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Meet Yoko Yoshikawa

Job: 

Research Associate Tree Crops – Breeding.

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Job description: 

Apple rootstock breeding, summerfruit breeding.

Work background: 

Plant breeding.

Favourite part of job: 

Pollination – it is exciting to create new cultivars.

Least favourite part of job: 

Moving heavy materials such as heavy crates of fruit.

What I am working on now: 

Developing new apple rootstocks, selecting new summerfruit varieties.

A quick story about a job well done: 

Managing a busy harvest season and getting all the new varieties picked at just the right maturity.

Qualifications: 

MSc Genetics.

Interests outside work: 

Watching anime, watching movies and reading books.


Yoko Yoshikawa is a Research Associate at Plant and Food Research. Image: Supplied.