Aline Marques Genú

Education:

• Graduation in Agronomy, Universidade de Brasiilia, 2000

• Master’s degree in Agronomy, USP, 2002

• Doctorate degree in Agronomy (soil and plant nutrition), USP, 2006 (with internship at University of California, Santa Barbara – UCSB)

Research Interests: Soil and Remote sensing.

E-mail: [email protected]
http://lattes.cnpq.br/9286085119193660

Cacilda Márcia Duarte Rios

Education:

• Graduation in Agronomy, Universidade Federal de Lavras, 1986.

• Doctorate degree in Agronomy – Phytopathology, Universidade Federal de Lavras, 2003.

Research Interests: Experience in agronomy area, with emphasis in plant health, acting mainly in phytopathology, nematodes, biological control, alternative control and environmental education.

E-mail: [email protected]
http://lattes.cnpq.br/6938077834946114

Elizabeth Orika Ono

Education:

• BS / Licentiate in Biological Sciences, Universidade Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, 1986.

• MS in Biological Sciences – Botany, Universidade Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, 1991.

• Ph.D. in Biological Sciences – Botany, Universidade Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, 1994.

Research Interests: Plant physiology, mainly about growth, plant growth regulators, rooting cuttings and seed germination.

E-mail: [email protected]  
http://lattes.cnpq.br/7904769201845860

Itacir Eloi Sandini

Education:

• Graduation in Agronomy, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, 1985.

• Master’s degree in Agronomy, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, 1990.

• Doctorate degree in Agronomy – Crop Production, Universidade Federal do Paraná, 2009.

Research Interests: Experience in Crop Science.

E-mail: [email protected]
http://lattes.cnpq.br/26261095439950930

Jackson Kawakami

Education:

• Graduation in Agronomy, Universidade Federal do Paraná, 1997.

• MS in Agronomy – Potato Microtubers Handling, Hokkaido University, Japan, 2000.

• Ph.D. in Agronomy – environmental stress area and field performance for plants originated from potato microtubers, Hokkaido University, Japan, 2004.

Research Interests: Experience in agronomy and environmental sciences, emphasizing plant production, acting mainly in crop science management of potato and soybean cultures. Currently coordinates the Parana program for public certification of organic products from the Center in Guarapuava.

E-mail: [email protected]                    http://lattes.cnpq.br/2942478614198351

João Domingos Rodrigues

Education:

• Graduation in Agronomy, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e Biológicas de Botucatu, 1969.

• Licentiate in Agricultural Sciences, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e Biológicas de Botucatu, 1971.

• Ph.D. in Sciences, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, 1974.

• Habilitation in plant physiology, Instituto de Biociências da Universidade Estadual Paulista – UNESP, 1991.

Research Interests: Experience in botany, with emphasis in plant physiology and plant production physiology, working mainly on water relations, photosynthesis, development, regulators and plant hormones, plant physiology and post-harvest physiology.

E-mail: [email protected]                                                                http://lattes.cnpq.br/3736990040561892

Juliano Tadeu Vilela de Resende

Education:

• Graduation in Agronomy, Universidade Federal de Lavras, 1997.

• Master’s degree in Agronomy (Crop Science), Universidade Federal de Lavras, 1999.

• Doctorate degree in Agronomy (Crop Science), Universidade Federal de Lavras, 2003.

Research Interests: Experience in agronomy with emphasis in crop science and genetic improvement of vegetables, working mainly on tomato, strawberry, garlic and onion cultures.

E-mail: [email protected]
http://lattes.cnpq.br/8328754543048690

Luciano Farinha Watzlawick

Education:

• Graduation in Forest Engineering, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 1996.

• Master’s degree in Remote Sensing, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 2000.

• Doctorate degree in Forest Engineering, Universidade Federal do Paraná, 2003.

Research Interests: tree, remote sensing, biomass and phytosociology.

E-mail: [email protected]
http://lattes.cnpq.br/4985215075940551

Marcelo Cruz Mendes

Education:

• Graduation in Agronomy, Universidade Federal de Lavras, 2002.

• Master’s degree in Agronomy – Crop Science (emphasis in corn culture), Universidade Federal de Lavras, 2006.

• Doctorate degree in Agronomy – Crop Science (emphasis in corn culture), Universidade Federal de Lavras, 2009.

Research Interests: Experience in Agronomy with emphasis in large culture productions (corn, sorghum, soybean, sugarcane and wheat), working mainly on the following themes: hybrids, improvement, fertilization management, leaf and grain disease management, winter-cultivation system and forage degradability.

E-mail: [email protected]                 http://lattes.cnpq.br/3780347776701459

Marcelo Marques Lopes Müller

Education:

• Graduation in Agronomy, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, 1995.

• Master’s degree in Agronomy, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, 1998.

• Doctorate degree in Agronomy (Energy in agriculture), Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho – Botucatu, 2002.

Research Interests: Experience in Agronomy with emphasis in soil fertility and fertilization, working mainly on the following themes: gypsum, alternative sources as nutrients, crop rotation, organic fruit growing and physical quality of soil.

E-mail: [email protected]
http://lattes.cnpq.br/3504404305495448

Marcos Ventura Faria

Education:

• Graduation in Agronomy, Universidade Federal de Lavras, 1990.

• Doctorate degree in Agronomy – Genetics and Plant Improvement, Universidade Federal de Lavras, 2004

Research Interests: Experience in genetics and plant improvement. Responsible for implementing the Corn Improvement Program at Unicentro.

E-mail: [email protected]
http://lattes.cnpq.br/0413552050308341

Mikael Neumann

Education:

• Graduation in Agronomy, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, 1999.

• Master’s degree in Zootechnics, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2001.

• Doctorate degree in Zootechnics, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 2006.

Research Interests: Experience in Agronomy and Zootechnics, with emphasis in crop production and animal nutrition, working mainly on the following themes: meat and milk production systems and forage conservation (production, manufacture and usage of silage for ruminants).

E-mail: [email protected]                  http://lattes.cnpq.br/6610260636799744

Paulo Roberto da Silva

Education:

• Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Centro de Biotecnologia do Rio Grande do Sul, 2006

• Master’s degree in cellular and molecular biology, Centro de Biotecnologia do Rio Grande do Sul, 2002

• Undergraduate program in Biological Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, 2000

Area of expertise: Experience in plant genetics with emphasis in cytogenetics and molecular biology working mainly on the following themes: meiotic behavior, resistance to diseases, ¬¬molecular markers (RAPD, AFLP, SSR, ISSR, SNP, SCAR, STS, CAPS), differential gene expression in response to stress in plants, construction of genomic libraries and cDNA, construction of molecular maps and in-silico molecular data analysis and DNA sequence.

E-mail: [email protected]                 http://lattes.cnpq.br/5507170343259076

Renato Vasconcelos Botelho

Education:

• Graduation in Agronomy, Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas (FCA) – UNESP/Botucatu, 1993.

• Master’s degree in Agronomy (Horticulture), FCA – UNESP/Botucatu, 1996.

• Doctorate degree in Agronomy (Horticulture), FCA – UNESP/Botucatu, 2002.

• Postdoctoral research in Fruit growing Section, Instituto Agronômico de Campinas, 2003.

Research Interests: Experience in fruit growing, working mainly on the following themes: crop science, viticulture, fruit growing in temperate climate, post-harvest, plant physiology, ecophysiology, dormancy and organic fruit production.

Research group: www.fruticulturaunicentro.net                E-mail: [email protected]            http://lattes.cnpq.br/2014910053192461