Research and Technology Dev’t   Routine Application   Training & Extension
         
Disease screening protocol development
   
Basic research – bacteria, fungi, viruses, others
   
Seed health/seed pathology (with Seed Tech Department)
   
Molecular plant pathology (with Biotech department)
 
Routine disease screening/breeding for disease resistance/trait discovery
   
Routine disease diagnosis
   
Characterize known sources of resistance
   
Tobamovirus / seedborne-disease monitoring (research farms)
 
Development of pest and disease field guide
   
Training on pest and disease diagnosis and management
   
Disease surveys and monitoring (outside R&D farms + farmers’ fields)
   
Support phytosanitary inspection (BS, SS, FS farms)