Jadir Borges Pinheiro
Agronomy
Embrapa
Brazil
Biography
He holds a degree in Agronomy from the Federal University of Uberlândia (1998) and a Ph.D. in Agronomy (Phytopathology - Epidemiology - Nematology) from the Federal University of Lavras (2007). Since 2008 he is Researcher A of the National Center for Vegetable Research and responsible for the Laboratory of Nematology Unit. In February 2017 he took over the Deputy Chief of Technology Transfer. He works as a member of the Brazilian Society of Nematology with experience in the area of Agronomy, with emphasis on nematology. It works with the following topics: survey and management of phytonematoids in vegetables and identification of resistance sources to the gall nematode in vegetables.
Research Interest
Agronomy