Welcome to the Plant Breeding Training Network (PBTN)!  Feel free to browse the reference materials located within the community.  If you would like to view current discussion topics and collaborate with other community members, you'll need to create an account.  Here are instructions on how to create a PBTN account.

If you are visiting the community page to attend a webinar, here are instructions on how to use the Adobe Connect meeting room.

The PBTN is currently funded in part by a USDA/National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant. It is a collaboration among the Plant and Soil Sciences eLibrary, university and college educators/students, minority serving institutions and wheat and barley researchers. Partners from over 21 states, USDA and 55 universities are members of the PBTN.

PBTN launched the summer of 2011. As it grows and develops, we anticipate breeding and genetics collaborators from other plant species will be added.

Please take a look around and we hope you find the materials, webinars, classes and interactions with colleagues in this environment to be rewarding. Together we can meet the food needs of a growing population, in the midst of climate challenges.

We hope you become a frequent visitor of this site to share with us the experiences of this exciting project.

Deana Namuth-Covert and Jamie Sherman
PBTN Directors

Gary Muhelbauer and Jorge Dubcovsky
TCAP Project Directors