Montana Wheat & Barley Committee Facilitates Public Q & A with Candidates for Montana State Spring Wheat and Winter Wheat Breeding Positions
Great Falls, Mont. – The Montana Wheat and Barley Committee is inviting Montana producers and stakeholders to participate in a public Q & A with the five finalists in the two available tenure track breeding positions, Spring Wheat and Winter Wheat, in the Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology at Montana State University.
“The Montana Wheat and Barley Committee is focused on helping producers see their checkoff dollars at work,” said Cassidy Marn, Executive Vice President of the Montana Wheat and Barley Committee. “Dr. Phil Bruckner and Dr. Luther Talbert each retired with a very strong record of conducting research relevant to our wheat growers and of releasing high yielding and high end-use quality varieties popular with Montana growers. The search committee has identified five excellent finalists for the Montana State University Winter and Spring wheat breeding positions. This is an opportunity for Montana stakeholders to meet the candidates, ask questions, and provide feedback to the search committee. These calls will give producers a chance to engage directly with researchers and share their experiences and ideas for what they would like to see.”
To view the candidate research seminars and participate in the Q/A times after the seminars, please click on the page link below to find Webex links.
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Wednesday, July 28
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9:30AM - 11:00AM Pathways for Future Breeding
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Dr. Tyson Koepke Post-doctoral Researcher Washington State University Pullman, WA |
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Thursday, July 29 |
9:30AM - 11:00AM Breeding to Enhance Genetic Gains in Wheat Through Science, Art and Technology |
Dr. Sue Mondal Lead Wheat Breeder International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center Texcoco, Mexico
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Friday, July 30
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9:30AM - 11:00AM Wheat Breeding in the 21st Century |
Dr. Arron Carter Professor Washington State University Pullman, WA
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Monday, August 2
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9:30AM-11:00AM Leveraging New Breeding Technologies to Accelerate Wheat Improvement for Montana |
Dr. Jason Cook Research Scientist Montana State University Bozeman, MT
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Tuesday, August 3
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9:30AM-11:00AM Breeding and Genomics-Based Research to Improve Wheat and Grasses |
Dr. Xuefeng Ma Assistant/Associate Professor Noble Research Institute Ardmore, OK
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Please provide feedback on the candidates to one of the following:
Cassidy Marn, MWBC, cmarn@mt.gov
Jamie Sherman, MSU, jsherman@montana.edu
The mission of the Montana Wheat and Barley Committee is to protect and foster the health and prosperity of the Montana wheat and barley industry by encouraging scientific research to improve production and quality; maintaining current markets; promoting new market development; and serving as an educational and informational resource. Visit montanawbc.com to learn more.
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