October 8-11, 2024

ISTA workshop on Quality Assurance and Accreditation - Advanced Level

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International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)*

Central Laboratory for Quality of Seeds and Planting Material - Bucharest, Romania

January 29-31, 2024

ISTA Workshop on Insect Detection in Seed Testing

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International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)*

GEVES - Angers, France

November 29-29, 2023

ISSS-​ISTA We­bi­nar on Seed priming

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International Society for Seed Science (ISSS)

Online - Online, Switzerland

Participation is free and is open to everybody - 'Molecular perspectives into seed priming. The seed repair response as a key player in the pre-germinative metabolism.' by Anca Macovei + 'Seed priming: practical commercial use and its evaluation.' by Tomoko Sakata

November 21-23, 2023

Basiscursus Kwekersrecht 2023

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University of Leiden

Oude Sterrewacht - Leiden, Netherlands

June 7-7, 2023

ISSS/​ISTA We­bi­nar on Seed dormancy

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International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)*

Online - Online, Switzerland

The webinar will explore: 1. 'Dormancy breakage for germination testing' by David Johnston. 2. 'The ecological significance of physical dormancy: from conundrum to clarity' by Ganesh K. Jaganathan. Participation is free and is open to everybody.

February 7-8, 2023

Initiation aux techniques de culture in vitro de végétaux

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Vegenov BBV

Locaux de Vegenov - Saint Pol de Léon , France

October 18, 2021 - December 17, 2021

COURSE – Plant Genetic Resources and Resilient Seed Systems for Sustainable Food Security

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Wageningen University & Research

Online, part-time, 9 weeks, 14 hours per week - Online, Netherlands

October 4-14, 2021

COURSE - Lost Harvest and Wasted Food 2021

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Wageningen University & Research

Facilitated online sessions, full-time, 40hrs per week (2 weeks) - Online, Netherlands

April 5, 2021 - June 24, 2021

COURSE - Integrated Seed Sector Development 2021

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Wageningen University & Research

Facilitated online sessions, part-time, 10hrs per week (12 weeks) - Online, Netherlands

January 25-29, 2021

Seed Functional Ecology School

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International Society for Seed Science (ISSS)

Online - Online, Italy

October 6-6, 2020

WEBINAR for seed companies: Inspect App: from paper and Excel to one digital source

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Mprise Agriware

Online from 14:00 to 14:45 CET - Online, Netherlands

Do you want to provide your workforce in the field or greenhouse with up to date information from office? Do you want to carry out inspections to capture growth results and adjust planning? Visit our webinar and see how you can do it. Sign up for the webinar...

September 30-30, 2020

WEBINAR - How to manage your seed company with ERP software

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Mprise Agriware

Online from 14:00 to 14:45 CET - Online, Netherlands

Production contracts, a very important subject for every seed company. You need to work together on the same contract. And when you change something, your colleague need to know that. How do you get sales, production and finance on the same wavelength? How can you mana...

March 25-27, 2020

ISTA Workshop on Germination, Viability and Vigour Tests

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International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)*

Bornova, Izmir, Turkey

March 10-11, 2020

ISTA Workshop for Seed Moisture Testing

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International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)*

Pejë / Peja , Kosovo

September 23, 2019 - October 4, 2019

COURSE: Lost harvest and wasted food

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Wageningen University & Research

Wageningen, Netherlands

June 17-28, 2019

COURSE : Plant breeders’ rights for food security and economic development

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Naktuinbouw

Hof van Wageningen - Wageningen, Netherlands

April 9-11, 2019

ISTA Workshop on Quality Assurance and Accreditation for Beginners

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International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)*

Kosovo Institute of Agriculture - Pejë, Kosovo

This workshop is to present and discuss basic principles of quality management and it focuses on the needs of seed testing laboratories that wish to comply with the ISTA Accreditation Standard and prepare for attaining and maintaining ISTA Accreditation.

March 20, 2019 - May 8, 2019

MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) Semences

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Online - Online, France

October 8-11, 2018

STA Workshop on Seed Sampling, with focus on Automatic Seed Sampling

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International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)*

Svalöv, Sweden

September 20-21, 2018

15èmes journées des laboratoires d’analyse de la qualité des semences

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GEVES, Groupe d'Etudes et de contrôle des Variétés et Semences

Beaucouzé, France

Ces journées constituent un rendez-vous annuel incontournable d’information des laboratoires sur les évolutions de méthodes et en particulier des règles ISTA.

