Plant breeding series to address comparing genes, gene regulation

Kyle Heim

The plant breeding seminar series at Iowa State will continue Tuesday.

The event, which will take place from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. in 3140 Agronomy Hall, will address comparing genes, gene regulation and phenotype across maize, sorghum and foxtail millet, according to the Iowa State events website. 

James Schnable, assistant professor in the department of agronomy and horticulture at the University of Nebraska, will present at the seminar. 

The next plant breeding seminar series will take place on April 18. Benjamin Trampe will present on biparental mapping of spontaneous haploid genome doubling in temperate germplasm, and Sarah Jones will present on hypersectional disease signatures for detection of charcoal rot in soybean