Annual Boerma Seminar

About

The Roger and Cindy Boerma Excellence in Plant Breeding Lecture Series, better known as the Annual Boerma Seminar, started in 2023 and is made possible due to a generous endowment from Roger and Cindy Boerma.

Each lecture features a prominent plant breeder, and is planned and executed by Institute students, with a faculty advisor.  This Lecture series alternates between the Athens and Tifton campuses.


Previous Seminars


2025

Carrot Breeding to Reduce Inputs for Growers and Increase Outputs for Consumers
 
Dr. Phil Simon
USDA-ARS Vegetable Crops Research Unit, Department of Plant and Agroecolsystem Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Announcement of the 2025 Annual Boerma Lecture with speaker Dr. Phil Simon

2024

Plant Breeding in the 21st Century: Molecular Breeding and High Throughput Phenotyping
 
Dr. Mark Sorrells
Professor, School of Integratvie Plant Science, Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, Cornell University

Announcement of the 2024 Annual Boerma Lecture with speaker Dr. Mark Sorrells

2023

Crops on the Edge
 
Dr. Alison Bentley
Bayer Visiting Scholar, Plant Breeding Center
The University of Minnesota 

Announcement of the 2023 Annual Boerma Lecture with speaker Dr. Alison Bentley