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- Title
Academic research and training to advance global agriculture through quantitative genetics: a personal perspective on the contributions of Rohan Fernando.
- Authors
Totir, Liviu Radu
- Abstract
This document provides a personal perspective on the contributions of Rohan Fernando to global agriculture, specifically in the areas of animal breeding, quantitative genetics, and plant agriculture. Rohan has made significant technical contributions to the seed industry, resulting in measurable improvements in animal and plant agriculture. His scientific and software roadmaps have advanced the use of applied statistics, quantitative genetics, and statistical computing techniques in breeding programs. Additionally, Rohan's training approach, which emphasizes kindness, technical excellence, unselfish collaboration, and respectful inquisitiveness, has produced successful graduates who have made significant contributions to the seed industry. Overall, Rohan's work has had a positive impact on global agriculture and has helped increase productivity per unit area of land.
- Subjects
QUANTITATIVE genetics; SCIENTIFIC knowledge; AGRICULTURE; PLANT breeding; UNIVERSITY research
- Publication
Genetics Selection Evolution, 2024, Vol 56, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0999-193X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12711-024-00906-6