Laura Pérez

I am in charge of planning, supervise, verify, organize and lead all necessary activities for the Quality Department, the main objective is to increase the level of trust from our customers through the exportation of cuttings that comply with quality, quantity and time standards (Qotif). And assurance of processes related to the production of cuttings.

Preparation of biological efficacy tests of pesticides in different crops (corn, tomato, chili pepper, potato, bean, melon).

Responsible for carrying out the operational and technical section of the Ministry Agricultural, agricultural quarantine procedures on pests and diseases. Carry out inspections at border posts on import and export merchandise, at the same time enforcing sanitary and phytosanitary measures. And to know about quarantine pests found in Guatemala.

Responsible for the research, development and production of beneficial organisms for sugarcane cultivation such as: Trichoderma harzianum, Metarhizium anisopleae, Purpureocillum lilacinus, parasitoids (Cotesia flavipes), entomopathogenic nematodes (Heterorhabditis bacteriophora), isolation and production of growth-promoting bacteria, bacteria for disease and pest control. In addition, the administration and budget management of 5 laboratories and quality control of the processes.

Evaluation of beneficial fungi (Trichoderma harzianum) for disease control in sugarcane and growth promotion.

Temporal and spatial study of sugarcane parasitic nematode populations in soil and roots.

Isolations of fungi and/or bacteria that cause diseases in sugarcane crops and preparation of bioassays to determine damage caused by phytonematodes of the genus Criconemoides and Meloidogyne.

Support for professor to impart phytopathology laboratories about nematodes.