Seed Info 29, July 2005

S E E D I N F O

Official Newsletter of the WANA Seed Network

No. 29, July 2005

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Meetings and Courses_______________________________________________________
Announcements of meetings, seminars, workshops and training courses appear in this section. Please send us national, regional or international announcements for workshops, seminars and training courses organized in your country for inclusion in the next issue.

Conferences

Asian Seed Congress 2005, Shanghai, China:
The congress will be organized by the Asia and Pacific Seed Association in collaboration (APSA) with the Ministry of Agriculture and China National Seed Trade Association from 7 to 10 November 2005. The venue of the Congress will be the Shanghai Everbright Convention and Exhibition Center International Hotel, 66 Cao Bao Road, Xuhui District, Shanhai 200235, China. Tel: +86-21-64842500; Fax: +86-21-64545595; Email: hotel@secec.com

The Congress offers an opportunity to meet and interact with key persons in the global seed industry where 500 delegates from more than 50 countries are expected to participate. The Congress will address issues such as seed industry in China, vegetable seed industry in Asia, achievements and future prospects of hybrid rice in Asia, and germplasm acquisition and IPRs under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources.

Special Interest Groups on hybrid rice, vegetables and forages will convene and trade exhibits and business meetings will be arranged. For details and registration, please visit the website: http://www.apsaseed.com/asianseed/Shanghai05/index.html

Courses

Seed Health Master Class: Advanced Professional Training Course, May - June 2006, Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Danish Seed Health Center for Developing Countries each year offers a six weeks training course on seed health. The aim of the course is to offer professional seed technologists, biotechnologists, plant breeders and other specialists the possibility to further strengthen their skills and expertise. The training is an opportunity to update and refresh issues in seed pathology and seed health, to be introduced to new technologies, to discuss and to work with fellow professionals and the scientific staff of the Danish Seed Health Center.

The Advanced Professional Training course is open only to specialists working actively in seed health. The course curriculum comprises elements of general interest to all participants, such as new development in diagnostic technologies, recent trends in international seed trade and quarantine issues. It also includes individual training assignments, which could be, for example introduction to a specific technology, coupled with hands-on laboratory training or issues of particular interest to the participant.

The following subjects will be treated in depth through lectures, exercises and discussions:

•	Importance of seed-borne disease in national, regional and international perspectives, recent developments and mitigation options
•	Diagnostics, transmission and identification of fungal, bacterial and viral seed-borne pathogens
•	Latest developments in international efforts, ISTA Seed Committee activities, ISF, ISHI Initiative, WTO Protocol on Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures, EU plant quarantine and seed certification
•	Seed trade and intellectual property rights
•	New developments and problems in sampling, seed quality testing, seed production, conditioning, biocontrol agents, seed health in integrated disease and pest management

The application forms should be sent to DSHC before 1 March 2006. For more information and application forms, please contact: Henriette Westh, Information Secretary, KVL 40, Thorvaldsensvej, DK-1871, Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark; Fax: +45-35-283701; E-mail: hew@kvl.dk; Website: http://www.shc.kvl.dk