Dr. Pedro Soares Vidigal Filho is a Full Professor/Senior Researcher at the Department of Agronomy at the Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM) since 1982. He graduated in Agronomy (1978) at Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), and obtained a Master Degree and PhD in Plant Production (1981; 1993). He completed Post-Doctorates in the Visiting Scientist category at Michigan State University, USA (2003), and at the University of California, Davis, California, USA (2009 and 2019). Professor Vidigal Filho advised Post-Docs, M.Sc., Ph.D. at Universidade Estadual de Maringá. He worked in the PGM administration from 2013 to 2016 (Coordinator) and from 2016 to 2018 (Deputy Coordinator). In the period 1995-1997, he was responsible for the introduction of the cassava cultivar Fécula Branca, which is being cultivated in cultivation areas in the Northwest of Paraná, São Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul. Develops research with an emphasis on Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Germplasm and Management and Cultural Treatments in Cassava, Corn and Beans.
Dr. Pedro Soares Vidigal Filho is a Full Professor/Senior Researcher at the Department of Agronomy at the Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM) since 1982. He graduated in Agronomy (1978) at Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), and obtained a Master Degree and PhD in Plant Production (1981; 1993). He completed Post-Doctorates in the Visiting Scientist category at Michigan State University, USA (2003), and at the University of California, Davis, California, USA (2009 and 2019). Professor Vidigal Filho advised Post-Docs, M.Sc., Ph.D. at Universidade Estadual de Maringá. He worked in the PGM administration from 2013 to 2016 (Coordinator) and from 2016 to 2018 (Deputy Coordinator). In the period 1995-1997, he was responsible for the introduction of the cassava cultivar Fécula Branca, which is being cultivated in cultivation areas in the Northwest of Paraná, São Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul. Develops research with an emphasis on Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Germplasm and Management and Cultural Treatments in Cassava, Corn and Beans.