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Fulbright Fellow at UGA gains, shares knowledge to benefit world agriculture
From the time he left high school, University of Georgia doctoral candidate Fawad Khan knew he wanted to use his interest in biology to help farmers.
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What is the Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics at UGA?
IPBGG faculty actively engage in training of graduate students, the development of new crop varieties, and basic research on the genetics and understanding of crop traits important to agriculture and human kind.
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IPBGG Students & Post-Docs Take Top Honors in 2019 Plant Center Retreat Poster Contests

Student Group

1st - Monica Prias (Parrott Lab): Towards a Methodology to Improve Somatic Embryogenesis and Transformation Efficiency in Switchgrass (PanicumvirgatumL.): Overexpression of Baby boom and Wuschel2 Genes

2nd - Hallie Wright (Devos Lab): Fine-mapping d4 and Br1 in pearl millet (tied with Peter Pietrzyk from Bucksch Lab)

Post-Doc Group

1st - Qiang Li (Van der Knaap Lab): Fine cis-engineering by CRISPR/Cas9 in the promoter of tomato KLUH generates varied fruit weight for crop improvement

2nd - Lei Zhang (Van der Knaap Lab): Mining novel fruit weight QTLs in semi-domesticated tomato population

Upcoming Events

74th Annual Southeastern Turfgrass Conference
Apr 23
8:00AM - 6:00PM 74th Annual Southeastern Turfgrass Conference UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center, Tifton, GA
Convocation is a more personal ceremony in which undergraduate and graduate candidates of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences are recognized by name on stage. Guests are welcome and encouraged to attend. All are invited to a reception at the Georgia Museum of Art immediately following the ceremony. The event is free, and tickets are not required, but student registration is required. In addition to registering for the UGA undergraduate ceremony, a separate registration is required for student participation in CAES Convocation. The registration deadline is Sunday, December 1. 11:00AM       Doors open11:30AM       Students arrive to check in and form the processional11:45AM       Faculty arrive to line up12:00PM       Ceremony begins  
May 07
5:00PM - 8:00PM CAES Spring Convocation The Classic Center, Athens, GA
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UGA Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics News

The 'Paulk' variety is UGA's newest muscadine release. CAES News
The 'Paulk' variety is UGA's newest muscadine release.
Once thought immune, researchers find that muscadines can suffer nematode damage
Muscadines are often recognized for their disease and insect resistance, but recent research has shown that the South’s native grapes are vulnerable to parasitic nematodes.
Professor and Head of the Department of Foods and Nutrition in the UGA College of Family and Consumer Sciences Lynn Bailey speaks about the importance of nutritional interventions for maternal and childhood health at the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Global Food Security Summit. CAES News
Professor and Head of the Department of Foods and Nutrition in the UGA College of Family and Consumer Sciences Lynn Bailey speaks about the importance of nutritional interventions for maternal and childhood health at the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Global Food Security Summit.
CAES hosts Global Food Security Summit
When it comes to the goal of feeding the world’s growing population, the only certainty is that it will take a multipronged approach.
UGA graduate student Renan Souza presents his poster to one of the judges. More than 100 graduate students attended the 2019 National Association of Plant Breeders meeting. CAES News
UGA graduate student Renan Souza presents his poster to one of the judges. More than 100 graduate students attended the 2019 National Association of Plant Breeders meeting.
Plant breeders convene in Georgia to discuss the future of food, fiber and flowers in a changing world
More than 400 plant breeders convened at the Callaway Gardens conference center in Pine Mountain, Georgia, as part of the National Association of Plant Breeders (NAPB) annual meeting hosted by the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES).
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