Biocompatibility of fungi in nutrients: development of nutrient and bioactive green formulations for application in agricultural crops

• Grant number: 22/01577-9
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Innovative Research in Small Business - PIPE
• Start date: July 01, 2022
• End date: March 31, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Biology
• Principal Investigator: Valdinéia Cecília da Silva
• Grantee: Valdinéia Cecília da Silva
• Company: Ara Consultoria Eireli
• CNAE: Fabricação de intermediários para fertilizantes ; Fabricação de defensivos agrícolas ; Pesquisa e desenvolvimento experimental em ciências físicas e naturais
• City: Iperó

Abstract

ARA Consultoria Eireli (ARA) is a company that was created in March 2021 and aims to develop projects applied to its entry into the agribusiness production chain based on the concept of a biobusiness, dedicated to the production of inoculants and bioinput formulations. for agronomic application, meeting the concept of sustainable agriculture, and favorably impacting the technological advance of food production and environmental preservation. ARA's intention is to produce and evaluate the quality of bioinputs of agronomic interest, based on studies of organisms belonging to the "Oldemar Cardim Abreu" Collection of Entomopathogenic Fungi, from the Biological Control Reference Laboratory unit, CAPSA, Instituto Biológico/ APTA/SAA-SP, Campinas-SP, which transfers knowledge and technology for the production of entomopathogenic fungi since 2000.In this research, the behavior of two bioactive fungi (Bauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae) in three nutritive formulations will be evaluated. These fungi are the ones commonly used in bioinsecticides in Brazil, and such nutritive formulations are organomineral fertilizers that use humic acids in their formulation, registered with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA), and already marketed by the commercial partner company, Solefert Indústria and Commerce Ltd. (SOLEFERT), which has a product portfolio that has the differential of special formulations, made to (AU)