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Gordon Research Conference, Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology – July 30 – Aug. 4 in Ventura, CA

A Gordon Research Conference on Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology entitled “Understanding Functions and Behaviors of Individual Plant Cells in Space and Time” will take place from July 30th to August 4th in Ventura, California.

SorghumBase release 5 is out with 10 new CP-NAM sorghum genomes & 38 million new SNPs

The SorghumBase Team is pleased to announce the fifth release of SorghumBase (https://www.sorghumbase.org/) (see release notes #5). This release includes 10 new sorghum genomes from the Carbon-Partitioning Nested Association Mapping (CP-NAM) panel: Chinese Amber [PI 22913], Grassl [PI 154844], Leoti

Highlights from the 2022 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting

SorghumBase was presented at the 2022 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, which convened from November 6th to 9th in Baltimore, Maryland and was attended by a group of around 1800 people .

AG2PI Grant, Proposals due January 6th

The Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative (AG2PI), funded by USDA NIFA, is accepting proposals for their larger, “coconut” grant.

AG2PI Workshop, “Sharing UAS based high throughput plant phenotyping data via public clouds,” November 18th

The Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative (AG2PI) is hosting a virtual workshop entitled “Sharing UAS based high throughput plant phenotyping data via public clouds” on November 18th from 1:00 – 3:00 EST.

AG2PI Field Day “Stakeholder Panel on Challenges in Ag G2P,” November 16th

The Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative (AG2PI) is hosting a virtual field day entitled “Stakeholder Panel on Challenges in Ag G2P” on November 16th from 11:30 – 1:00 EST.

Sorghum & Millet Workshop at PAG30 on January 15, 2023

The Sorghum & Millet Workshop will take place on Sunday, January 15, 2023 in San Diego, CA during the 2023 Plant & Animal Genome Conference (PAG 30 ( January 13-18, 2023).

Check our SorghumBase poster at the 2022 ASA, CSSA & SSSA International Annual Meeting

The SorghumBase Team looks forward to meeting with plant researchers at the 2022 ASA, CSSA & SSSA International Annual Meeting from November 6th to the 9th. You will be able to meet Dr. Sunita Kumari at the Plant Genetic Resources

Invitation to Host the 3rd Global Sorghum Conference between 2025-2028, Proposals due Dec. 1, 2022

The International Sorghum Task Force (ISTF) is looking for institutions interested in hosting the 3rd Sorghum in the 21st Century Global Sorghum Conference, which is set to take place 2025-2028.