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Maria Leino

Senior Scientist
  • Phone number +358295326734
  • Email address anna-maria.leino@luke.fi
  • Address Tietotie 4 31600 JOKIOINEN
  • Education / Degree PhD (animal breeding)
  • Group Genomics and breeding
  • Organizational unit Production systems

Expertise

1) Dairy cattle: research and development of national and international breeding value evaluation, reduced rank MACE models, validation of heterogeneity in genetic variance, genetics of milk coagulation ability & non-coagulation of milk, fertility, maintenance efficiency 2) Beef cattle: genomic evaluation, multi-breed models, metafounders 3) Sustainability of cattle sector, systemic level ecological transition, agroecology