
Accelerate Team
Hi, we are an early career team excited to transfer approaches in major crops to underutilized crops. We are the workforce for G2P breeding in water efficient crops.
Melinda Yerka is an Assistant Professor of Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics at the University of Nevada, Reno. Melinda is working on breeding sorghum having specialty endosperm traits, especially traits for human food, animal feed, biofuel, craft brewing, and craft distilling.
Small Grains Breeding