Official Newsletter of the WANA Seed Network
No. 35, July 2008
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Announcements of meetings, seminars, workshops and training courses appear in this section. Please send us announcements for national, regional, or international workshops, seminars and training courses organized in your country for inclusion in the next issue.
Conferences
Asian Seed Congress 2008, 9-13 November 2008, Hyderabad, India. The Asian Seed Congress will be held from 9-13 November 2008 at Hyderabad International Convention Centre in Hyderabad India,. The National Seed Association of India will organize the congress in close collaboration with APSA. For information on the congress and registration please contact: APSA Secretariat, P.O. Box 1030 Kasetsart Post Office, Bangkok 10903, Thailand; E-mail: secretariat@apsaseed.org. More information is available on the APSA website www.apsa.org.
ISF 2009 World Seed Congress, 25-27 May 2009, Antalya, Turkey. The congress is organized under the auspices of the International Seed Federation and hosted by the Turkish Seed Industry Association. Antalya located in the Mediterranean cost in western Turkey is a city known for its horticultural crop seed production. For more information and registration please contact: ISF, Chemin du Reposoir 7, 1260 Nyon Switzerland; E-mail: isf@worldseed.org committe. Further information is available from Turkish Seed Industry Association, Mithapasa Caddesi Fazilet Apt. No 50/4, Yenisehir, Ankra, Turkey; E-mail: turkted@turkted.org.tr.
Seed Production and Treatment in a Changing Environment , 24 - 25 February 2009, The Belfry Hotel, Wishaw, West Midlands, UK . There have been major changes in arable and horticultural production over the last few years. There is now greater emphasis on the justification of crop protection management and more effective use of good husbandry techniques both for seed protection and production. Since the third BCPC 2001 Symposium on seed health and treatment, there has been more information available on the technology of treatment, the interpretation of seed testing, the technology of seed testing and sampling of seeds and production methods which lessen the risk of pest or pathogen attack.This Symposium will examine these developments as well as the effects of current and future legislation both in the UK and Europe. If you require further information please contact: The Program chairman Dr Anthony Biddle, Processors and Growers Research Organisation, Peterborough, UK;Tel: +44 (0) 1780 782585 Fax: +44 (0) 1780 783993; Email: anthony@pgro.org; Website: http://www.bcpc.org/seedtreatment/
Courses
Wageningen International Courses 2009
Wageningen University and Research offers continuing education in postgraduate courses, training sessions, and refresher courses. The courses vary from that of general interest to highly specialized levels, offering the chance to learn about current developments within the domain of Wageningen UR: healthy food and healthy living environment. Many institution among which is the Wageningen International (WI) organize short courses. For more information on course organized by WI and others, visit the following link http://www.courses.wur.nl
ISTA Vigour Workshop, Mashhad, Iran 18-21 April 2009: The International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) will hold a Seed Vigour Workshop at the Department of Crop Science, University of Ferdowsi, Mashhad, Iran from 18-21 April 2009. The aim of the workshop is to offer an introduction to the concept of seed vigour and seed vigour testing. It will be made up largely of lectures with some practical experience in completing vigour tests. The lecturers will be Dr Alison Powell (Chair, ISTA Vigour Committee, University of Aberdeen, UK), Dr Stan Matthews (University of Aberdeen, UK) and Dr Mohammad Khajeh Hosseini (University of Ferdowsi). The workshop will be conducted in English. Further details of the workshop and registration can be found on the ISTA website https://www.seedtest.org/en/workshopdetail---1--1113--210--66.html or from Dr Alison Powell (a.a.powell@abdn.ac.uk).
International Centre for Plant Breeding Education and Research: The University of Western Australia is to establish an International Centre for Plant Breeding Education and Research (ICPBER). The centre would play a vital role in addressing the looming global shortage in plant breeding expertise. The ICPBER will offer a four-year undergraduate science degree in genetics and breeding - the only one of its kind at an Australian university - and an undergraduate degree in agricultural science, with a component of genetics and breeding. Both degrees include training in crop agronomy, plant physiology, biometrics and related disciplines. It will also offer post-graduate study in genetics and plant breeding, as well as in-service training for practising plant breeders or seeds industry personnel.