Valerio Hoyos-Villegas
Academic title(s):
Assistant Professor
Department:
Plant Science
Areas of expertise:
Develop pulse crop cultivars for farmers and consumers that contain novel traits enhancing sustainability, productivity, nutrition and sensory experience. High-throughput phenotyping tools for plant breeding program applications and accelerating the rate of genetic gain.
Link(s):
Area(s):
Sustainable Crop and Livestock Production Systems
Safe, Nutritious and Secure Food Supply
Human Nutrition and One Health
Research areas:
Abiotic and biotic stress
Agriculture
Agri-food pathogens
Climate change
Emerging tools for plant and animal production
Food security
Health
Nutrient diversity
Nutrition
Plant production
Plant-microbe interactions
Sustainable management systems
Specialization:
Abiotic and biotic stress, Agriculture, Agri-food pathogens, Climate change, Emerging tools for plant and animal production, Food security, Health, Nutrition, Plant production, Plant-microbe interactions
Language(s) spoken:
English
French
Spanish