Corporate Roundtable with AgriPro/Syngenta

Corporate Roundtable; AgriPro/Syngenta Spring Wheat Breeding Program in Northern Plains

We are excited to host online Coorporate Roundtable by Yukiko Naruoka on Wednesday, June 8 at 6:00 p.m. (Central Time) on Zoom.

AgriPro/Syngenta wheat breeding programs have continued to support wheat production and market from Pacific Northwest to the Great Plains in the US through top-performing variety development. AgriPro spring wheat varieties have been leading the wheat industry and consistently ranks in top grown varieties in Northern Plains. This presentation reviews current spring wheat breeding goals and challenges and overview of breeding methods including new technologies and tools. Furthermore, the program has been evolving into hybrid wheat program to support growers, industry and future agriculture.

Yukiko Naruoka, originally from Japan has been a spring wheat breeder at Syngenta since 2016. After graduating from Montana State University with Ph.D. in plant genetics and breeding, she was involved in wheat research through post-doctoral assignment at Washington State University focused on identifying novel disease resistance genes and developing molecular markers for effective known genes for the Pacific Northwest.

Her current responsibility at Syngenta is development of new spring wheat cultivars in both conventional and hybrid wheat breeding program for the Northern Plains. She has given presentations and provided information for a group of Japanese wheat researchers (universities, agricultural water and prefectural research institutes) and flour milling companies.

In free time,  she enjoys martial arts training especially Aikido, and spending time with her family.

We are looking forward to seeing you there!

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