Assistant Plant Breeder

Job Description

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY : Responsible for overseeing operational aspects of the breeding program.

PRODUCT : Watermelon

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Organizing, sowing, transplanting, and harvesting of breeding trials, hybrid trials, and crossing blocks created by the breeder.
• Entry of trials and trial data into a centralized database
• Organizing of and shipping seeds to various locations within the US and other countries
• Creating, coordinating, and overseeing the implementation of protocols and technology required to scale up the breeding program with a minimum impact on overall budget
• Maintaining breeding records, seed inventories, molecular marker results, pathology results, and trial data in a centralized database
• Directing labor crews in crossing, seed packaging, sowing, transplanting, tissue sample collection
• Maintenance and continual improvement of all operational protocols in the breeding program with a focus on technology, efficiency, and labor reduction
• Participation in group meetings and cooperation with other breeding programs to optimize timing and use of shared resources.
• Preparing reports for the breeder and product managers based on data gathered from trials
• Supervising of technicians and contract labor crews
• Assist in trial placement, scouting, harvest of trials on our research station and grower field.
• Communicate closely with FL research farm management to improve growing conditions and aid logistics
• Communicate, Coordinate, and keep records for Seed testing, pathology testing, soil reports.

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