Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences - Ames, IA, United States
Three 2-day courses: June 29-30: Genomic prediction in plant breeding. July 1-2: Plant breeding as an engineering discipline. July 3-4: Doubled haploids in plant breeding.
The 2013 class will maintain the core curriculum delivered in the previous classes and add modules to address the most recent development in plant breeding theory and practice, including an expanded section on molecular marker use, genome selection, non-replicated desig...
National Seed Institute (Uruguay) (INASE) - Canelones, Uruguay
This workshop aims to improve the knowledge and technical skills of seed analysts performing moisture determination as part of their daily work. Participants should be able to: - Know about ISTA rules for moisture determination; - How to take working samples for moistur...
Wageningen UR Centre for Development Innovation - Wageningen, Netherlands
The following subjects will be introduced through lectures, discussions and working groups: legal aspects, institutional aspects, technical aspects, exploitation of plant breeders rights.
The workshop will be based on a collection of exemplary phenotyping scenarios comprising Arabidopsis and crop plants that are challenged with environmental stress factors, e.g. water or nutrient limitation, or pathogen attack. The workshop includes practical sessions.
La Estanzuela Experiment Station of the National Agricultural Research Institute (INIA) - Colonia, Uruguay
The workshop will be made up of lectures, interactive sessions and practical experience in Tetrazolium Testing as well as its use for determining the vigour in Glycine max. It will also offer the opportunity for general discussion of these techniques and provide time fo...
La Estanzuela Experiment Station of the National Agricultural Research Institute (INIA) - Colonia, Uruguay
The workshop will be made up of lectures, interactive sessions and practical experience in sampling of seed lots and evaluation of samplers. It will also offer the opportunity for general discussion of seed sampling and provide time for participants to ask specific ques...
Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa)
Embrapa Soja - Londrina, PR, Brazil
O objetivo do curso é treinar o pessoal responsável pela armazenagem pelas unidades armazenadoras de grãos e sementes, gestores, supervisores, técnicos e operadores, nas mais modernas e avançadas técnicas de Manejo Integrado de Pragas de Grãos e Sementes Armazena...
In recent decades, consumers have become increasingly concerned about the quality and safety of their food. Public and private standards for pesticide residues have become stricter than ever before. But while there are plentiful technical solutions, the application of I...
Wageningen UR Centre for Development Innovation - Wageningen, Netherlands
The overall objective of the programme is to enhance the capabilities to translate the Integrated Seed Sector Development concept into strategies for making seed programmes and policies that seek enhancement by connecting to present practices.
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