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AUgust 09
Two new AVRDC
tomato varieties released in China
“Strengthening
Private and Public Research Relationships in Horticulture”
July 09
Pumpkin: A
globetrotter strikes roots
Workshop on seed
industry development in Tanzania
AVRDC's Vegetable
Breeding and Seed System (vBSS) Program tests pumpkin lines in
Madagascar
June 09
AVRDC’s pepper
grafting technology successful on the test bench
Dr. Andreas Ebert,
AVRDC Global Theme Leader for Germplasm, protects agricultural
biodiversity
A decade of effort
in developing sweet pepper hybrids bears fruit at AVRDC, The
World Vegetable Center
May 09
Introgressing
multiple Ty genes from wild tomato species Solanum
habrochaites and S. chilense into AVRDC lines
A combination of
germplasm, genetics, genomics, and stress physiology identify
tomatoes with tolerance to drought and high temperatures
Towards a
sustainable vegetable seed sector in the Sahel: Vegetable Seed
Multiplication and Storage workshop held in Niamey, Niger
April 09
AVRDC holds Seed
Pathology and Seed Health Technology Course at Sokoine
University of Agriculture, Tanzania
AVRDC’s Integrated
Pest Management (IPM) strategies spread throughout India
Seed industry
leaders from Libya and Tunisia visit AVRDC’s Samanko station in
Mali
March 09
AVRDC vegetable
breeders in West Africa search for the perfect onion - Rouge
Violet: A color for all seasons?
ICRISAT and the
World Vegetable Center (AVRDC) strengthen collaboration to
improve crop diversity for farmers
Bitter gourd: high
value, high input
High beta-carotene
tomatoes for West Africa are scoring high
February 09
Rockefeller
Project seeds progress: Technology transfer of promising
vegetable lines through sustainable seed production in East
Africa
AVRDC tomato
lines released in Tanzania and Malawi
Molecular
markers pinpoint genes for disease resistance in tomato
Rise in global
temperatures takes toll on tomato farmers and wholesale dealers
in India
January 09
Chilis are
heating up the world
November 08
Indigenous
African eggplant is becoming popular with African seed
companies, farmers, and consumers
October 08
International
genebank specialists discuss strategies to safeguard genetic
resources
September 08
Hot topic:
Multi-disease resistant chili lines for higher yields and income
February 08
AVRDC, The
World Vegetable Center, appoints new Director General
October 07
International
symposium on human health effects of fruits and vegetables
unites medical and agricultural researchers
March 07
Encouragements and
new directions from the board of the World Vegetable Center
February 07
The new Apple
of the Eyes: high-beta carotene tomato renews Asia’s vision
December 06
First international
conference on indigenous vegetables and legumes
AVRDC – The World
Vegetable Center and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are combining
forces to give Africa’s vegetable sector a new future - New vegetables
to boost African development
October 06
Vegetables are
the fastest expanding crop sector in the world
September
06
Mungbean
varieties give new meaning to “fast food”
March 06
Launch of the Global Horticulture Initiative -
Joint
efforts that will improve the livelihoods of millions in Africa
and other developing countries
AVRDC, CIRAD and
ISHS launch the Global Horticulture Initiative, a bold
contribution to the Millennium Development Goals
Lancement de
l'Initiative horticole mondiale : réduire pauvreté et
malnutrition au Sud
August 05
AVRDC develops pepper germplasm
that is resistant to eight isolates of chilli veinal mottle
virus (ChiVMV)
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