder Singh Punia, Doctor Seed, India; Tasos Spyrou, Spirou, Greece; John Teichert, Bayer, USA; Greg Trabka, Ball Horticultural, USA; Anthony Tse, Clover Seed, Hong Kong; Rebecca Turner, Bayer, USA; Julio Valdes Pizarro, Satus Ager, Argentina; Federico Javier Valladares Wiman, Advanta, Argentina; Gerardo Van Den Hoek, Progeny Advanced Genetics, USA; Nicki Vanderpool, Syngenta, USA; Chris Voss, Seneca Foods, USA; Rebekah Wagner, Syngenta Seeds, USA; Cindy Walker, Crookham Company, USA; Wendy Y. Wu, KnownYou Seed, Taiwan.

The team of core instructors included Kent Bradford, Rale Gjuric (both UC Davis), Greg Welbaum (Virginia Tech) and Mike Pereira (Granum Services). A wide range of crops and technologies were covered using the support of guest lecturers that included well-respected industry experts, such as: Ron Amarel (Incotec), Jim Schweigert (GroAlliance), John Palmer (California Crop Improvement Association), Jeffrey Verpaalen (Seed Processing Holland), Peter Marks (AgInnovation), Patty Buskirk (Terra Organics), Geoff Rudesill (Westrup), Neal Williams (UC Davis), Pedro Bello (UC Davis).

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