Smit Dhakal

Wheat Scientist at PowerPollen, ex-UIUC bioenergy sorghum, ex-TAMU wheat, an aggie, love photography & adventure 🌽 🌾🍞 👨‍🔬 🌏 🚵‍♀️ 📷

[Smit Dhakal @DhakalSmit]

Amidst biomedical scientist! Learning cryopreservation techniques to be applied in plant science. #CRYO2022 #SLTB

[Smit Dhakal @DhakalSmit]

We have a new opening for a Senior scientist position at Power Pollen. PowerPollen is an excellent place to work, from my experience.
#PowerPollen
https://t.co/BLYJC3eY64

[Smit Dhakal @DhakalSmit]

@pierrebuffard Thank you for all the efforts and help you have provided to @PowerPollen wheat. I wish you best of luck for new career.

[Smit Dhakal @DhakalSmit]

Interested in working with PowerPollen?
We have multiple open opportunities to fill in. We would love to have you. For more info:
https://t.co/tiSBXYPCmj

[PowerPollen | Preserve. Enhance. Grow. @PowerPollen]

PowerPollen is excited to partner with Bayer for commercial use of our technology designed to help corn seed production growers increase their yields. Read more here: https://t.co/whF3FeyLzK

[Smit Dhakal @DhakalSmit]

Rare sight to see in Iowa! Maintainer and CMS seed increase in our Ames location. #HybridWheat #PowerPollen

[Smit Dhakal @DhakalSmit]

Happy to represent PowerPollen!

[PowerPollen | Preserve. Enhance. Grow. @PowerPollen]

Join us in welcoming Dr. Smit Dhakal to the PowerPollen team. He’s jumped right into his role as our new wheat scientist. We’re happy to have him!

[Smit Dhakal @DhakalSmit]

New addition to PowerPollen. Welcome to team Carl!

[PowerPollen | Preserve. Enhance. Grow. @PowerPollen]

Our new Chief of Operations, Carl Cox, is excited about the opportunity to serve his team and enable the growth and success of PowerPollen. Welcome, Carl! https://t.co/IA0mNsiCo2

[Smit Dhakal @DhakalSmit]

As a foreign scientist, this story is completely relatable!!

[Vikas Navratna @vikasnavaratna]

Snippets from life of an immigrant postdoc. I came to the US with $15000 in loan, & that is not trivial coming from India. I spent more than a year living in a small house of 300 sq. ft.(all incl.), & cutting corners on almost everything so that I could pay the loan off ASAP. 1/n

[Smit Dhakal @DhakalSmit]

Feeling good to be back in wheat and Yuma! Selection of pollination parent for hybrid wheat.
#PowerPollen #YumaAZ

[Smit Dhakal @DhakalSmit]

We are scaling this to wheat pollen collection, preservation, and application #Pollen #Pollination @PowerPollen
https://t.co/B5aGMCBBxA

[Smit Dhakal @DhakalSmit]

@miteybugbytes @BreederBenBeyer @KStateRschExtn I found in my research plot here in Illinois!

[Smit Dhakal @DhakalSmit]

@SorghumBrent @JonathanDansel Agree. I have seen similar events in sorghum grown in greenhouse.

[Smit Dhakal @DhakalSmit]

Mother nature is kind to us! Last three days had been very comfortable for bagging heads. #CABBIbio #bioenergy #sorghum

[Smit Dhakal @DhakalSmit]

@NykhilPatil Easy to maneuever, but not tall enough for some photoperiod sensitive genotype..

[Smit Dhakal @DhakalSmit]

Creating short-day conditions for photoperiod sensitive sorghum genotypes. Closing view of black curtains. #CABBI #Sorghum

[Smit Dhakal @DhakalSmit]

@AgronomyOnTheGo I guess this must be sorghum webworm damage?

[Smit Dhakal @DhakalSmit]

Genuine ( legitimate route) non-immigrants are suffering..

[Smit Dhakal @DhakalSmit]

For those interested working in small grains

[Jessica Rutkoski @JRutkoski]

I am happy to announce our new lab website: https://t.co/8dkijdPgbp, if you are interested in joining us for a MS or PhD in plant breeding check out our graduate student assistantship opportunities: https://t.co/JIynlq2pzH. #wheat #rice #oat @genomic_pred #plantbreeding

[Smit Dhakal @DhakalSmit]

@DrSethMurray @BlavatnikAwards Huge congratulations Dr Murray!

[Smit Dhakal @DhakalSmit]

@JRutkoski I had similar encounter back in Texas. But had eggs only.