Geert Haesaert

Geert Haesaert is a retired senior full professor at the faculty of Bioscience Engineering of Ghent University. He is an agronomist and plant breeder involved as promotor in more than 60 national and international research projects. His research focus on sustainable crop production including plant breeding and protection (including toxigenic pathogenic fungi) in moderate as well as in tropical agro-ecological zones. Recent interests are biostimulants, growth promoting - and bio- control microorganisms, plant – microbiological interaction in general as well as plant breeding and genetics.

Geert Haesaert is co-founder of the MYTOX research platform (www.mytox.be) and of the consortium CropFit (www.cropfit.be). He is president of the International Triticale Association (ITA) and external expert for national and international agencies. He is also co-founder of the Ghent University spin-off company Progeno that gives data-driven breeding advice to plant breeders companies. Geert Haesaert is (co)-author of 201 international peer-reviewed - and more than 245 technical publications (https://biblio.ugent.be/person/80200016806).