Meet the Team
With experience and enthusiasm, our knowledgeable and approachable IVTC course session leaders will guide your progress through lectures, field visits, and hands-on practicals.
Safe Vegetable Production
Dr. Srinivasan RamasamyEntomologist and Head of Entomology Group, World Vegetable Center, Taiwan
IVTC Session:
• Integrated pest management for key vegetable crops
• Integrated pest management for key vegetable crops
Dr. Ravishankar ManickamScientist – Vegetable Grafting, World Vegetable Center, Taiwan
IVTC Session:
• Vegetable grafting for biotic and abiotic stress management
• Vegetable grafting for biotic and abiotic stress management
Dr. Paola Andrea Sotelo-CardonaScientist-Entomology
IVTC Session:
• Integrated pest management for key vegetable crops
• Integrated pest management for key vegetable crops
Dr. Roongnapa KorpraditsakunResearcher, Central Laboratory and Greenhouse Complex Environmental Science and Technology Section , Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus
IVTC Session:
• Visit units (farms/markets) practicing GAP to understand the process
• THAI GAP: Voluntary Sustainability Standard and case study
• Benchmarking process (Mutual Recognition Arrangement) for GAP standard
• Source of seed materials-legal materials
• Advances in transplant production and management
• Visit units (farms/markets) practicing GAP to understand the process
• THAI GAP: Voluntary Sustainability Standard and case study
• Benchmarking process (Mutual Recognition Arrangement) for GAP standard
• Source of seed materials-legal materials
• Advances in transplant production and management
Dr. Thammasak ThongketHead of Horticulture DepartmentHorticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus
IVTC Session:
• Cultural Practices in vegetable production
• Cultural Practices in vegetable production
Dr. Kumut SangkhasilaAssociate Professor Department of Soil Faculty of Agriculture, Kamphaeng Saen Campus
IVTC Session:
• Soil fertility and its sustainable management for vegetables
• Soil fertility and its sustainable management for vegetables
Dr. Lop Phavaphutanon Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus
IVTC Session:
• Physiological disorders of major vegetables and their management
• Physiological disorders of major vegetables and their management
Dr. Tosapon Pornprom Associate Professor, Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus
IVTC Session:
• Weed management
• Weed management
Dr. Buncha ChinnasriAssociate Professor, Department of Plant Pathology Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Bangkok
IVTC Session:
• Management of vegetable diseases
• Management of Nematodes
• Management of vegetable diseases
• Management of Nematodes
Dr. Jingtair SiriphanichProfessor, Postharvest Technology Center, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus
IVTC Session:
• Postharvest Losses, physiological changes
• Postharvest Losses, physiological changes
Dr. Teeranud RomphopakPostharvest Technology Center, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus
IVTC Session:
• Storage and transportation,Respiration, Ethylene, Humidity, Ripening
• Storage and transportation,Respiration, Ethylene, Humidity, Ripening
Dr. Apita BunsiriPostharvest Technology Center, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus
IVTC Session:
• Fresh Cut, value addition, Water Loss, Browning and Microbial Control, post-harvest management, packing house
• Fresh Cut, value addition, Water Loss, Browning and Microbial Control, post-harvest management, packing house
Dr. Wachiraya ImsabaiDepartment of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus
IVTC Session:
• Packaging, Package Design, Materials
• Packaging, Package Design, Materials
Dr. Kietsuda LuengwilaiDepartment of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus
IVTC Session:
• Cooling, Pest Control, Storage
• Cooling, Pest Control, Storage