ASIAN MYCOLOGICAL CONGRESS 2015 AND
ITS IMPACT.............
As the AMC-2015 came to a close, several young students attended
the Congress and genuinely interested to learn more, asked me if I could
organize a few short-term ‘hands-on training workshops’ on various aspects of micro-fungi and
their biology. Maximum query was on a basic issue, viz. single-spore isolation,
culturing and taxonomic identification of fungi. As a teacher, I realize the urgency
for such training because fungal identification is basic to all applied aspects
of mycology and a large number of fungi from various habitats are yet to be
collected, cultured and identified. Unless we know what fungi we are handling,
there is no creative science ahead, basic or applied. The idea of hands-on training
workshop is good; then, how will we do this? I am pondering on the issue and will
soon come out with a well-laid plan..........
D. Jayaram Bhat
Given the quantum of work remaining related to fungal diversity, the current available training programs in our country is infinitesimally minimal. Imbibing your eminent expertise and intellectual resources we here at Manipal University would be interested to hold and training workshop.
ReplyDeletePrakash