Tainan, Taiwan
April 17, 2009
Source:
AVRDC - The World Vegetable
Center - Newsletter
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Front
row from left: Professor N Niranjan, Ms. Ronia
Tanyongana, Professor R. Mabagala, Dr. Carmen N.
Mortensen, and Professor H. S. Prakash; 2nd, 3rd and 4th
rows :Participants from 8 countries; 4th row center:
Professor Misangu |
The second Seed Pathology and
Seed Health Technology Course was held at
Sokoine University
of Agriculture’s African Seed Health Centre on 2-27 March 2009.
Jointly organized by AVRDC’s Regional Center for Africa
and the African Seed Health Center, the course drew 16
participants from eight countries. Fifteen of the participants
were sponsored by the Vegetable Breeding and Seed Systems in
sub-Saharan Africa (vBSS) project, including four seed
multiplication specialists, one research assistant, eight seed
analysts, and three plant quarantine services officers.
The course covered all aspects of
good quality seed production, seedborne diseases and detection,
and the latest technologies in the field.
Sampling procedures and plant
quarantine regulations were also covered. |
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