Join eOrganic and the Plant Breeding and Genomics Communities for a webinar on Tuesday October 18, 2011 at 1pm Eastern Daylight Time (GMT - 4:00) (12pm Central, 11am Mountain, 10am Pacific). The webinar is free and open to the public. Advance registration is required. Space is limited.
Register now at:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/934233096
About the Webinar
During this webinar, Dr. Jim Myers, Oregon State University, will discuss how to breed for organic production systems and provide examples from his breeding program.
About the Presenter
Dr. Jim Myers holds the Baggett-Frazier Endowed Chair of Vegetable Breeding and Genetics in the Department of Horticulture at Oregon State University. He works on a number of crops including dry and snap bean, edible podded pea, broccoli, tomato, winter and summer squash, and sweet corn. His main interest has been to improve vegetable varieties for disease resistance and human nutrition while maintaining quality and productivity in improved varieties. Dr. Myers is also breeding tomatoes, broccoli, and summer squash for organic systems. His latest variety release is the high anthocyanin tomato 'Indigo Rose'.
Register for, or watch other plant breeding and genomics "How To" webinars.
Register for, or watch other eOrganic webinars.
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