In no particular order, we present the Top 10 Stories of 2022. Here’s the fourth.
Legendary soybean breeder Istvan Rajcan knows how to give the seed industry what it wants. His business savvy is one reason he became the recipient of the 2022 Plant Breeding and Genetics Award.
His list of accomplishments is extensive — 103 publications in refereed journals. Sixty-nine soybean varieties including OAC Kent, which won the Seed of the Year Award in 2008.
Sponsored by Seeds Canada and Germination, the award is presented annually to a public or private sector researcher who has made a significant contribution to the advancement of Canadian plant agriculture through research in plant breeding and genetics.
Rajcan joined the faculty at the University of Guelph in 1998. His germplasm is now present in a large percentage of commercially successful soybean varieties grown in Eastern Canada. His products have also been grown beyond Ontario in Quebec, Manitoba and Eastern Europe. They’ve also gained major recognition with soybean end users throughout Europe and Asia.
https://germination.ca/istvan-rajcan-on-why-grad-students-are-like-roses/
