{"id":5086,"date":"2026-03-16T05:19:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T05:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cognitionconferences.com\/environmentalscience\/?post_type=committee&#038;p=5086"},"modified":"2026-03-16T05:19:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T05:19:54","slug":"cal-qualset","status":"publish","type":"committee","link":"https:\/\/cognitionconferences.com\/environmentalscience\/committee\/cal-qualset\/","title":{"rendered":"Cal Qualset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"861\" data-end=\"1244\"><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">Calvin <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">O. <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">Qualset<\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">, <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">often <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">known <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">as <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">Cal <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">Qualset<\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">, <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">is <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">an <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">American <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">agricultural <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">scientist <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">specializing <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">in <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">plant <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">genetics, <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">crop <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">breeding, <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">and <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">conservation <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">of <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">genetic <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">resources<\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">. <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">He <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">worked <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">for <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">many <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">years <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">at <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">the <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">University <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">of <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">California, <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">Davis<\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">, <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">where <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">he <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">became <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">a <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">professor <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">of <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">agronomy <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">and <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">range <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">science <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">and <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">later <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">Professor <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">Emeritus<\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">. <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">He <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">served <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">as <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">Director <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">of <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">the <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">UC <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">Genetic <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">Resources <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">Conservation <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">Program<\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">, <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">focusing <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">on <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">the <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">preservation <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">of <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">plant <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">genetic <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">diversity <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">and <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">the <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">improvement <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">of <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">important <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">crops <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">such <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">as <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">wheat, <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">oats, <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">and <\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">triticale<\/span><span class=\"BZ_Pyq_fadeIn\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5087,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-5086","committee","type-committee","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cal Qualset | University of California, Davis | USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Calvin O. 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