Genebank Management: Conservation and Promoting Use
May 25, 2007| |
The training course entitled “Genebank management: conservation and promoting use” will be held on 4-15 June, 2007 in Wageningen, the Netherlands. Some of the topics to be addressed in the course include: setting objectives for genetic conservation programs; genebank management procedures; rationalization of collections; and design of strategic genebank management plans.
The course is one of the six two-week courses offered and organized by Wageningen International and the Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands. The program is intended to enhance the participants’ capabilities to deal with contemporary issues in genetic resource management.
More information at http://documents.plant.wur.nl/cgn/downloads/Plantgeneticresources_2007.pdf
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