Everyone at the center will be very sad to see him go. When plant pathologist Dr. Sylvia Green, who has been working at the AVRDC for 21 years and regards Taiwan as her second home, speaks of Dr. Tsou's impending retirement, her eyes brim with tears and she says: "He understands all our problems and does everything he can to resolve them.
亞蔬的人都非常不捨，在亞蔬工作了二十一年，已經把台灣視作第二個家的病蟲害學者格林博士談起鄒博士要退休，眼眶都有點泛紅，她說：「我們每一個問題他都瞭解，總是盡力解決，以後沒有他了，真不知道該怎麼辦？」