2024 Cornell Corteva Symposium: Breeding for Novel Systems and Complex Problems

Breeding for Novel Systems and Complex Problems

13th Annual Cornell Corteva Plant Breeding Symposium
Friday, April 12, 2024
8:30 am - 5:30 pm
In-person at the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) auditorium and broadcast on Zoom webinar
Hosted by Synapsis
Sponsored by Corteva Agriscience

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Conventional agriculture has brought great gains in yield however there is increasing interest in developing sustainable agricultural practices that also meet the needs of humanity. To continue increasing food production while taking into account these new aims, agronomists and plant breeders must adapt to novel cropping systems and environments. This symposium focuses on how scientists are using "out-of-the box" approaches, or cutting edge methods to adapt crops for unique systems.

Program

Speaker bios and abstracts

  • 8:30 a.m. - Breakfast 
  • 9:00 a.m. - Opening remarks Bahiya Zahl, Sam Herr, and Tabare Abadie
  • 9:10 a.m. -Frank Technow, Corteva: “Back to the Future: germplasm evolution within complex genetic systems” 
  • 10:05 a.m. -Lucas Roberts, University of Minnesota: “Adapting African Leafy Vegetables to Minnesota through Participatory Plant Breeding” 
  • 10:30a.m. - Coffee Break  
  • 10:50 a.m. - Solveig Hanson, Cornell University: “Toward 40 million cover cropped acres: Breeding fall-sown cover crops for ecosystem services and farm system compatibility” 
  • 11:45 a.m. - Taqdeer Gill, University of Wisconsin – Madison: “Eye in the Sky: Hyperspectral Imaging for Sustainable Nitrogen Management in Vegetables” 
  • 12:10 p.m. - Lunch  
  • 1:10p.m. -Nolan Bornowski, Amycel Spawn Mate: “Out of the darkness: Historical challenges and modern solutions in button mushroom breeding” 
  • 2:05 p.m. - Sara Gonzalez, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: “Not your typical crop: Growing resilient seaweed for a warming ocean” 
  • 3:00 p.m. - Coffee  
  • 3:20 p.m. -Kevin Folta, University of Florida: “Controlling E, Controlling G, New Crops for Controlled Environments” 
  • 4:15 p.m. - Closing remarks 
  • 4:30 p.m. - Happy hour  

Contact

Synapsis Symposium co-chairs:

  • Sam Herr skh77 [at] cornell.edu (skh77[at]cornell[dot]edu)  
  • Bahiya Zahl bmz23 [at] cornell.edu (bmz23[at]cornell[dot]ed)