Biography:
Dr. Avihai Ilan is a consultant on plant propagation and Agriculture development. He worked for many year in a large plant propagation company (micropropagation and fruit tree nurseries) in various roles including managing director. His advisory work spans a diverse range of countries including Israel, Egypt, Nepal, India, Ethiopia, Uganda and others. In recent years Dr. Ilan was involved micropropagation consulting (Israel, Uganda and Madagascar). Dr. Ilan teach plant propagation to international students at Agro Studies, Israel and consult private companies on micropropagation. Dr. Ilan has BSc and MSc degrees from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel and PhD from The University of Tennessee, USA.
Title : Using new media tools to connect micropropagation scientists, propagators and hobbyists