Online starters courses
(3 hours)
A. Introductory course in identification of seeds and fruits for seed companies
Target audience: laboratory technicians and analysts in seed companies, plant breeding companies and performers of seed germination and purification tests
B. Introductory course in the determination of seeds and fruits for post docs and international exchange students.
Target audience: post docs and exchange students with training in plant biology, botanical archaeology and plant breeding.
Basic training: four modules of each 1 day comprising nine plant families: Fabaceae, Brassicaceae, Polygonaceae, Asteraceae, Poaceae, Cyperaceae, Apiaceae, Boraginaceae & Malvaceae.
Advanced courses
(1 day per module)
C) Malvaceae on to species level
D) Solanaceae on to species level
E) Amaranthaceae on tot species level
F) Advanced course on sets of additional families:
- Plantaginaceae & Caryophyllaceae
- Linaceae, Papaveraceae & Convolvulaceae
- Ranunculaceae, Geraniaceae, Rosaceae & Euphorbiaceae
- Scrophulariacea, Asparagaceae, Onagraceae & Primulaceae
G) Identification of seeds and fruits of trees and shrubs
H) Maintenance of reference collections and up-to-date taxonomic names