Iago Hale
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
College of Life Sciences and Agriculture
- Developing teaching and mentoring skills within the broad framework of working to bridge the gap between the agroecological science community and other stakeholder groups within our food system.
- Increasing agricultural opportunities in New England by developing and providing innovative and improved germplasm to producers (current focus: hardy kiwis for New England).
- Developing genetic and genomic resources to support my breeding work and that of the larger plant improvement community, both regionally and abroad, particularly in developing countries (current focus: alternate host resistance to wheat stem and stripe rusts).
- Contributing to our understanding of the genetic bases of key traits at various scales, from individual plants (e.g. disease resistance) to whole farm systems (e.g. weed suppression) to landscapes (e.g. nutrient uptake) (current focus: the role of associated ancestral microbial communities in buffering biotic stresses in Phaseolus spp.).