/channels/news_feeds/all/term/Valerio%20Hoyos-Villegas/rss en /channels/channels/news/professor-valerio-hoyos-villegas-receives-early-career-scientist-award-358816 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Congratulations to ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Plant Science <a href="/plant/hoyos-villegas-valerio">Professor Valerio Hoyos-Villegas</a>, 2024 winner of the North American Plant Phenotyping Network (NAPPN)'s Early Career Scientist Award! This award<strong><em> </em></strong>recognizes an early career scientist making important contributions to plant phenotyping.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">26 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 26 Aug 2024 18:44:58 +0000 webfull 201668 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mac-student-awarded-prestigious-seed-science-foundation-scholarship-357793 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Please join us in congratulating Henry Alexander Cordoba Novoa, Ph.D. candidate in plant breeding and genetics at ±«ÓãÖ±²¥'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.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/53798084072_25168b8217_o.jpg?itok=v4sdhlUG" width="160" height="72" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">25 </span><span class="month">June </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 25 Jun 2024 20:10:09 +0000 webfull 200601 at /channels /channels/channels/news/skills-shortage-could-lead-food-insecurity-357691 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> 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. </p> <p>Plant breeding is a multidisciplinary science that underpins the global production of food, animal feed, fuel and fibre.  </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/img_0651.jpg?itok=Fz4IseYr" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">12 </span><span class="month">June </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 12 Jun 2024 14:14:18 +0000 webfull 200474 at /channels /channels/channels/news/aafc-announces-11m-funding-pulse-canada-including-16m-mcgills-pulse-breeding-and-genetics-lab-355441 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has announced $11 million in new funding for Pulse Canada.</p> <p>$1.6 million of this investment will go to ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Department of Plant Science <a href="/plant/hoyos-villegas-valerio">Professor Valerio Hoyos-Villegas</a>' Pulse Breeding and Genetics Lab.</p> <p>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.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">14 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 14 Feb 2024 21:17:58 +0000 webfull 197805 at /channels /channels/channels/news/potential-chickpea-production-northeast-355144 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>In a new article for The Maine Organic Farmer &amp; Gardener, Javed Sidiqi, Eric Bishop Von Wettberg and ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Plant Science Assistant Professor <a href="/plant/hoyos-villegas-valerio">Valerio Hoyos Villegas</a> dive into the potential of the humble chickpea, an increasingly popular legume known for high nutritional value and nitrogen-fixing properties. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/pexels-nasty-fotografia-7090131-crop.jpg?itok=ZwM4M-JC" width="160" height="90" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">31 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 31 Jan 2024 16:40:51 +0000 webfull 197423 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mcgill-macdonald-campus-student-wins-canadian-plant-breeding-innovation-award-354135 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>For the fourth year in a row, a ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Plant Science student has won one of three annual Canadian Plant Breeding Innovation (CPBI) Innovation scholarships, which recognize up-and-coming young plant breeders.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/sclerotinia_sclerotiorum.jpg?itok=w82ubcSs" width="160" height="75" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">10 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 10 Jan 2024 18:43:59 +0000 webfull 196293 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mcgill-researchers-granted-38m-toward-sustainable-agriculture-339320 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>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 <a href="https://frq.gouv.qc.ca/en/2-5-million-for-the-creation-of-the-reseau-quebecois-de-recherche-en-agriculture-durable/">Réseau québécois de recherche en agriculture durable</a>.</p> <p>Congrats to Profs:</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">29 </span><span class="month">April </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 29 Apr 2022 20:09:23 +0000 webfull 179849 at /channels