4th Annual Cornell Plant Breeding Symposium
Domestication: The crossroads of cultural and natural diversity
Friday, March 20, 2015 ▪ 8:30am-4:45pm ▪ 135 Emerson Hall
Free registration for in-person and webinar attendance.
Program:
- Contrasting patterns of genetic diversity between village dogs and purebred dogs – Adam Boyko, Cornell University
- Discovery approaches within an industry context: How can crop native traits help inform the forward problem? – Bob Meeley, DuPont Pioneer
- Agrobiodiversity as coupled systems: interactions of cultural and natural diversity amid global environmental and socioeconomic changes – Karl Zimmerer, Penn State
- Tale of two underutilized tree crops: Where did they come from and where are they going? – Nyree Zerega, Northwestern University
- Evolutionary genetics of maize adaptation: domestication and beyond – Jeff Ross-Ibarra, UC Davis
- Hopi corn, the soul of Hopi culture – Leigh Kuwanwisiwma, Hopi Cultural Preservation Office
Sponsored by DuPont Pioneer and organized by the graduate students of Plant Breeding and Genetics.