Plant Breeding and genetics graduate students are organizing a UNL Plant Breeding and Genetics Symposium. The symposium will include a speaker from the Agronomy and Horticulture Department, Stephen Baenziger, and a speaker from Pioneer Hi-Bred, David Habier.

Additional symposium speakers include Jean-Luc Jannink from the USDA-ARS at Cornell University, Jode Edwards from the USDA-ARS at Iowa State University, and Michael Gore from the USDA-ARS in Arizona. Sponsors of the symposium are Pioneer Hi-Bred and the UNL Agronomy and Horticulture Department. The symposium is free to attend, but registration is required through the symposium website.

For more information and to register, visit the UNL Plant Breeding and Genetics Symposium website at http://go.unl.edu/pbsymposium.