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Luis Barboza Barquero

Principal Investigator

Universidad de Costa Rica

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7 months ago

Plant breeding, genetics and genomics in tropical crops

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Currently I work with tropical crops, mainly with Papaya, Rice and Beans (giving priority to seeds and production-related traits). We phenotype some traits using digital images and we employ GBS and HRM markers for genotyping. We conduct QTL mapping and BSA to dissect the genetic control.

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Universidad de Costa Rica

Imaging-based seed phenotyping through imbibition kinetics for quality assessment and breeding

Low-cost, automated image analysis of seed imbibition kinetics that delivers seed quality results in under 24 hours. Developed at CIGRAS (Universidad de Costa Rica), the method uses camera-based imaging to generate ~17,0...

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Luis Barboza Barquero

Principal Investigator

Universidad de Costa Rica

Work experience

Universidad de Costa Rica

Principal Investigator

2014 - Present

Universitat zu Koln

PhD, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (IMPRS program)

2010 - 2014

Wageningen University and Research