Felix Eugenio
Enciso-Rodríguez

Biography

Biologist graduated from the Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia with a Master's degree in biological sciences from Andes University and a doctorate and post-doctorate in plant breeding, genetics, and biotechnology from Michigan State University. currently, he is a PhD researcher from the Colombian Corporation for Agricultural Research - Agrosavia. He has extensive experience in plant molecular genetics and plant breeding, supporting programs to improve orphan species of the Solanaceae family including S. betaceum, S. quitoense, and P. peruviana, and widely known species such as potato, tomato and oil palm. He has worked on developing molecular markers for the identification of homologous resistance genes, characterization of diversity collections, genetic mapping, and association and establishment of genetic fingerprinting. Recently, he generated a strategy for implementing genomic selection in potatoes aimed at the early identification of late blight and common scab resistant or tolerant potato lines. Additionally, he has contributed to the transition of potato improvement at the tetraploid to diploid level by implementing genomic editing strategies for the generation of self-compatible potato lines, which are currently being used by potato breeding programs for the generation of inbred lines. Felix Enciso has published more than 16 articles in indexed journals and co-author of two book chapters, two patent applications, and more than 20 in national and international conferences.

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