Dedication: Dirk R. Vuylesteke: Musa scientist and Humanitarian

This volume of Plant Breeding Reviews is dedicated to the memory of Dirk R. Vuylsteke who died tragically in an air crash on January 30, 2000, while actively engaged in his live long passion, the betterment of efforts to fight hunger and poverty in tropical Africa. Dirk was a leading Musa scientist...

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Autor principal: Ortíz, R.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2001
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92666
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description This volume of Plant Breeding Reviews is dedicated to the memory of Dirk R. Vuylsteke who died tragically in an air crash on January 30, 2000, while actively engaged in his live long passion, the betterment of efforts to fight hunger and poverty in tropical Africa. Dirk was a leading Musa scientist who contributed to and led a wide range of development projects in tropical Africa. He dedicated all his professional life to plantain and banana improvement for the small landholders of sub-Saharan Africa. Vuylsteke’s most notable contributions were in the field of Musa agronomy, taxonomy, tissue culture, breeding, and genetics. He was an accomplished, successful, and popular research manager in a diverse array of programs and projects that he led and the committees in which he participated at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), as well as in other national and regional committees in Africa. Dirk Vuylsteke, will continue to be a source of inspiration for the new generation of scientists joining international agricultural research for development.
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spelling CGSpace926662024-03-06T10:16:43Z Dedication: Dirk R. Vuylesteke: Musa scientist and Humanitarian Ortíz, R. bananas plantains germplasm biotechnology iita high rainfall station agronomy This volume of Plant Breeding Reviews is dedicated to the memory of Dirk R. Vuylsteke who died tragically in an air crash on January 30, 2000, while actively engaged in his live long passion, the betterment of efforts to fight hunger and poverty in tropical Africa. Dirk was a leading Musa scientist who contributed to and led a wide range of development projects in tropical Africa. He dedicated all his professional life to plantain and banana improvement for the small landholders of sub-Saharan Africa. Vuylsteke’s most notable contributions were in the field of Musa agronomy, taxonomy, tissue culture, breeding, and genetics. He was an accomplished, successful, and popular research manager in a diverse array of programs and projects that he led and the committees in which he participated at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), as well as in other national and regional committees in Africa. Dirk Vuylsteke, will continue to be a source of inspiration for the new generation of scientists joining international agricultural research for development. 2001 2018-05-17T09:03:01Z 2018-05-17T09:03:01Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92666 en Limited Access Ortiz, R. (2001). Dedication: Dirk R. Vuylesteke: Musa scientist and Humanitarian. Plant Breeding Reviews, 21, 1-26.
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Ortíz, R.
Dedication: Dirk R. Vuylesteke: Musa scientist and Humanitarian
title Dedication: Dirk R. Vuylesteke: Musa scientist and Humanitarian
title_full Dedication: Dirk R. Vuylesteke: Musa scientist and Humanitarian
title_fullStr Dedication: Dirk R. Vuylesteke: Musa scientist and Humanitarian
title_full_unstemmed Dedication: Dirk R. Vuylesteke: Musa scientist and Humanitarian
title_short Dedication: Dirk R. Vuylesteke: Musa scientist and Humanitarian
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plantains
germplasm
biotechnology
iita
high rainfall station
agronomy
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