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New reference text on Breadfruit Germplasm Collection to be launched by UWI Press

For Release Upon Receipt - September 2, 2019

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The University of the West Indies Press announces that The Breadfruit Germplasm Collection at The University of the West Indies Campus by Laura B. Roberts-Nkrumah will be launched on Tuesday, September 3, 2019, at 5:00 p.m., at the Multifunctional Room, The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus.

Phyllis L. Coates-Beckford, Professor Emeritus of Plant Pathology, at The University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, points out that the “clearly described methods and the accompanying high-quality photographs greatly facilitate the collection of the data.”

She adds: “This book is useful in making any Ministry of Agriculture in the tropics, other agricultural-related organizations and institutions, and individuals aware of the diverse characteristics of breadfruit and thus select cultivars which are suitable for the intended purpose. In addition, if persons would like to have already-established cultivars identified, until DNA profiles are available, this book explains how relevant measurements can be taken, and observations made, which can then be submitted to the author for identification of the cultivar.”

For further information about this topic, or to schedule an interview, book signing or author tour with the author, please contact Donna Muirhead, Marketing and Sales Manager, at The University of the West Indies Press, at (876) 977-2659, 702-4081/2 or email donna.muirhead@uwimona.edu.jm.

 

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For more than 70 years The University of the West Indies (The UWI) has provided service and leadership to the Caribbean region and wider world. The UWI evolved from a university college of London in Jamaica with 33 medical students in 1948 to an internationally respected, regional university with near 50,000 students across five campuses: Cave Hill in Barbados; Five Islands in Antigua and Barbuda; Mona in Jamaica, St. Augustine in Trinidad and Tobago; and an Open Campus. Times Higher Education has ranked The UWI among the top 600 universities in world for 2019, and the 40 best universities in its Latin America Rankings for 2018 and 2019. The UWI is the only Caribbean-based university to make the prestigious lists.

As part of its robust globalization agenda, The UWI has established partnering centres with universities in North America, Latin America, Asia, and Africa including the State University of New York (SUNY)-UWI Center for Leadership and Sustainable Development; the Canada-Caribbean Studies Institute with Brock University; the Strategic Alliance for Hemispheric Development with Universidad de los Andes (UNIANDES); The UWI-China Institute of Information Technology, the University of Lagos (UNILAG)-UWI Institute of African and Diaspora Studies and the Institute for Global African Affairs with the University of Johannesburg (UJ). The UWI offers over 800 certificate, diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate degree options in Food & Agriculture, Engineering, Humanities & Education, Law, Medical Sciences, Science & Technology, Social Sciences and Sport. As the region’s premier research academy, The UWI’s foremost objective is driving the growth and development of the regional economy. For more, visit www.uwi.edu. 

(Please note that the proper name of the university is The University of the West Indies, inclusive of the “The”, hence The UWI.)

 

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