MEMBER
Dr. Wagner Campos Otoni is an agronomist and received his doctorate degree in 1994 in Plant Breeding from the Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil, in a sandwish category with a two years-period (1992 and 1993) at Nottingham University, and a posdoctoral training at University of California – Berkeley (2010). He is currently a Full Professor of Plant Anatomy at the Plant Biology Department. Dr. Otoni is the author or co-author of more than 130 research articles and 23 book chapters, most of which deal with the aspects of plant cell, tissue and organ culture of various species. He serves as Associate Editor of In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology-Plant and Theoretical and Experimental Plant Physiology. He is currently a consulting member of the Scientific Agencies from the Brazilian Government. He served as the Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Botany from 2001 to 2009.
Last modified: February 17, 2014
Address
Plant Tissue Culture Laboratory, Plant Biology Department/ BIOAGRO, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900 Viçosa, MG, Brazil
Phone: +55 (31) 3899 2930
Plant cell, tissue and organ culture/in vitro morphogenesis
- Morpho-histological and molecular characterisation of morphogenic events during in vitro regenerative processes;
- Establishment of mass propagation protocols in bioreactors and regeneration protocols to support genetic transformation studies;
- Establishment of photoautotrophic tissue culture propagation methods and environmental control;
- Regulation of carotenoid biosynthetic genes in citrus (Citrus sp.) and annatto (Bixa orellana);
- Manipulation of secondary metabolite routes in medicinal plants, with an emphasis on phytoecdysteroid biosynthesis in Brazilian ginseng (Pfaffia sp.).
Dr. Miklos Gábor Fári
Debrecen University, Hungary
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Miklos_Fari/
Dr. Toyoki Kozai
Chiba University, Center for Environment, Health and Fields Sciences, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Toyoki_Kozai/
Dr. Jorge Manuel P.L. Canhoto
Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal.
Dr. Francisco José Lima Aragão
Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia/Cenargen, Brasília, Brazil
Dr. Lyderson Facio Viccini
Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Biologia, Brazil
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lyderson_Viccini/
Dr. Eny Iochevet Segal Floh
Departamento de Botânica – Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Eny_Floh/
Dr. Ana Maria Caetano Faria
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Brazil
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ana_Faria2/
Dr. Alan Carlos Costa
Instituto Federal Goiano, Brazil
www.researchgate.net/profile/Alan_Costa4/publications/
Dr. Reginaldo A. Festucci-Buselli
Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia, Instituto Sócio Ambiental e de Recursos Hídricos, Brazil
www.researchgate.net/.../Reginaldo_Festucci_Buselli
Dr. Francisco André Ossamu Tanaka
Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Univesidade de São Paulo.
Núcleo de Apoio à Pesquisa - Microscopia Eletrônica Aplicada à Pesquisa Agropecuária, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
Dr. Marcio Gilberto Cardoso Costa
Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (Ilhéus, BA), Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Brazil
Dr. Eliemar Campostrini
Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Laboratório de Melhoramento Genético Vegetal, Brazil
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Eliemar_Campostrini/
Dr. Miguel Pedro Guerra
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Departamento de Fitotecnia, Brazil
http://buscatextual.cnpq.br/buscatextual/visualizacv.do?metodo=apresentar&id=K4781635J4 /
Dr. Fábio Tebaldi S. Nogueira
Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Genética, Brazil
