The APSA/ISTA Seed Health Testing Training Course opened on 18th July 2006 with 19 participants from seven countries.  Resource persons of the training course are Ms. Valerie Cockerell and Dr. Steven Roberts of ISTA and Dr. Somsiri Sangchote of the Department of Plant Pathology, Kasetsart University.  The course ends on 22 July 2006.
     
       
 
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Dr. Somsiri Sangchote gives the participants a rundown of the training course
Ms. Valerie Cockerell, Chair of the ISTA Seed Health Committee, gives a brief introduction of ISTA
 
Dr. Steven Roberts demonstrates to the participants on isolation and dilution of Xanthomonas campestris