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Valerio Hoyos-Villegas

Academic title(s): 

Assistant Professor

Valerio Hoyos-Villegas
Contact Information
Email address: 
valerio.hoyos-villegas [at] mcgill.ca
Address: 

Raymond Building, R2-023

Phone: 
514-398-7856
Department: 
Plant Science
Research areas: 
Sustainable crop and livestock production systems
Safe, nutritious and secure food supply
Human nutrition and One Health
Fields: 
Abiotic and biotic stress
Agriculture
Agri-food pathogens
Climate change
Emerging tools for plant and animal production
Food security
Health
Nutrient diversity
Plant production
Plant-microbe interactions
Sustainable management systems
Specialization: 
  • 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
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