Cucurbitaceae

1. 11 — 16 November, 2018
UC Davis, California, USA
Cucurbit2018.ucdavis.edu
CUCURBITACEAE
2018
Bringing together cucurbit scientists from around the world for an in-depth
conference exploring new frontiers of cucurbit research and development.

2. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
DAVIS
• No. 1 in Agriculture for 3 years
• Ranked in top 10 public research universities
in the U.S.
• 34,000 students
• 4,450 faculty
• 24,160 staff
• 6,000 acres
• 17 million square feet
• $704 million in research funding FY 2013-14
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BY THE NUMBERS
Carmel

3. SEED CENTRAL facilitates
communication and research
collaboration between the
seed, food and agriculture
industries and UC Davis to
bring science to market faster.
Members of the
California Seed Association
Agricultural Industry partners with UC Davis
The PLANT BREEDING CENTER educates
and trains plant breeders to develop and
release new cultivars necessary to improve
productivity and quality.
The SEED BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTER
mobilizes UC Davis research, educational
and outreach resources with seed and
biotechnology industries partners to
facilitate discovery and commercialization
of new seed technologies for agricultural
and consumer benefit.

4. Visit the Best of California!
Carmel & Monterey
175 mi
San Francisco
73 mi
Sacramento
18 mi
Napa
43 mi
Lake Tahoe
131 mi
Lake Tahoe
131 mi
Yosemite
186 mi

5. Kent Bradford
Director, Seed Biotechnology
Center
Allen Van Deynze
Dept. of Plant Sciences
UC Davis
Angela Davis
Sakata Seed America, Inc.
Bill Copes
HM Clause Vegetable Seeds –
Group Limagrain
Cecilia Chi-Ham
HM Clause, Intellectual Property
and R and D Strategy
Francois Korn
Seed Quest and Seed Central
Jim McCreight
USDA, Crop Improvement and
Protection Program
Phyllis Himmel
Collaboration for Plant
Pathogen Strain Identification
Ramesh Kumar
Syngenta Seeds
PROGRAMCOMMITTE
E
Sue Ditomaso
Department of Plant Sciences
UC Davis
Julie Tillman
Department of Plant Sciences
UC Davis
C U C U R B I T A C E A E 2 0 1 8
LOGISTICALORGANIZERS