The problem areas introduced to you in this course are becoming part of everyday life in plant improvement. To bridge the gap between written texts in IPR and PGR issues on the one hand and reality on the other, Parts 2 and 3 contain animations of meetings at a virtual plant breeding station in a virtual country Askalon. The breeding station is, not surprisingly, called ASK (the so-called Agrocentre for Science and Knowledge).

Animations
The animations and story line are meant to make the problem area more tangible and to encourage you to come with any questions you deem relevant.

Discussion Forum
The questions can be posed on the Discussion Forum which you can find in the left pull-down menu above.

Expertise Accelerator
Experts can also be consulted through to the Expertise Accelerator if you are in a rush for specific information and need personal feedback. See also the left pull-down menu above.
In order to participate in the course you need to have a computer with Internet access that has a browser (The program you use to surf on the web) that is of generation 4.0 or later. It can be Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, or Mozilla. You must have the option 'Javascript' turned on in your Internet options in your browser. These are the only technical requirements. We try to keep our website 'as light as possible' to make it easy for you to download and view even if you have a slow Internet connection.
Please note that the animations used in this course and several of the assignments have been designed for Internet Explorer. They may not run well in other browsers.