September 17-28, 2018

Lost harvest and wasted food

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Wageningen University & Research

Campus WUR - Wageningen, Netherlands

Upon completion of the course you will understand the link between primary production, post-harvest management, the supply chain and food security; be familiar with alternative uses of food waste; have insight into the public and private responsibilities in the supply c...

June 18-29, 2018

COURSE - Plant variety protection (PVP)

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Wageningen University & Research

Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation - Wageningen, Netherlands

Application deadline: 07 May 2018 - Deadline NFP (KOP) / MENA (MSP): 18 October 2017 (for a scholarship opportunity)

May 29-31, 2018

2nd Training Course Advancements in Plant Breeding, Trial Design and Analysis

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Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops Novi Sad - Novi Sad, Serbia

The course is aimed at professionals who are involved in plant breeding and germplasm improvement. It is an opportunity for breeders to expand their knowledge on new strategies and technologies that are applied in breeding programs, as well as R software and its use in ...

May 14, 2018 - June 1, 2018

Integrated seed sector development

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Wageningen University & Research

Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation - Wageningen, Netherlands

Application deadline: 02 April 2018 - Deadline NFP (KOP) / MENA (MSP): 18 October 2017 (for a scholarship opportunity)

April 9-27, 2018

Contemporary approaches to genetic resources conservation and use

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Wageningen University & Research

Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation - Wageningen , Netherlands

Application deadline: 26 February 2018 - Deadline NFP/MENA (MSP): 18 October 2017 (for a scholarship opportunity)

March 12-12, 2018

Spoor van het zaad

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Naktuinbouw

Naktuinbouw - Roelofarendsveen, Netherlands

February 13-15, 2018

Formation sur la Mise en Oeuvre de Technologies Modernes en Sélection

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Vegenov BBV

Roscoff, France

Haploïdes doublés, sélection assistée par marqueurs, sélection génomique

January 15-16, 2018

Seminar „Saatgetreidefachhändler/in“ Teil II

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Bundesverband Deutscher Pflanzenzüchter e.V. (BDP) *

Burg Warberg - Warberg, Germany

Das neue Angebot richtet sich an Mitarbeiter im Tätigkeitsfeld „Saatgetreide“ aus Innendienst, Lager und Außendienst des Agrarhandels, von VO-Firmen und Züchtungsunternehmen. Das Seminar beinhaltet eine schriftliche Prüfung am Ende des Seminars. Der zu erzielend...

December 12-14, 2017

Seminar „Saatgetreidefachhändler/in“ Teil I

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Bundesverband der VO-Firmen e.V (BVO)

Bundeslehranstalt Burg Warberg - Warberg, Germany

Das neue Angebot richtet sich an Mitarbeiter im Tätigkeitsfeld „Saatgetreide“ aus Innendienst, Lager und Außendienst des Agrarhandels, von VO-Firmen und Züchtungsunternehmen. Das Seminar beinhaltet eine schriftliche Prüfung am Ende des Seminars. Der zu erzielend...

November 30-30, 2017

WEBINAR: Share breeding work: 3 scenarios of team collaboration

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Doriane SAS

Online, France

How to share breeding data and processes efficiently throughout the research department - Order biotech analysis and retrieve the MM results - Share field trial work with technicians - Communicate variety and hybrid performances with the Product Development department -...

November 27-29, 2017

Workshop on Imaging Technologies for Seed Evaluation

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International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)*

Aarhus University, Department of Agroecology - Slagelse, Denmark

The overall aim of this workshop is to introduce optical technologies (like multispectral imaging, NIRS, electrophotography and X-ray) in seed evaluation. The participants learn about and practice the use of imaging technologies for seed evaluation.

September 18-21, 2017

ISTA Workshop Seed Health Testing Sunflower, Soybean and Flax

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International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)*

Angers, France

Previous proficiency tests showed unexpected results between participants. This workshop will help participants to train on seed health testing methods for detecting fungi and harmonize notations.

September 11-22, 2017

COURSE - Lost harvest and wasted food

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Wageningen University & Research

Wageningen UR Centre for Development Innovation - Wageningen, Netherlands

In this course, we will look at ways to minimise losses, reduce food waste and explore alternative uses.

September 7-7, 2017

Postharvest technology course

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Wageningen University & Research

Wageningen Campus - Wageningen , Netherlands

The target audience consists of professionals active in the breeding, production, logistic, trade and retail industry with a focus on postharvest quality control.

