�山ǿ�� News - Valerio Hoyos-Villegas

Professor Valerio Hoyos-Villegas receives early career scientist award

webfull — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 18:44:58 +0000

Congratulations to �山ǿ�� Plant Science Professor Valerio Hoyos-Villegas, 2024 winner of the North American Plant Phenotyping Network (NAPPN)'s Early Career Scientist Award! This award recognizes an early career scientist making important contributions to plant phenotyping.

Published: 26 August 2024

Mac student awarded prestigious Seed Science Foundation scholarship

webfull — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 20:10:09 +0000

Please join us in congratulating Henry Alexander Cordoba Novoa, Ph.D. candidate in plant breeding and genetics at �山ǿ��'s Macdonald Campus, on receiving the Roger Krueger Memorial Scholarship, awarded by the Seed Science Foundation at the American Seed Trade Association Leadership Summit held in Nashville, TN on June 15–19, 2024. This award recognizes Henry's outstanding research, integrity, and professionalism and his passion for the future of agriculture and the seed industry.

Published: 25 June 2024

Skills shortage could lead to food insecurity

webfull — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 14:14:18 +0000

A lack of scientists specialized in plant breeding could lead to ‘dire’ food security implications in Australia, and around the world, according to new research conducted across three continents.

Plant breeding is a multidisciplinary science that underpins the global production of food, animal feed, fuel and fibre.

Published: 12 June 2024

AAFC announces $11M in funding for Pulse Canada, including $1.6M for �山ǿ��'s Pulse Breeding and Genetics Lab

webfull — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 21:17:58 +0000

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has announced $11 million in new funding for Pulse Canada.

$1.6 million of this investment will go to �山ǿ�� Department of Plant Science Professor Valerio Hoyos-Villegas' Pulse Breeding and Genetics Lab.

Winnipeg South Centre MP Ben Carr made the announcement at the University of Manitoba on February 9 on behalf of federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay.

Published: 14 February 2024

Potential for Chickpea Production in the Northeast

webfull — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 16:40:51 +0000

In a new article for The Maine Organic Farmer & Gardener, Javed Sidiqi, Eric Bishop Von Wettberg and �山ǿ�� Plant Science Assistant Professor Valerio Hoyos Villegas dive into the potential of the humble chickpea, an increasingly popular legume known for high nutritional value and nitrogen-fixing properties.

Published: 31 January 2024

�山ǿ�� Macdonald Campus Student Wins Canadian Plant Breeding Innovation Award

webfull — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 18:43:59 +0000

For the fourth year in a row, a �山ǿ�� Plant Science student has won one of three annual Canadian Plant Breeding Innovation (CPBI) Innovation scholarships, which recognize up-and-coming young plant breeders.

Published: 10 January 2024

�山ǿ�� researchers granted 3.8M toward sustainable agriculture

webfull — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 20:09:23 +0000

Three Mac-based research projects have been funded through FQRNT/MAPAQ’s first Partnership Research Program-Sustainable Agriculture . All of the projects fall under the scientific program developed by the Réseau québécois de recherche en agriculture durable.

Congrats to Profs:

Published: 29 April 2022