Plant breeder vs agriculture scientist

Differences between plant breeder and agriculture scientist duties and responsibilities

Plant breeder example responsibilities.

• Manage daily operations of USDA facility.
• Maintain an OSHA compliant work environment, enforce affirmative attendance policy, maintain complete inventory records and met/exceed production goals.
• Travel and work with vendors on equipment upgrades in the extrusion process and tooling rebuilds.

Agriculture scientist example responsibilities.

• Manage sample inventory via in-house laboratory information management system (LIMS) and implement additional systems for sample and chemical organization.
• Key activities include process chemistry development, synthesis of intermediates, compound purification and structure identification, and comprehensive scientific documentation.
• Evaluate patient samples to identify biomarkers providing the development of asthma patient stratification methods.