August 21, 2017 - September 8, 2017

Modern Breeding Techniques of Maize

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Institute of Plant Biotechnology for Developing Countries (IPBO)

IPBO - Gent, Belgium

July 31, 2017 - August 11, 2017

The Sainsbury Laboratory's Summer School in Plant Microbe Interactions 2017

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The Sainsbury Laboratory

The Sainsbury Laboratory - Norwich, United Kingdom

June 29, 2017 - September 27, 2017

Workshop Spoor van het zaad

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Naktuinbouw

Naktuinbouw - Roelofarendsveen, Netherlands

June 19-30, 2017

Plant variety protection (PVP) course

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Wageningen University & Research

Wageningen University - Wageningen, Netherlands

Legal, institutional and technical aspects will be introduced through lectures, discussions and working groups. Also exploitation of plant breeders rights: enforcing rights, royalty collection, farm saved seed.

June 16-23, 2017

nternational Workshop: "Genome Engineering" and "Epigenetic Variation of Flowering Time Genetics"

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Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK Gatersleben)

Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung - Gatersleben, Germany

1st session will deal with the latest developments in genome engineering with relevance for the modification of crop plant genomes. 2nd session is closely related to the topic of the PP 1530. It will cover all aspects of epigenetics from DNA and histone modification to ...

June 7, 2017 - October 30, 2018

Biosafety in Plant Biotechnology Course

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University of Ghent

Online, with on campus training at Ghent University - Ghent, Belgium

Postgraduate e-learning course aimed at training scientists and law specialists

May 15, 2017 - June 2, 2017

Integrated Seed Sector Development Course 2017

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Wageningen University & Research

Wageningen University - Wageningen, Netherlands

Overall objective is to enhance the capabilities to translate the ISSD concept into strategies for making seed programmes and policies that seek enhancement by connecting to present practices. The training is experience-based and task-oriented and highly interactive.

April 3-6, 2017

ISTA SHC Workshop: How to validate a method and check the performance of quality system in Seed Health testing

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International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)*

University of Almeria - Almeria, Spain

This workshop will provide an overview of Seed health testing methods and method validation principle as well as methods to check the performance of their quality system: ability to implement a method, proficiency tests organization.

April 3-6, 2017

ISTA SHC Workshop: How to validate a method and check the performance of quality system in Seed Health testing

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International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)*

Universidad de Almería - Almeria, Spain

This workshop will provide an overview of Seed health testing methods and method validation principle as well as methods to check the performance of their quality system: ability to implement a method, proficiency tests organization. It will allow participants to work w...

April 3-14, 2017

COURSE - Agriculture in transition

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Wageningen University & Research

Wageningen UR Centre for Development Innovation - Wageningen, Netherlands

he course will use a mix of lectures, discussions, group work and field trips to offer background, theoretical foundations, as well as practical approaches for production and market development.

April 3-21, 2017

Contemporary approaches to genetic resources conservation and use

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Wageningen University & Research

Wageningen UR Centre for Development Innovation - Wageningen, Netherlands

This course provides state-of-the-art insight into various plant genetic resources management strategies and relevant policies.

March 22-22, 2017

Workshop: ‘Challenges of Phytopathologists working in the Seed Industry’

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Plantum*

Naktuinbouw - Roelofarendsveen, Netherlands

March 20-21, 2017

CyVerseUK Workshop

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University of York

University of York - York, United Kingdom

This workshop is focused on researchers who are either toward the beginning of their studies or have moved onto a new subject area. We will provide a hands-on sessions that will describe the use of software tools that can interrogate RNAseq, imaging, gene expression or ...

March 13-31, 2017

ICRA Course: Learning, action research and outreach – Making higher education boost food security

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Wageningen, Netherlands

March 7, 2017 - May 16, 2017

Opleiding Zaadanalyse & Gezondheidsonderzoek

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Naktuinbouw

Naktuinbouw - Roelofsarendsveen, Netherlands

March 6-17, 2017

Course: 'Quantitative methods in plant breeding'

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National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB)

NIAB - Cambridge, United Kingdom

Now in its 10th year, the course covers well established methods, for example variety trial design and analysis, to more contemporary methods such as linkage disequilibrium mapping and genomic selection.

February 21-24, 2017

Bioinformatics for Breeding Course

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Earlham Institute

Earlham Institute - Norwich, United Kingdom

The increasing number of genomic tools and resources which facilitate large-scale analysis of genotypes and traits are leading to novel, quicker approaches to breeding.

