Study of the resistance of cacao witches broom disease by Moniliophthora perniciosa-Solanum lycopersicum interaction

• Grant number: 08/10314-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: September 01, 2009
• End date: May 31, 2010
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Botany - Pant Physiology
• Principal Investigator: Lázaro Eustaquio Pereira Peres
• Grantee: Gildemberg Amorim Leal Junior
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 07/07175-0 - Genetic analysis of Theobroma cacao defense response against Moniliophthora perniciosa, the causal agent of witches broom, AP.TEM