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GRACEN, Vernon

Vernon Gracen is currently a Visiting Professor in the department of Plant Breeding and Genetics at Cornell University. He teaches an introductory course in Plant Breeding and manages curriculum development for the Cornell Transnational Learning Program. Raised in Savannah, Georgia, he now lives in Ithaca, New York. He earned a B.S. in Education from Georgia Southern College and a Ph.D. in Agronomy from the University of Florida. He joined Cornell University as an Assistant Professor in Plant Breeding and Biometry in 1970 and moved through the ranks of Associate and Full Professor. His research interests were in the areas of breeding for disease and insect resistance in maize and cassava. He joined Cargill Hybrid Seed in 1987 as Vice President, Director of Research and Development for the North American Seed Division. He became Director of Research for Cargill’s Worldwide Seed Business in 1992. He returned to Cornell as a Visiting Professor in 2001.

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Abstract How Intellectual Property and Plant Breeding Come Together: Corn as a Case Study for Breeders and Research Managers