Marcelo Ayres is a Senior Researcher at Embrapa Cerrados. He has a Ph.D. in Plant Breeding and Genetics from the University of Florida. Published 39 articles in professional journals. He is part of the team that developed and released in Brazil forage cultivars S. guianesis Mineirão, BRS Grof 1463 e 1480, BRS Nuno e BRS BioN, P. atratum Pojuca, B. Brizantha Xaraes, Arapoty, Capiporã, Paiaguas, B. humidicola Tupi, P. maximum Zuri and Tamani, Arachis pintoi cv. Mandobi and A. gayanus BRS Sarandi