Why Medicine Needs Agriculture
Irwin Goldman
Thursday, 06 Oct 2005 at 8:00 pm – Campanile Room, Memorial Union
Irwin Goldman is Associate Professor of Horticulture, Chair of the Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research interests include vegetable breeding and genetics, the human health attributes of vegetable crops, and the history of plant breeding and genetics. He chairs the USDA RRoot and Bulb Crop Germplasm Committee and the Vegetable Breeding Working Group of the American Society for Horticultural Science. This is part of the Sigma Xi series.Cosponsored By:
- Sigma Xi
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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