February 13-13, 2017

COURSE - A Practical Guide to Successfully Navigating the Patent System

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Royal Society of Biology

Charles Darwin House 2, 107 Gray's Inn Road - London, United Kingdom

This course aims to give you an overview of the patent system and provide practical tips to scoring successes and avoiding pitfalls.

January 30, 2017 - February 3, 2017

Data Visualisation for Biology: A practical workshop on design, techniques and tools

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Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton - Cambridge, United Kingdom

In this 5-day workshop, we will dive into the topic of biological data visualization and how it can be used to gain insight in and get a "feel" for a dataset, so that targeted analyses can be defined.

January 26-31, 2017

Cursus "Novel Breeding Tools"

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Amsterdam, Netherlands

January 19-20, 2017

Journées techniques de l'Institut Royal Belge pour l'Amélioration de la Betterave (IRBAB)

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Institut Royal Belge pour l'Amélioration de la Betterave (IRBAB)

Verlaine, Eghezée, Frasnes-lez-Avaing, Nivelles, Belgium

Structure de l’IRBAB pour faire face aux défis futurs et retour sur l’évènement Betteravenir / Beet Europe - Variétés & graines, Protection de la culture, Conservation des betteraves, Machinisme et qualité de la betterave.

January 17-19, 2017

Workshop for young scientists Development of Biological control products

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Schwentinental, Germany

The training workshop will focus on important topics determining the successful implementation of biological control products: Markets & product registration, methods in research on ecology, detection & mode-of-action, screening strategies & efficacy testing, lab to gre...

December 12-12, 2016

Joint EFSA-EPPO Workshop: Modelling in Plant Health – how can models support risk assessment of plant pests and decision-making?

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European Union - European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)

European Food Safety Authority - Parma, Italy

This workshop is aimed at scientific and technical experts on risk assessment, plant health risk managers and stakeholders.

December 6-6, 2016

Journée technique pour les laboratoires d'analyse de la qualité des semences céréales

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GEVES, Groupe d'Etudes et de contrôle des Variétés et Semences

Beaucouzé , France

November 21-24, 2016

WISP course on Wheat Genetics

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John Innes Centre

Norwich, United Kingdom

Aim: to offer training in the genetic analysis methodologies employed in WISP at the John Innes Centre. The participants will gain the skills necessary to apply these methodologies in their own research. Aimed at anyone with an interest in cereals research and crop bre...

November 14-17, 2016

ISTA SHC Workshop: Molecular Methods in Seed Health Testing

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International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)*

Naktuinbouw - Roelofarendsveen, Netherlands

This workshop will provide an overview of seed health testing methods using molecular methods. It will include various molecular assays for the detection of seed transmittable pathogens with reverse transcriptase PCR, classic end-point PCR, bio-PCR and real-time PCR.

October 24-25, 2016

Phenomatics Workshop

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Hnow Hotel - Berlin, Germany

Expert instructors will discuss and share information about phenotyping and data-science. The workshop is limited to 35 participants - interested persons please submit a brief description of interest to kevin.nagel@lemnatec.de.

October 24, 2016 - March 23, 2018

International course Plant Breeding 2016-2018

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Wageningen University & Research

Wageningen University - Wageningen , Netherlands

Enables professional plant breeders and researchers to upgrade their knowledge parallel with their current career. This course aims to add academic knowledge to professional experience of plant breeders worldwide.

October 17-21, 2016

1st International Course on Irrigation

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Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA)

Lleida, Spain

The objective of the course is to provide the elements required to operate an irrigation system so that the efficiency of plant water use and the efficacy of the system in delivering water are maximized.

September 5-9, 2016

COURSE - CRISPR-CAS9 Tool: From Gene to Function

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Centre for Genomic Regulation - Barcelona, Spain

During this course, the participants will learn advanced investigation methods in enzymology and protein science, and will also obtain a basic knowledge of the underlying principles, methods and potential of genome editing using the CRISPR/Cas9 system.

July 12-15, 2016

Summer school on image analysis for plant phenotyping

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Wageningen University & Research

Wageningen UR - Wageningen, Netherlands

June 22-22, 2016

Zadendeterminatie, Module 2

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University of Groningen

University of Groningen - Groningen, Netherlands

Hoe ziet u het verschil tussen de zaden van 693 verschillende plantensoorten uit 105 plantenfamilies? De veertien belangrijkste families vertegenwoordigen tweederde van het aantal plantensoorten, namelijk 465. Deze komen dan ook uitgebreid aan bod in de cursus Zadendete...

