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Removal of leafroll viruses from infected grapevine plants by droplet vitrification
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/69421
Abstract
A robust method for removing all microorganisms from infected tissue is important for cultivar imports, germplasm maintenance and to produce healthy grafted material for the grapevine industry. In the droplet vitrification method of cryopreservation, plant tissue pre-treated with a vitrification solution is placed on aluminium foil in a…
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Louis Reymondin
Senior Scientist
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Juan Lucas Restrepo
Directeur général, et Fidéicommissaire, Bioversity International UK/USA
Juan Lucas Restrepo est le Directeur Général de l'Alliance de Bioversity International et du Centre International d'Agriculture Tropicale (CIAT), et Fidéicommissaire de Bioversity International UK/USA. De nationalité colombienne et française, il a travaillé dans le domaine agricole, tant dans le secteur public que privé, pendant les 25 dernières années. Il possède une expérience significative en politique,…
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Andrew Jarvis
Former Associate Director-General for Research, Strategy, and Innovation
Andrew Jarvis was the Associate Director-General for Research, Strategy, and Innovation between 2020 and 2022. He has nearly two decades of research experience in developing countries to support the goals of alleviating poverty, adapting to climate change, and protecting the environment. His research spans disciplines including GIS-based analysis of plant genetic resources, climate change, digital agriculture, and policy-…
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Julia Marton-Lefèvre
Présidente du conseil d'administration de l'Alliance
Julia est Présidente du Conseil d'administration de l'Alliance de Bioversity International et du CIAT.
Elle a auparavant occupé les postes de Directrice Générale de l'UICN (Union Internationale pour la Conservation de la Nature), Rectrice de l'Université pour la Paix, Directrice Exécutive de LEAD International ainsi que du Conseil International pour les Unions Scientifiques (aujourd'hui Conseil International des Sciences).
Elle…
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Douglas van den Aardweg
Vice Chair, Alliance Board of Trustees and Trustee, Bioversity International UK
After a 30-year career in the financial services sector in South Africa and the United Kingdom, which included CFO and CEO roles, Douglas has had a portfolio of non-executive directorships which included:
HSBC Life (UK) Limited (Chair of the board) …
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Nancy O. Andrews
Member, Alliance Board of Trustees
Nancy Andrews is an American citizen who holds an Ms. in Urban Planning with a concentration in Real Estate Finance from Columbia University. Her career spans 30 years in finance and social investment.
From 1998 to March 2018, Ms. Andrews was the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF). LIIF is a $1 billion financial institution that invests in social enterprise development and poverty alleviation. LIIF has invested $1.8…
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Claudio Lenoci
Member, Alliance Board of Trustees
Claudio Lenoci was born in Bari and graduated in economics and commercial accounting. He is a business consultant and a professor of business economics, who has held governance positions in major public and private companies, as member both in board of directors and in board of statutory auditors.
Currently, he is a Board member of statutory auditors of various Italian companies and a member of the Board of Directors of Berger & Berger.
From 2002-2011…
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Juan Lucas Restrepo (ex-officio)
Director General, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Juan Lucas Restrepo is the Director General of the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). A Colombian and French national, he worked in the agricultural domain, both in the public and private sectors, for the past 25 years. He has significant experience in policy, value chains, markets, and leading agricultural research. He has supported the work…
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Marion Guillou
Member, Alliance Board of Trustees
Dr Marion Guillou, a French national, is an independent director of Boards.She is also in 2024 the Chairperson of the French Academy of Agriculture, and member of the French Academy of Technology. She chairs an NGO, Care-France. She is a member of the French High Council on climate.
She was previously the President and CEO of the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) for 8 years (2004-2012) and CEO for 4 years (2000-2004). She was responsible…
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Cristián Samper
Member, Alliance Board of Trustees
Cristián Samper is the President and Chief Executive of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), a non-profit organization saving wildlife and wild places, with headquarters in New York and field programs in 60 countries. He was Director of the Smithsonian National Museum Natural History (NMNH) in Washington, overseeing the largest museum collection in the world and hosting seven million visitors a year. He was the founding director of the …
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Marco Ferroni
Former Member, Alliance Board of Trustees
Marco Ferroni was the Chair of the CGIAR System Board. He has wide-ranging experience accumulated during a career in corporate philanthropy, government, and multilateral organizations. He currently advises public, private, and social sector partners on agriculture, food systems and sustainable productivity growth. In addition to serving as Chair of the Board of the CGIAR System Organization, he is on the board of the Global Institute for Food…
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Sylvia Nyawira
Researcher
Sylvia Sarah Nyawira is a researcher with over seven years of experience in crop and soil modeling. Since joining the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, she has been working in projects geared towards assessing the impacts of improved agronomic management practices, including perennial forages on soil organic carbon. Sylvia holds a PhD in Geosciences from the University of Hamburg and has experience in working with large-scale global models to assess the impacts of land-use…
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Global Communications Associate Officer
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