Chestnut Chat

When:
November 21, 2025 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
2025-11-21T11:30:00-05:00
2025-11-21T13:00:00-05:00
Where:
online
Cost:
Free
Contact:
American Chestnut Foundation

The American Chestnut Foundation will hold a live Chestnut Chat on Friday, November 21st from 11:30 am to 1 pm ET.

In this Chat, Dr. Jessica Rutkoski will cover practical predictive breeding approaches and testing design strategies aimed at accelerating population improvement for multiple traits.

In addition, ways in which high-throughput phenotyping could be applied to enhance breeding efficiency will be discussed.

Jessica is a quantitative geneticist and assistant professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.. Throughout the talk, she will draw on her experience as a breeder and quantitative geneticist and provide insight on how to prioritize breeding methods for adoption.

To take part in this Chat, register at Webinar Registration – Zoom