Biography:
Ms. Venus Elec studied MS Plant Breeding minor in Molecular Biotechnology at the University of the Philippines in Los Banos. She has been involved in extensive molecular breeding programs for the development of varieties in the Philippines and Southeast Asia affiliated in Philippine Rice Research (PhilRice), IRRI and Corteva Agriscience. She has been implementing the use of marker technologies in gene discovery, mapping population development and native trait introgression programs. Currently, she is a PhD candidate at the University of the Philippines, Diliman working on the genetic characterization of strawberry germplasm.
Title : Decoding the genetic diversity of Philippine strawberries through genome-wide molecular marker analysis