IMPORTANT NOTICE (COVID-19)
Due to the pandemic situation of Covid-19, the Attachment Program in Japan & Training Workshop on Begomovirus and LAMP-PCR at UPLB, Philippines will be postponed to October / November 2021.
As things stand right now, there is no clear indication as to when the movement restrictions imposed by countries in the region affected by Covid-19 will be lifted.
Further updates to the situation will be posted here.
The emerging and re-emerging diseases caused by viruses are perhaps the most devastating ones and require immediate attention and remedies due to the manner of disease transmission, spread and distribution across wide geographical locations. Begomoviruses are remarkably the most successful group of emerging viruses (Briddon et al. 2010; Rojas & Gilbertson 2008).