Plant Breeding Survey

Plant Breeding at NCSU

A survey was conducted in 2001 for Dr. Johnny Wynne (Associate Dean and Director, NCARS) to help guide the plant breeding faculty in training graduate students for jobs available in seed companies, land grant universities, and the USDA/ARS.

NCSU plant breeding survey (2001)

• Students trained (Universities)
• Jobs available (Seed companies)
• Summary: students vs. jobs

Other surveys

• Economic Research Service (USDA)
• FAEIS survey of graduates
• Nature Biotechnology (1999)

Seed companies

• Seed company jobs

Public Institutions

• Universities
  • Land Grant Universities
• USDA/ARS