Optimization of cacao (Theobroma cacao) genetic transformation aiming at modulation of pathogens molecular patterns expression of receptors

• Grant number: 17/17676-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Technical Training Program - Technical Training
• Start date: September 01, 2017
• End date: August 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Genetics - Plant Genetics
• Principal Investigator: Antonio Vargas de Oliveira Figueira
• Grantee: Luciana Chiba
• Host Institution: Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura (CENA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 16/10498-4 - Investigation of strategies of adaptation to the pathogenic life style of fungi from the Moniliophthora genus at various levels of biological organizations: species, biotypes, and geographic lineages, AP.TEM