Chile

Karla Ivonne
Cordero Lara

Rice breeding Rice agronomy Biotechnology Sustainable production

Biography

 

Agricultural Engineer and Master in Horticulture from the University of Talca, Chile. Doctor in Horticulture specialized in genetic improvement of plants, from The University of California, Davis, United States. She has worked as a plant geneticist for 15 years, in cereal genetic improvement programs in Chile. Since 2006, she has led the INIA National Rice Genetic Improvement Program. She has released 3 varieties to the market, two of which cover more than 80% of Chile's rice surface. Currently her lines of research are focused on the genetic and molecular characterization of abiotic stresses that limit national rice production. Increased tolerance to cold, sustainable and intensive rice cultivation systems and efficient use of water are the problems that she currently addresses through conventional research tools and also with next-generation molecular tools (NBTs). Some scholarships and awards that she has received are: CONICYT scholarship for a master's internship at the National Center for Biotechnology, Autonomous University of Madrid. Spain, IRRI-INIA Scholarship for research internship at International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Philippines, William G. and Kathleen Golden International Agricultural Fellowship for Young Rice Researchers, Henry A. Jastro Research Scholarship Award, and Young Investigator Award in The Third International Symposium on Rice Science in Global Health. ISRSGH 2018. Kyoto, Japan, among others.

Fellow researchers

Argentina

Martha Lucrecia Bonell

Genetic resources biotechnology rice breeding
Panama

Jose Alberto Yau

seed production SRI Biologic control plant sciences
Venezuela

Aurelio Amaya

Rice production Soil Sciences
Argentina

Roberto Marano

Irrigation systems Water use efficiency Water resources
Argentina

Cesar Eugenio Quintero

fertilization of extensive crops phosphorus and arsenic dynamics
Costa Rica

Kelly Witkowski

biology Anthropology Climate change Sustainability
Colombia

Eduardo Jose Graterol Matute

plant breeding genetics Research and development
Colombia

Sergio Alejandro Urioste Daza

Applied economics Engineer in Environment rice market
Chile

Fernando Barrera

Rural development extension technical cooperation
Chile

Galit Rodriguez Pizarro

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) analysis of agricultural information for agricultural planning and management
Sponsors
BID
IICA
With the support of
Fondo Coreano de Alianza para el Conocimiento en Tecnología e Innovación (KPK)