Area(s) of Expertise

Geneticist and Tree Improvement

Publications

• Genome-wide SNP-based relationships improve genetic parameter estimates and genomic prediction of growth traits in a large operational breeding trials of Pinus taeda L. , Forestry An International Journal of Forest Research (2025)
• Multi-trait selection in a Pinus pinaster Aiton breeding program: developing a selection index dealing with genotype by environment interaction in volume , FORESTRY (2025)
• Pollination and mating dynamics unveiled by orchard-wide pedigree reconstruction in Acacia crassicarpa , Tree Genetics & Genomes (2025)
• Estimation of Additive and Dominance Effects in an Acacia crassicarpa Multi-Environment Progeny Trial Using Genomic Pedigree Reconstruction , Forest Science (2024)
• Quantitative genetics and breeding strategies in hybrid populations of Pinus patula × Pinus tecunumanii , Southern Forests a Journal of Forest Science (2024)
• Removing Friction and Bark Improves Drill Resistance Data for Selection on Wood Density in Pinus taeda Plantations , Forest Products Journal (2024)
• Towards Autonomous, Aerial Pollination: Design of a Robotic Pollinator Payload for Controlled Crosses in Loblolly Pine , Applied Engineering in Agriculture (2024)
• Volume-based selection in Pinus pinaster Aiton breeding: evaluating resistance to Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner & Buhrer) Nickle and wood properties , Annals of Forest Science (2024)
• Analysis of alkaloids and reducing sugars in processed and unprocessed tobacco leaves using a handheld near infrared spectrometer , Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy (2023)
• Quantitative Genetics of a Hybrid Population of Eucalyptus nitens × Eucalyptus globulus: Estimation of Genetic Parameters and Implications for Breeding Strategies , Forests (2023)