Alteration of the quality of Eucalyptus wood

• Grant number: 01/11080-8
• Support type: Research Grants - Research Partnership for Technological Innovation - PITE
• Duration: July 01, 2002 - December 31, 2005
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Forestry Resources and Forestry Engineering - Forestry
• Principal Investigator: Carlos Alberto Labate
• Grantee: Carlos Alberto Labate
• Home Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Company: Suzano Papel e Celulose S/A
• City: Piracicaba

Abstract

Biotechnology has been revolutionizing human activity in the most diverse areas. In the forestry sector technologies are being rapidly incorporated such as transgenics based on studies in genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics. The association of biotechnology with conventional programs for the improvement of trees can accelerate the process of development of products with specific characteristics. In the paper and cellulose industry, the sourcing of trees with a reduced content or altered composition of lignin is one of the examples of the application of these technologies. The present project aimed to modify the quality of eucalyptus wood altering its composition. The proposal was to obtain a product with different chemical properties and physical characteristics, enabling a reduction in the costs of the industrial paper production process. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

VENEZIANO LABATE, MONICA T.; FERREIRA BERTOLO, ANA L.; DO NASCIMENTO, DANIELA DEFAVARI; GUTMANIS, GUNTA; DE ANDRADE, ALEXANDER; CALDERAN RODRIGUES, MARIA J.; CAMARGO, EDUARDO L. O.; BOARETTO, LUIS FELIPE; MOON, DAVID H.; BRAGATTO, JULIANO; LABATE, CARLOS A. Cloning and endogenous expression of a Eucalyptus grandis UDP-glucose dehydrogenase cDNA. GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, v. 33, n. 4, p. 686-U131, 2010. Web of Science Citations: 4.

CALDAS‚ D.G.G.; CARNEIRO‚ R.T.; MOON‚ D.H.; SALVATIERRA‚ G.R.; FRANCESCHINI‚ L.M.; DE ANDRADE‚ A.; CELEDON‚ P.A.F.; ODA‚ S.; LABATE‚ C.A.; OTHERS. SAGE transcript profiling of the juvenile cambial region of Eucalyptus grandis. TREE PHYSIOLOGY, v. 28, n. 6, p. 905-919, 2008.

CELEDON‚ P.A.F.; DE ANDRADE‚ A.; MEIRELES‚ K.G.X.; DA CRUZ GALLO DE CARVALHO‚ M.C.; CALDAS‚ D.G.G.; MOON‚ D.H.; CARNEIRO‚ R.T.; FRANCESCHINI‚ L.M.; ODA‚ S.; LABATE‚ C.A. Proteomic analysis of the cambial region in juvenile Eucalyptus grandis at three ages. PROTEOMICS, v. 7, n. 13, p. 2258-2274, 2007.

Filed patent(s) as a result of this research project