This Thursday, February 20, at 11 am EST/8 am PST, NAMA will host a webinar with two prominent researchers on the genetics and breeding of proso millet:
* Prof. Dipak Santra, Dept. of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
https://agronomy.unl.edu/santra/* Dr. Vetriventhan Mani, Senior Genetic Resources Scientist, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
https://www.icrisat.org/public/about/team/dr-vetriventhan-maniProf. Santra is the alternative crops breeder at the University of Nebraska. His program
works on cultivar and germplasm development of existing alternative crops and developing new crops for semi-arid High Plains
region. He has organized international conferences on proso (aka broomcorn) millet and millets in general. On Thursday, he will discuss "Proso Millet Breeding and Genetics Research in the USA."
Dr. Mani's primary focus at ICRISAT's Genebank revolves around strategizing and conducting germplasm research to enhance the efficiency of conserving and utilizing this valuable collection. He has specialized in plant genetic resources, primarily focusing on eight dryland millets: sorghum, pearl millet, finger millet, foxtail millet, proso millet, barnyard millet, kodo millet, and little millet. He will present on "Proso Millet Genetic Resources Conservation and Research."
Please join us for
insights into genetic resources of one of the most widely-cultivated millets, and how they're being used
in crop breeding: