1. Pan Africa Demand-Led Breeding Educators and Partners
Consultation Meeting in Mauritius 31 January-3 February 2018
Continuing Professional Development for African Plant Breeders and DLB Alumni Engagement: possibilities at the World Vegetable Center
Peter Hanson
Global Lead Scientist-Breeding
Insect Resistance Workshop, India 2017 1

2. WorldVeg Global Vegetables
Bulb Allium
Pepper
Tomato
Cucurbits
Vegetable soybean
Mungbean
Crucifer

3. Traditional (Indigenous) Vegetables
African eggplant
Ethiopian mustard
Amaranth
Jute mallow
Okra
Leafy Roselle
African nightshade

4. Locations: WorldVeg Breeding
Taiwan
Thailand
India
Tanzania
Mali
Benin

5. Improved Inbred Lines: Major Output of WorldVeg Breeding
Tropical Adaptation:
Heat tolerance
Multiple disease, insect resistances
High quality (firmness, color, taste
High nutrient content (vitamins,
iron, protein, phytonutrients)
Transportability, shelf life
Color, texture taste

6. Impact WorldVeg Improved Tomato and Chili Lines in India: Commercial tomato and chili pepper hybrids, 2014
Tomato
Chili
Hybrid seed containing WorldVeg lines (tons/year)
11.6
15.0
Indian hybrid seed market (%) 14 13
Approx. area (ha) planted1
96,000
100,000
Approx. no. farm households2
309,000
229,000
1 Assumes average seed rate of 120 g/ha for tomato and 150 g/ha for chili pepper.
2 Assumes average area of 0.31 ha/farm for tomato and 0.44 ha/farm for chili pepper.

7. Asia & Pacific Seed Association (APSA) -WorldVeg Consortium
Membership benefits
Annual Workshop for Consortium members
Early access to new WorldVeg lines (and hybrids)
Access to WorldVeg screening protocols and scientific information
Opportunity for individual meetings with WorldVeg scientists
Newsletter with latest developments in WorldVeg breeding
Ten free seed acquisitions per year
Preferential access and a 20% discount on tuition for WorldVeg-offered training opportunities 
Consortium membership fees
Large Companies (>100 employees): US$6900/year
Small Companies (<100 employees): US$2900/year

8. 2017-2018 APSA-WorldVeg Consortium Members
No.
Company name 1
Clover Seed 11
Nunhems India (P) Ltd. 2
East-West Seed International Ltd 12
PT. BISI International, Tbk 3
Enza Zaden 13
PT. East-West Seed Indonesia 4
HM. Clause 14
Rijk Zwaan 5
I & B Seeds Private Limited 15
SeedWorks International Pvt. Ltd. 6
JK Agri genetics Ltd. 16
Shriram Bioseed Genetics 7
KF BIOPLANTS PVT. LTD. 17
Syngenta Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.
Syngenta India Ltd.
Syngenta Korea Ltd. 8
Mahindra Agri Solutions Ltd. 18
Takii & Co, Ltd. 9
Noble Seeds Pvt. Ltd. 19
Welcome Crop Science Pvt. Ltd. 10
Nongwoo Seed India Pvt. Ltd.
Nongwoo Bio Co., Ltd.

9. APSA-WorldVeg Vegetable Breeding Consortium Annual Workshop, 10-11 May 2017
Field visits and discussion
Presentations and discussion

10. WorldVeg Convened “Africa Vegetable Breeding Consortium”
Initial emphasis on tomato, amaranth, African eggplant
Benefits:
Early access to new WorldVeg lines for testing on stations
10 free lines/accessions per year
Newsletter providing information about new relevant literature in the field of germplasm screening, breeding methodology and WorldVeg breeding lines
Annual workshop, probably at World Vegetable Center-ESA at Arusha to view new breeding lines, share technical information
Discounts on WorldVeg-offered training opportunities
Fees: 2000 USD for local/regional companies; 6000 for international companies
2018 Launch at 2018 at AFSTA meeting in Cairo

11. Demand-Driven Short Courses for Vegetable Breeders: examples
Title
Days
Topics Covered
Advances in Vegetables and
Vegetable Legumes Breeding 7
Advances in breeding of vegetable crops (solanaceous, brassicas, cucurbits); abiotic and biotic stress tolerance breeding; hybrid technology 
Application of molecular
markers in vegetable, legume breeding
Molecular markers & marker-assisted selection (MAS) in vegetable breeding; marker application in commercial breeding programmes; mapping populations, linkage maps, QTL analysis; bioinformatics in molecular breeding; DNA fingerprinting, genetic purity and IPR
Vegetable Germplasm Diversity and breeding 4
Vegetable biodiversity, Legal framework for germplasm collection and exchange; germplasm databases, germplasm conservation and regeneration, Trait capture in germplasm collections; pre-breeding and MAS; field trials & data management 
Parthenocarpic & gynoecious breeding in cucumber 3
Breeding techniques and selection methods to develop gynoecious and parthenocarpic lines; Trialling and testing methods. 
CMS based breeding in Chili
Development of CMS lines; identification and maintenance of A, B and R lines, Identification and evaluation of experimental hybrids, molecular markers in CMS systems. 
Pyramiding and disease resistance
Concepts of plant diseases and breeding for disease resistance, identification of Ralstonia solanacearum; sources of tomato bacterial wilt, Inoculum preparation and seedling screening, QTLs and marker-assisted selection.
Maintenance breeding and Inbred line development 2
Selection of parents for crossing, establishment of crossing blocks and pollination control, germplasm for line development, parent line development and maintenance in self and cross-pollinated vegetable crops