José Antonio Bressiani

BIOGRAPHYBressiani is an Agronomic Engineer in 1989, Master of Agronomy in 1993 working with genetic repeatability in sugarcane early selection stages, PhD in Agronomy in 2001 with concentration in Genetics and Plant Breeding at São Paulo University working with family selection in sugarcane. Bressiani worked as plant breeder in sugarcane at CTC for 15 years, from 1992 and 2006, were had opportunity to work with germplasm sugarcane collection, hybridization and parents selection, seedlings production and early selection stages, regional varieties selection and disease resistance, positioning new varieties at sugar mill growers. During this period, Bressiani participate of the development of 16 new varieties of sugarcane.Late 2006, Bressiani leaved CTC and started as Sugarcane Breeding Manager at CanaVialis / Monsanto and structured the sugarcane breeding team and pipeline in 11 States in Brazil. Until November 2011, when Bressiani enter at Granbio, eight new varieties of sugarcane were developed.After at GranBio, company that built the first cellulosic ethanol plant in the southern hemisphere, from November 2011 to September 2022 as agricultural technology director, Bressiani had the responsibility of to bring the biomass solution for 2G ethanol and/or biochemical plants, especially the development of energy cane. Until now 11 new varieties of energycane were developed and commercial fields are being planted across Brazil, especially in poor environments.Since September 2022 at Nuseed Brasil company, Bressiani has being the Director of Research and Development of the energycane and sugarcane development with includes conventional and biotecnology breeding. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)