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Indiana Crop Improvement Association's Genetics Program Director Dr. Emily Dierkingappointed to the USDA’s Plant Variety Protection Board

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Publish time: 26th May, 2015      Source: Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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Indiana Crop Improvement Association's Genetics Program Director Dr. Emily Dierkingappointed to the USDA’s Plant Variety Protection BoardIndiana Crop Improvement Association's Genetics Program Director Dr. Emily Dierkingappointed to the USDA’s Plant Variety Protection Board" title="Share this link on Facebook">Lafayette, Indiana, USAMay 26, 2015Indiana Crop Improvement Association (ICIA) is proud to announce that Emily Dierking, PhD, the organization’s Genetics Program Director has been appointed to the USDA’s Plant Variety Protection Board.The purpose of the Board is to advise the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Under Secretary for the Marketing and Regulatory Programs, in the administration of the Plant Variety Protection Act (PVPA). The Act provides that “The Board shall consist of individuals who are experts in various areas of varietal development covered by this Act.”Alan Galbreth, CEO, ICIA comments, “ICIA is very proud to have Dr. Dierking selected to serve on the PVP Board. Emily will be a good representative for the seed industry and its stakeholders. She is a trained plant breeder who has experience working as a breeder for a seed company and has applied for variety protection through the PVP office. In addition, she understands the seed certification system and has a great molecular testing background as director of the ICIA genetics laboratory. The PVP office is crucial to the protection of intellectual property in the seed industry and ICIA is honored to have a representative involved in the process.”Emily was one of 6 newly appointed members to the Plant Variety Protection Board. Members of this Board are appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture and serve on the Board for two years. Emily’s term will begin this summer.Indiana Crop Improvement Association (ICIA) is an independent, non-profit organization. Since 1900, ICIA has been a resource for unbiased, third party agriculture quality assurance. In addition to being the official seed certifying agency for the state of Indiana, we provide full-service seed testing including: germination, purity, vigor, bioassay herbicide and other biotech trait testing. Our Genetics Lab offers DNA and Protein based testing for AP-LLP, hybrid purity and NonGMO confirmation. ICIA Field inspection services offer year-round certification, custom quality programs and QA and IP programs. Learn more at www.cnchemicals.com: May 26, 2015The news item on this page is copyright by the organization where it originatedFair use notice