My Summer Internship Experience

I had the opportunity to spend my summer in Minnesota as an intern in Syngenta’s sweet corn breeding program. I had a wide variety of experiences that ranged from planting to learning how to run a Plant Stand Analyzer and working with gathered data. My intern project that I worked on throughout the summer focused on implementing experimental designs on a set of trials to test developing harvest technology. I also got to learn about vegetable breeding programs, plant pathology, and trait development in sweet corn. Near the end of the summer, I was able to collect data on trials and taste a lot of sweet corn! It was a great internship experience– I also loved exploring the Twin Cities, meeting new people, and traveling up the North Shore!