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June
2005 Issue
What is covered in this issue
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Welcome to the African Crops News Service!
The African Crops News Service team welcomes
you to the second issue of the newsletter. We appreciate feedback received
from several readers of the first issue. The team looks forward to improving the service to meet your
information needs on improvement of African crops and seed systems. We
welcome you to visit the rest of the
Africancrops.net website.
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News
Kenya Plants the First Transgenic Maize in Open Field.
Kenya has become the second African country after South Africa to plant
genetically modified maize in a protected open field. The Bt maize is
resistant to the maize stem borer and was planted on 27 May 2005 at KARI
Kiboko Research Station. These trials are conducted in strict accordance
with the terms prescribed by the Kenyan plant health regulatory body KEPHIS
and the KARI and National Biosafety Committees. More details are available
from
http://www.cimmyt.cgiar.org/english/wps/news/2005/may/kenyaTransgenic.htm
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Online Resource
Recent Developments in Research on African Crops and
Seed Systems.
This is a compilation of abstracts by various scientists on genetic improvement of
African crops and effective seed systems. The research papers were presented at
the recently concluded 2nd General Meeting on Biotechnology, Breeding and
Seed Systems in Nairobi, Kenya. The abstracts are available through
http://africancrops.net/abstracts
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Postgraduate
Training Opportunities
Doctoral Training in Insect Biosciences.
Applications are invited for 3-year PhD training fellowships tenable at the
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) starting
September 2005 under the African Regional Postgraduate Programme in Insect
Science (ARPPIS) sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Services (DAAD)
and the Netherlands Programme for Cooperation with International
Institutions (SII). The deadline for applications is 10 June 2005. More
details are available at
http://www.icipe.org/news_and_events/phd_fellowships_2005.pdf
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Email:
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