ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS :

The Japanese Government and the International Cooperation Agency of Japan (JICA), by granting funding for this course in Japan.

The INIA Quilamapu Chile, especially at Mrs. Viviana Becerra, Ing. Agr., Ms. C. and Mr. Mario Paredes, Ing. Agr., Ph. D., of the Biotechnology Laboratory.

The staffs Osaka International Center (OSIC), JICA Osaka. Especially Mrs. Terumi MIYOSHI; JICA training coordinator, for your valuable help throughout the training course.

The professors of Department of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University (OPU), especially Dr. Akira WADANO.