XIV INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF RICE FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN & 9th International Rice and Wheat Blast Conference

«Yamid Sanabria has been a FLAR plant breeder for temperate Latin America, based in Uruguay, since 2015. He works together with institutions in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay in the development of rice germplasm more adapted to the region and with higher yields. During his PhD at Louisiana State University, he developed lines with resistance to Rhizoctonia solani. Previously, Yamid was associated with CIAT where he was also working with the rice breeding program».