Ph.D Student
Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics
August 2018 – Present
Project
Multi-environmental trial experimental designs based on spatial and genotype by environment interaction
Overview
From Uruguay
Bachelor of Science in Statistics, Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay, 2011
Master of Science in Agricultural Sciences, Biostatistics Option, Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay, 2017
Ines currently works on strategies to optimize experimental designs for optimal resource allocation by exploring the genotypes and their interaction with the environment at both local and global scales.
Research Interests
- Statistical tools for quantitative genetics
- Experimental designs
- Genetic relationships metrics
Selected Publications
Hoefler, R., Gonzalez-Barrios, P., Bhatta, M., Berro, I., Nalin, R.S., Borges, A., Covarrubias, E., Diaz-Garcia, L., Gutierrez, L.‡. 2020. Do spatial designs outperform classic experimental designs? Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics 10.1007/s13253-020-00406-2
Berro, I., Lado, B., Nalin, R.S., Quincke, M. and Gutiérrez, L. (2019), Training Population Optimization for Genomic Selection. The Plant Genome, 12: 1-14 190028. doi:10.3835/plantgenome2019.04.0028.