DEST - Taxonomy Training

Description of project:
This course, of lecture and demonstrations (1st week) and one written assignment (2nd week), gives a foundation in the genetical principles underlying domestication and the systematics of the major groups of crop and plants, with particular emphasis on tropical examples. The course will thereby allow students to appreciate not only the botany of cultivated plants, their structure, evolution, and systematics, but also the relevance of these studies to the economies of both temperate and tropical countries. Specific topics include e.g. origins of agriculture, food and other economic crops arranged to commodity groups (like roots, cereals, pulses, fruits, beverages, oils & fats, timbers & firewood crops, fibres & latex, pharmaceuticals, herbs & spices, and ornamentals. In the second week comprises a literature study in couples on a chosen objective, the results of which are orally presented on the last day and in a written assignment afterwards.

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Duration of training:
2 weeks

Training period:
11-22 June 2012

Target Audience:
MSc students, PhD students as well as early career researchers

Learning goals

• Course objectives: In this course one can learn about the fascinating world of what is in fact the human side of plant-animal interactions.

• Final qualifications: Students have knowledge about the botany of cultivated plants, their structure, evolution, and systematics, but also the relevance of these studies to the economies of both temperate and tropical countries.

Name of training provider:
prof. dr. D.J. Mabberley (NHN-L/Keeper of the Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK)  

Location:
National Herbarium of the Netherlands and Hortus Botanicus, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands

Registration fee: 250 Euro

Deadline for registration: 15 May 2012
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Payment:
Payment details and deadline will be provided upon acceptance to the training.