Nonoy Bandillo
Assistant Professor
Small Grains Breeding & Genetics
1215 Williams Hall
Bio
Education and Training
Postdoctoral, Cornell University, Quantitative Genetics, 2018
PhD, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Plant Breeding & Genetics, 2016
BSc, magna cum laude, University of the Philippines-Los Baños, Agronomy: Plant Breeding, 2008
Research Expertise and Interests
- Identify and characterize genetic factors in small grains that affect growth, yield and nutrition to improve food security and human health.
- Develop improved cultivars of small grains optimally suited to production environments of North Carolina and surrounding states.
- Develop and apply cutting-edge methodologies to accelerate genetic innovation in small grains.
Teaching
- CS 745 Quantitative Genetics in Plant Breeding
Editorial Board
- Associate Editor, The Plant Genome, 2023-Present
Publications
- Accurate plant height estimation in pulse crops through integration of LiDAR, multispectral information, and machine learning , REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS-SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENT (2025)
- Association study of crude seed protein and fat concentration in a USDA pea diversity panel , The Plant Genome (2024)
- Accelerating genetic gain through strategic speed breeding in spring wheat , Crop Science (2024)
- Effective population size in field pea , BMC Genomics (2024)
- Genomic-inferred cross-selection methods for multi-trait improvement in a recurrent selection breeding program , Plant Methods (2024)
- Identification of novel candidate genes for Ascochyta blight resistance in chickpea , SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2024)
- Multi-trait multi-environment genomic prediction of preliminary yield trial in pulse crop , PLANT GENOME (2024)
- Multi-trait multi-environment genomic prediction of preliminary yield trials in pulse crops , (2024)
- Predicting lodging severity in dry peas using UAS-mounted RGB, LIDAR, and multispectral sensors , Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment (2024)
- A greenhouse‐based high‐throughput phenotyping platform for identification and genetic dissection of resistance to Aphanomyces root rot in field pea , The Plant Phenome Journal (2023)