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24th Regional Training Course Posters

Updated: 16 October 2007

 


High Yield, Bigger Seed Size and Powdery Mildew Resistant Mungbean Lines

Mungbean, Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek, also known as mung, moong, mungo, green gram, golden gram, chop-suey bean, is a high value pulse crop with a short growth duration that fits into many crop systems. Mungbean is consumed as dry seeds or sprouts. It supplies a substantial part of the protein requirement. It is high in protein and easy to digest. Mungbean also has potential as a green manure and a forage crop.

Training Activities

Field trips : Learning experience from farmers’ fields.


Effect of Plastic Vinyl Cover and Shading on the Antioxidant Levels of Selected Indigenous Vegetable

 


Effect of Water Stress on the Antioxidant Levels of Selected Indigenous Vegetables

The Asian Regional Center is in the process of evaluating the ant oxidative properties of different indigenous vegetables to determine which crop will give the highest value.


Evaluation of Yield Potential of Selected AVRDC High β-Carotene Tomato Lines

AVRDC – the World Vegetable Center realizes the importance of developing tomato lines with high β-carotene content as a way of increasing the nutritional value of the crop.


Field Trip to Farmer Field School

The farmer field school(FFS) in Potharam, Ratchaburi,Thailand is based on vegetable production. An objective of the school is to make farmers aware of the importance and benefits of IPM in reducing chemical fertilizer and pesticide use, safe vegetable production and conservation of environment.