Daniel Debouck, a world expert on Phaseolus and the manager of CIAT’s genebank,1 is to be awarded the Frank N. Meyer Medal for Plant Genetic Resources. This is well-deserved recognition of three decades of painstaking work on the conservation and use of agrobiodiversity. Daniel’s latest paper in on Lima beans.
Daniel Debouck, CIAT's genebank manager and proud recipient of the Meyer Medal. Pic by Neil Palmer (CIAT). http://www.flickr.com/photos/ciat/4904981253/
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Very well deserved! Congratulations to Daniel!
Dear Daniel,
Congratualtions with this well deserved recognition of your work on Phaseolus beans! I hope that this recognition will encourage the PGRFA community and its germplasm workers to further strengthen its efforts to safeguard these precious resources and keep them available for their use by farmers, breeders and other researchers!
We are proud of you!
Jan
As Jan Engles says, we are indeed proud of Daniel, who is a great, passionate and amazingly productive scientist and leader. And a wonderful person.
Three cheers for Daniel!
Michael
Who worked with Daniel in some collecting missions is very proud of this recognition. This is good to know that this important recognition goes to people who has devoted most of his life to the Genetic Resources for Food.
Cheers Daniel!!!
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