August 23, 2011 - September 22, 2011

COURSE - Online plant breeding course: Self-Pollinated Crop Breeding

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University of Nebraska

Online course offered by the Dept. of Agronomy & Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Lincoln, NE, United States

Online graduate-level course offered for noncredit professional development. Course covers common breeding methods used to improve self-pollinated crops, such as wheat, rice and barley, and theoretical basis for self-pollinated crop breeding.

August 22-26, 2011

Curso de Capacitação e Qualificação de Classificadores de Feijão

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Viçosa, MG, Brazil

August 19-19, 2011

WORKSHOP - Variety Selection and NVT - Putting science into selection

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Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC)

Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

Technical workshop for agronomists and farm advisers on variety selection and the National Variety Trials to enable them to provide the most relevant and up-to-date advice to growers. Contact belindacay@baonline.com.au or 0423 295 576

August 18-18, 2011

WEBINAR - 2011 Social Media Training

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National Corn Growers Association (NCGA)

Online - , United States

Will address the goals of the series and why growers should engage in social media. Presenters will define the objectives and review “return on investment” of engaging in social media and how it fits within the context of agriculture.

August 17-18, 2011

Seed Sampler Workshop

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SGS North America, Inc.*

SGS Brookings laboratory - Brookings, SD, United States

The following topics will be reviewed: ISTA and AOSA sampling rules; Sampling methods; Sealing seed lots; Subdividing samples; Review of ISTA certificates and their use.

August 17-17, 2011

WORKSHOP - Variety Selection and NVT - Putting science into selection

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Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC)

Birchip, Victoria, Australia

Technical workshop for agronomists and farm advisers on variety selection and the National Variety Trials to enable them to provide the most relevant and up-to-date advice to growers. Contact belindacay@baonline.com.au or 0423 295 576

August 12-12, 2011

WORKSHOP - Variety Selection and NVT - Putting science into selection

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Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC)

Adelaide, SA, Australia

Technical workshop for agronomists and farm advisers on variety selection and the National Variety Trials to enable them to provide the most relevant and up-to-date advice to growers. Contact belindacay@baonline.com.au or 0423 295 576

August 10-12, 2011

Cursos de Habilitación de Registro para Asesores Técnicos y para Muestreadores de Semillas

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Servicio Nacional de Calidad y Sanidad Vegetal y de Semillas (SENAVE)

Dirección de Educación Agraria (DEA) - San Lorenzo, Paraguay

Los cursos debieron brindarse entre el 20 y el 22 del corriente a Ingenieros Agrónomos, Ingenieros Forestales y técnicos de cooperativas de producción del Chaco central pero se acordó postergarlos hasta la fecha señalada con la inclusión de técnicos de establecimientos ...

August 9-24, 2011

Rice Breeding Course 2011

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International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) - Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines

The course aims to develop the next generation of rice breeders adept in using modern tools for enhancing the precision and efficiency of their breeding programs.

August 8-12, 2011

ISTA Workshop on Quality Assurance in Seed Testing

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International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)*

Bangalore, India

This workshop will appeal to quality managers, laboratory managers and seed testing analysts with or without experience in quality management . This workshop aims at presenting and discussing basic principles of quality management and it focuses on the needs of seed tes...

August 30, 2011 - September 2, 2011

European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE) - 2011 Congress: Change and Uncertainty; Challenges for Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources

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European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE)

ETH Zurich - Zurich, Switzerland

August 24-26, 2011

EUCARPIA Leafy Vegetables Meeting

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EUCARPIA - European Association for Research on Plant Breeding

Université Lille Nord de France - Villeneuve d'Ascq, France

General aspects and market development - Culture and management, quality traits - Diseases and pests, disease resistance - Genetics and biotechnology - Germplasms and their diversity

August 21-25, 2011

XXIV Congress of the Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society (SPPS)

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Stavanger Forum - Stavanger, Norway