• Project No. and Title: NC7 - Conservation, Management, Enhancement and Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources
• Dates: 06/11/2025 to 06/12/2025
• Contacts: [Melanie Caffe]

This authorizes the annual meeting: .
The meeting will be held on 06/11/2025 at Brookings South Dakota. :

Admin Advisor: Kendall Lamkey (krlamkey@iastate.edu)

Attached is the meeting agenda. For those of you attending virtually, the Team meeting links are included in the schedule (one link for each day). Let me know if there is any conflict with your presentation time and please confirm whether you are attending virtually or in person.<br /> <br /> For those of you visiting us in Brookings, we’d like to give you a tour our field and greenhouse research facilities on Wednesday afternoon. We are planning a tour of our Specialty Crop Facility where some of our faculty members will talk about their work on grape (Dr. Fennell) and pepper (Dr. Toporek), a tour of our greenhouses where you’ll hear about Dr. Gu’s research on rice seed dormancy, and a visit of our wheat (Dr. Mural and Dr. Glover) and oat breeding trials, among others. I am still in the process of setting up visits; I’ll provide a full list as the schedule gets finalized.<br /> <br /> A block of rooms has been reserved at the Country Inn & Suites (block name: NC7 meeting). You have until May 31st to make a reservation for this block.<br /> <br /> Country Inn & Suites by Radisson<br /> 3000 Lefevre Drive<br /> Brookings, SD 57006<br /> (605) 499-4175<br /> brookingscountryinn@gmail.com<br /> <br /> Another hotel option:<br /> <br /> Comfort Suites University<br /> 929 25th Avenue<br /> Brookings, SD, 57006<br /> (605) 937-5867<br /> <br /> For those flying, the closest airport is in Sioux Falls (FSD). Brookings is located 50 minutes north of Sioux Falls airport.