June 13-24, 2016

Short course: Plant variety protection (PVP)

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Wageningen University & Research

Wageningen University - Wageningen, Netherlands

This course aims at facilitating the introduction and practical implementation of Plant Breeders’ Rights in countries where legislation on this matter is being developed or has recently been passed and a better understanding of how a Plant Variety Protection System wo...

June 11-13, 2016

ISTA Germination Workshop in Seed Testing

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International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)*

Agricultural Research Centre, Estonian Seed Testing Laboratory - Saku, Estonia

This workshop aims at presenting and discussing the principles of the ISTA germination test, seedling evaluations for different species, results calculations and reporting plus aspects of quality management linked to germination testing. The workshop is for persons who ...

June 10-13, 2016

ISTA Quality Assurance Workshop

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International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)*

Agricultural Research Centre, Estonian Seed Testing Laboratory - Saku, Estonia

The objective is to give experienced laboratories the opportunity to discuss and be guided on ways to improve their Quality Assurance system and benefit from it. The workshop is for members of experienced laboratories that have already a well running quality management ...

June 3-3, 2016

Zadendeterminatie, Module 1

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Naktuinbouw

Naktuinbouw - Roelofarendsveen, Netherlands

Hoe ziet u het verschil tussen de zaden van 693 verschillende plantensoorten uit 105 plantenfamilies? De veertien belangrijkste families vertegenwoordigen tweederde van het aantal plantensoorten, namelijk 465. Deze komen dan ook uitgebreid aan bod in de cursus Zadendete...

April 4-22, 2016

Contemporary approaches to genetic resources conservation and use

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Wageningen University & Research

Wageningen, Netherlands

April 4-22, 2016

COURSE: ‘Contemporary approaches to genetic resources conservation and use’

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Wageningen University & Research

Wageningen, Netherlands

This course provides state-of-the-art insight into various plant genetic resources management strategies and relevant policies. There are possibilities for fellowships.

November 23-26, 2015

WISP course on Wheat Genetics

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John Innes Centre

John Innes Centre - Norwich, United Kingdom

This course offers training in the genetic analysis methodologies employed in the BBSRC funded Wheat Improvement Strategic Programme (WISP) at the John Innes Centre. Participants will gain the skills necessary to apply these methodologies in their own research.

November 13-13, 2015

Seminario sulla disciplina antitrust e specificita' del settore sementiero

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Savhotel - Bologna, Italy

Inquadramento normativo; Cartelli tra imprese; Regole sulla distribuzione dei prodotti; Le posizioni dominanti; Le regole della gestione degli omaggi e degli sconti; Conclusioni.

October 5-8, 2015

ISTA Workshop on Seed Sampling and Quality Assurance in Seed Sampling

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International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)*

SASA - Edinburgh, United Kingdom

The aim of the workshop is to provide an overview of seed sampling and aspects of quality assurance in relation to seed sampling for a range of species. The workshop will provide a forum to discuss seed sampling in general as well as the opportunity to have specific que...

September 30-30, 2015

Workshop: Spoor van het zaad

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Naktuinbouw

Naktuinbouw - Roelofarendsveen, Netherlands

September 28-29, 2015

Working out ABS: An International Chamber of Commerce Conference on Access and Benefit Sharing

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Centre d'Affaires Paris Trocadero - Paris, France

September 24-25, 2015

Journées des laboratoires d'analyse de la qualité des semences

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GEVES, Groupe d'Etudes et de contrôle des Variétés et Semences

GEVES - Beaucouzé, France

September 22, 2015 - October 6, 2015

Workshop bedrijfshygiëne in aardbeiplanten

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Naktuinbouw

Naktuinbouw - Roelofarendsveen, Netherlands

September 15, 2015 - November 10, 2015

Opleiding Zaadanalyse & Gezondheidsonderzoek

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Naktuinbouw

Naktuinbouw - Roelofarendsveen, Netherlands

Inleiding in de wereld van zaadanalyse - 15 & 22 september 2015 - Schonings- en vochtonderzoek - 29 september 2015 - Zuiverheidsonderzoek - 6 oktober 2015 - Kiemkrachtonderzoek - 13 & 20 oktober 2015 - Vigour-bepalingen - 27 oktober 2015 - Toets Bruikbare Planten - 3 no...