Background
Toledo, Jose Francisco Ferraz de was born on May 4, 1951 in Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil.
Toledo, Jose Francisco Ferraz de was born on May 4, 1951 in Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil.
Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Science, ESALQ-United States Pharmacopoeia, Piracicaba. Master of Science in Genetics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1978. Doctor of Philosophy, University Birmingham, England, 1986.
Researcher department genetics, breeding Embrapa Soybean, Londrina, Brazil, since 1976, general director, 1995—1999.
Vice president Brazilian Plant Breeding Society, Lavras, 2006—2008. Member of Brazilian Genetics Society.
Son of Francisco Ferraz de and Maria Antonia Giraldes Toledo. Married Adrienne Elizabeth Hurley Hurley, November 12, 1976. Children: Flavia Hurley, Jose Edaurdo Hurley.