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<b>PLANT BREEDING FOR DROUGHT TOLERANCE,</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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Field-Oriented Short Course, June 2-13, 2014<o:p></o:p></p>
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Colorado State University will offer a three-credit, graduate-level, field-oriented course in Plant Breeding for Drought Tolerance, June 2-13, 2014. The course will be held in and around Fort Collins, Colorado, USA and is targeted to graduate students in the
plant sciences, as well as to professionals in the public and private sectors interested in increasing their knowledge in this area.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Additional information on the course content, format, cost, and registration is available at
<a href="http://www.droughtadaptation.org/summer_course.html" target="_blank">http://www.droughtadaptation.org/summer_course.html</a>. For questions, please contact the Program Assistant, Kierra Jewell (<a href="mailto:Kierra.Jewell@ColoState.edu" target="_blank">Kierra.Jewell@ColoState.edu</a>).
Applications will be accepted through March 15, 2014 or until the class is full (20 students).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D">Patrick F. Byrne</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D">Professor of Plant Breeding and Genetics</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dept. of Soil & Crop Sciences</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D">Colorado State University</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D">Fort Collins, CO 80523</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="tel:970-491-6985" target="_blank">970-491-6985</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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