Uruguay

Lucia
Gutierrez

plant breeding Agriculture Genetic improvement Pests y Diseases Barley

Biography

Post-doc at Wageningen University and Research Center, Netherlands. 2010. Statistical Genetics
to develop Quantitative Genetics tools. Supervisor: Dr. F. van eeuwijk.

Ph.D. in Plant Breeding and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology with a minor in Statistics. 2008.
Iowa State University (ISU), USA. Dissertation: Genetic diversity in cultivated and wild
Hordeum species. Advisors Dr. J.-L. Jannink, Dr. J. Nason.

Ingeniera Agronoma (Agriculture). 2001. College of Agriculture (FAGRO), Universidad de la
Republica, Uruguay (UDELAR).
Thesis: Comparison of the racial with a numerical
classification of the Uruguayan maize collection (in Spanish). Advisors Dr. T. Abadie, Dr.
J.E. Franco.

Fellow researchers

Uruguay

Silvia Antonia Pereyra Correa

phytopathology Agriculture Genetic improvement Pests y Diseases
Uruguay

Silvia Germán

phytopathology plant breeding Agriculture Genetic improvement Pests y Diseases Productive systems
Uruguay

Ariel Castro

plant breeding Agriculture Genetic improvement Pests y Diseases
Uruguay

Flavio Capettini

plant breeding Agriculture Genetic improvement Pests y Diseases
Sponsors
BID
IICA
With the support of
Fondo Coreano de Alianza para el Conocimiento en Tecnología e Innovación (KPK)