Seminario Internacional Sobre Tecnologia de Semillas para Centroamerica, Panama y el Caribe (International Seminar on Seed Technology for Central America, Panama, and the Caribbean)

摘要

This document, written completely in Spanish, contains the proceedings of a two week international seminar on seed technology for Central America, Panama and the Caribbean. The seminar was sponsored by the Grain and Seed Research Center of the University of Costa Rica and the Seed Technology Laboratory of Mississippi State University, and was held in August, 1978. The purpose of the gathering was to develop a better comprehension of seed technology theory and to increase the participants' practical knowledge in the areas of seed production, processing, analysis, drying, storage, and distribution, including important considerations of a socioeconomic nature. In order to achieve these objectives, 75 hours of conferences and practical workshops were conducted in the areas of: (1) the organization and development of a seed program; (2) the fundamentals of production harvesting, analysis, processing, storage, distribution, and marketing; and (3) analysis of the economic feasibility of the different program phases and their administration. This volume begins with an overview of the seminar, its objectives, structure, topics covered, schedule, participants, and the professors who led the sessions. Next, 20 conference papers are presented which cover the whole spectrum of topics addressed during the two week proceedings. The concluding section reviews some of the practical workshops which took place in laboratory and in processing plant settings. A bibliography of books and reference works for seed specialists is appended.