Plant Breeding Stories

Mar 23 2022 39 ep. 31 mins 28
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Plant Breeding Stories spotlights the individuals within the plant breeding world. We talk to breeders, scientists and entrepreneurs looking at what they do, what makes them tick, and what fascinates them about the world of plants. We’ll be highlighting some of the challenges faced in agriculture today, including government regulations, climate change, and changing consumer demands. The show is hosted by Hannah Senior of PBS International – world leaders in pollination control. PBS International design and produce specialist pollination bags and tents used by plant breeders and seed producers all around the world. Hannah shares some unique perspectives given by key industry influencers about how plant breeding affects our diets, farming systems and the environment.

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S4 E11 Plant Breeding Stories - Hannah Senior

Mar 23 2022 33 mins  
We’re wrapping up the Plant Breeding Stories podcast by reflecting on our learnings and exploring what’s next with our host, Hannah Senior, CEO of PBS International. In the final episode of the Plant Breeding Stories podcast, Hannah explains how her studies in experimental psychology and business plus an entrepreneurial spirit set her up for future success as CEO of PBS Inter

S4 E10 Plant Breeding Stories - Leena Tripathi

Mar 16 2022 33 mins  
Dr Leena Tripathi, Director of the East African hub of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), specialises in applying advanced biotechnology techniques to promote disease resistance in bananas. In this episode of the Plant Breeding Stories podcast, Leena shares how her desire to promote human health led to plants and an impactful career in crop biotechnology.

S4 E9 Plant Breeding Stories - Julia Sibiya

Mar 09 2022 32 mins  
Dr Julia Sibiya, Associate Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, is experimenting with new tools to improve traits of interest in sorghum and maize crops. In this episode of the Plant Breeding Stories podcast, Julia explains why she chose to work with plants over animals and describes the career path that led her to a professorship in South Africa. She giv

S4 E8 Plant Breeding Stories - John Letts

Mar 02 2022 39 mins  
John Letts had a “Howard Carter in Tutankhamun’s tomb” moment when he was handed a shoebox full of 550-year-old ears of wheat. As a chef, archeobotanist and roof thatcher turned plant breeder, he brings a radically different perspective on what’s needed in grain varieties for the era of climate change. In this episode of Plant Breeding Stories, John explains how taking th

S4 E7 Plant Breeding Stories - Girish Chowdhary

Feb 23 2022 32 mins  
Professor Girish Chowdhary is a computer science specialist at the University of Illinois. His academics career and interest in robotics comes with a real-world orientation, so he turned his expertise in automation to reducing the uncomfortable, labour intensive jobs in agriculture. The company Girish co-founded, EarthSense, developed its technology to meet the needs of plant breed

S4 E6 Plant Breeding Stories - Ksenija Gasic

Feb 16 2022 34 mins  
Dr Ksenija Gasic, Professor of Horticulture at Clemson University, is on a quest to deliver improved peach varieties to the U.S. market. In this episode of the Plant Breeding Stories podcast, Ksenija takes us back to her childhood in Serbia, where time spent in her family’s gardens sparked an early interest in plants and agriculture. She shares her experiences completing a postg

S4 E5 Plant Breeding Stories - Narinder Dhillon

Feb 09 2022 32 mins  
Dr Narinder Dhillon, Principal Cucurbits Breeder for the World Vegetable Center, has worked with plant breeding programmes around the world, experience which give him a big-picture mindset for solving global food security issues and a special appreciation for collaboration. In this episode of the Plant Breeding Stories podcast we follow Narinder from his family farm in India, to hi

S4 E4 Plant Breeding Stories - Emily Negrin

Feb 02 2022 35 mins  
Emily Negrin, Senior Director of Corporate Affairs at Inari, is an agriculture advocate focused on helping companies communicate more effectively. In this episode of the Plant Breeding Stories podcast, Emily explores why food production has become so controversial in recent years and explains how clear, concise communication can help bridge the gap between scientists and consumers

S4 E3 Plant Breeding Stories - Salvatore Ceccarelli

Jan 26 2022 35 mins  
Dr Salvatore Ceccarelli, left academia to "pursue more impactful work" breeding at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) in Aleppo, Syria. In this episode of the Plant Breeding Stories podcast, Salvatore explains his experience breeding Barley with smallholder farmers in near desert conditions in the middle east and Africa. He explains “part

S4E2 Plant Breeding Stories - Susan McCouch

Jan 19 2022 36 mins  
Dr Susan McCouch, Professor in plant breeding and genetics at Cornell University, took journey of a lifetime that reframed her understanding of humanity and charted the course for her life’s work in rice breeding. Susan’s Plant Breeding Story began with a hitchhiking adventure from Boston to Buenos Aires which opened her eyes to society's food challenges and motivated her t