Dr. Milena Oliveira

Assistant Profressor, Extension Vegetable Specialist, Utah State University

Dr. Oliveira grew up on a small farm in the semiarid region of Brazil. She has experience working with fruits, vegetables and ornamental plants across a broad spectrum of production systems. She has M.S. in Plant Physiology, PhD in Agronomy/Horticulture, Brazil and postdoctoral studies in Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, Israel as well as Dryland Cropping Systems from the University of Nebraska Lincoln. The overarching goal of her extension and research-based efforts is to identify/develop sustainable strategies to improve crop performance in terms of yield and quality of vegetable crops.