Giant Views Videos 2011: UC Davis

UC Davis

Rale Gjuric, Director of Plant Breeding Academy, UC Davis

Rale Gjuric, Director of Plant Breeding Academy, UC Davis

Rale Gjuric is the first director of the UC Davis Seed Biotechnology Center Plant Breeding Academy. Here, he describes the Plant Breeding Academy program.

Rale Gjuric, Director of Plant Breeding Academy, UC Davis

Rale Gjuric explains the need for this kind of program, what the goals are and who the target audience is.

Rale Gjuric, Director of Plant Breeding Academy, UC Davis

Rale Gjuric explains how critical the current state of plant breeding in North America is and gives his opinion on whether or not there will be a shortage of plant breeders in the next few years.

Rale Gjuric, Director of Plant Breeding Academy, UC Davis

Rale Gjuric is involved in a Plant Breeding Academy in Europe. He discusses whether they are experiencing similar challenges in terms of plant breeding as we are here in North America.

Rale Gjuric, Director of Plant Breeding Academy, UC Davis

Rale Gjuric discusses the successes he has seen, starting with the Plant Breeding Academy

Rale Gjuric, Director of Plant Breeding Academy, UC Davis

Rale Gjuric founded Haplotech Inc., a Canadian company specializing in technical and consulting services for plant breeding companies. He describes the biggest problems companies usually have.