SEPTEMBER 2017 GERMINATION.CA 3 September2017 • Contents FEATURES 04 Charting a Course 14 How to be Heard in Seed 24 Powerful Tools, Major Possibilities 30 Plant Breeding Education Takes Many Forms 32 Paving the Way for Innovation 42 Building on Success 46 Breathing Life into Flax PERSPECTIVES 35 Analyzing Risk — with an Ancient Brain 49 CSAAC 50 CSGA 52 CSI 54 CSTA 64 Giant Views DEPARTMENTS 20 Strategy Session 55 Cross Pollination 58 World Status 60 The Headlines SPECIAL SECTIONS 36 INSIDERS PICTURED: Sean Myles, assistant professor and university research chair, Agriculture Genetic Diversity in the Department of Plant, Food and Environmental Sciences at Dalhousie University. See story on page 35 “ITUSEDTOBETHATBREEDERSDIDTHEIR JOBWITHRESPECTTOYIELD,BUTITHINK THERE’SANOPPORTUNITYTOLOOKAT SOMEPROCESSINGTRAITSTHATCANBE INCORPORATEDINTOSEED.” —GijsvanRooijen/24