A Gramene Workshop will be held at the Plant and Animal Genome Conference (PAG31) on January 16 at 4 PM, in Palm 8 at The Town & Country Resort and Conference Center, in San Diego, California. During this workshop, we
Job Opening – Operations and Logistics Manager at Innovative Seed Solutions (ISS) in San Juan de Abajo, Mexico – sorghum Trait Introgression (TI) program
Innovative Seed Solutions (ISS) is looking for an Operations and Logistics Manager to work collaboratively with their partner, Semillas y Agroproductos Moreno Retis (SMR), in San Juan de Abajo, Mexico.
Job Opening – Research Assistant Professor at University of Nebraska-Lincoln – Small Grains Breeding Program
The Department of Agronomy and Horticulture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources (IANR) is seeking a Small Grains Research Assistant Professor.
SorghumBase Workshop at SICNA April 2
A SorghumBase workshop will be held on Tuesday, April 2nd from 3:45-5:00 p.m. during The Sorghum Improvement Conference of North America (SICNA) conference (April 2-4, 2024) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Revolutionizing Hybrid Sorghum Breeding with Genomic Prediction and TFMSA for Early-Generation B-Lines
Kent and colleagues developed an effective hybrid sorghum breeding strategy using genomic prediction and TFMSA to produce early-generation sterile B-lines for testcrossing.
2024 Vienna International Science Conferences & Events Association Conferences on Biotic and Abiotic Stresses on Feb 5-6 and Feb 7-8
The Vienna International Science Conferences & Events Association (VISCEA) is hosting two conferences in Vienna, Austria in February of 2024, Plant Biotic Stresses & Resistance Mechanisms V (February 5-6) and Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance VII (February 7-8).
Genomic and Phenomic Techniques in Pre-Breeding For Improved Chilling Tolerance in Sorghum
Researchers utilize genome-to-phenome approaches and drones to improve chilling tolerance, identify rare SNPs specific to this complex trait and demonstrate the potential of UAS phenotyping in sorghum pre-breeding.
National Strategic Germplasm and Cultivar Collection Assessment and Utilization Plan Released Nov 17
The National Strategic Germplasm and Cultivar Collection Assessment and Utilization Plan, directed by the 2018 Farm Bill, provides an overview of the challenges faced by the USDA National Plant Germplasm System and discusses the path forward in addressing critical needs.
Sorghum and Millet workshop at PAG31 January 14
The Sorghum and Millet workshop will take place during next year’s Plant and Animal Genome Conference (PAG31 onJanuary 12-17, 2024) in San Diego, California on January 14th from 8:00 to 10:10 AM in the Pacific H-I conference room.
A Combined Method to Accelerate Genetic Gain in Maize
A combined method integrating crop growth models with whole-genome prediction was effective in identifying traits known to be connected to variations in yield.