Biography:
Dr. Silva studied Agronomy at the Federal Rural University of the Semi-arid Region, received her M.Sc. degree in Plant Sciences from the University of Viçosa in Brazil, and her PhD in Horticultural Sciences from the University of Florida, USA. She then joined Dr. JD Swanson´s team at Salve Reginal University and later Dr. Awais Khan´s program at Cornell University, where he gained extensive experience with molecular mechanisms of disease resistance, high-throughput phenotyping, and genotyping. Currently, Dr. Silva is a Technology Implementation Specialist LATAM at Syngenta Seeds.
Title : Potential role of weather, soil and plant microbial communities in rapid decline of apple trees