Thank you, Don and Joni for the opportunity to present my work. Thank you all for listening our presentations over 1.5 hrs with patience. This gives me hope that millet is not dead yet in the context of the US agriculture.

Joni:

See on next week Feb.26 at 9 AM, your time (I think) and have more specific conversations on proso and other potential millets.

Bets regards,

Dipak

Dipak Santra, Ph.D.  Professor (Alternative Crops Breeding Specialist) President, International Broomcorn Millet Association  Department of Agronomy and Horticulture  University of Nebraska–Lincoln  Panhandle Research & Extension Center  4502 Ave I, Scottsbluff, NE 69361  (308) 632-1244 (work) / (308) 765-2324 (cell)

From: Collab <collab-bounces@lists.millets2023.space> On Behalf Of Don Osborn
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Subject: [Collab] Webinar on the genetics & breeding of proso millet, Thurs. 20 Feb.

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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-mani

Prof. 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:

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Zoom Meeting, Thurs. 20 Feb., 11 am EST / 8 am PST
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North American Millets Alliance