Optimization of the genetic transformation of cacao (Theobroma cacao) to modulate the expression of receptors of pathogen molecular patterns

• Grant number: 19/22063-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Technical Training Program - Technical Training
• Start date: November 01, 2019
• End date: October 31, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Genetics - Plant Genetics
• Principal Investigator: Antonio Vargas de Oliveira Figueira
• Grantee: Lorena Paula Mendonça dos Reis
• 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