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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ) (Institutional affiliation for the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
graduation at Ciências Biológicas from Universidade Estadual de Londrina (1987), master's at Agronomy from Universidade de São Paulo (1989) and doctorate at Agronomy from Universidade de São Paulo (1994). Has experience in Agronomy, acting on the following subjects: genoma comparativo, cana-de-açúcar, raquitismo das soqueiras, rearranjo and proteinas de membrana. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Plant-Microbe interaction is a fundamental process in the biosphere that impacts natural ecosystems as well as agroecosystems. The understanding of the biological components and processes that control this interaction is expected to improve crop productivity and monitor environmental quality. Our approach to tackle this complex system is to use genome-wide molecular and bioinformatic tool…
Sporisorium scitamineum is the causal agent of the disease known as sugarcane smut, identified in all regions of sugarcane cultivation in the world. The disease is characterized by producing stalks unsuitable for industrialization, reducing biomass and sugar and ethanol production. The characteristics of the interaction with sugarcane are unique, as they culminate in the formation of a wh…
Sugarcane smut disease, caused by the biotrophic fungus Sporisorium scitamineum, is characterized by the development of a whip-like structure from the plant meristem. The disease causes negative effects on sucrose accumulation, fiber content and juice quality. The aim of this study was to examine whether the transcriptomic changes already described during the infection of sugarcane by S. …
Sugarcane is an important crop worldwide due to its distinct capability to store large amounts of sucrose in the stem, consequential supplying more than half of the world`s sugar consumption for centuries. Currently, it is considered the most efficient bioenergy crop for ethanol production. One important factor impairing the increase of sugarcane production is the severity of some disease…
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This work plan is an integral part of the FAPESP thematic project entitled "RGAs sugarcane expression profile during infection with various pathogens". The project aimed to create a database of Resistance Gene Analogs (RGAs) in sugarcane from data originating from different new generation sequencing platforms and data from public databases. The results obtained were published in the journ…
The smut disease is caused by the biotrophic fungus Sporisorium scitamineum, which causes losses in sugarcane sugars. Therefore, the objective of this project is to establish efficient and practical in vitro cultivation systems for the study of this plant-pathogen interaction. This project can assist in the selection of resistant varieties, leading to more efficient disease control, reduc…
One of the major impediments to sustainable agriculture is the persistence of pests and diseases. The disruption of an ecosystem and large-scale monoculture cropping systems lead to the emergence of diseases needing control in order to maintain a productive agricultural system. The research line of the Genomics Group of the Microorganisms Genetics Laboratory of the Department of Genetics-…
The sugarcane smut disease is caused by Sporisorium scitamineum, a dimorphic and biotrophic fungus, host-dependent to its sexual reproduction and teliospores formation. The Genomics Group has been extensively studying the sugarcane-smut interaction for the past few years, considering various aspects of the interaction, including pathogen attack mechanisms and plant defense responses. Path…
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Organisms metabolic networks can be resembled based on graph theory, and its integration with omics data has been demonstrated as important strategy to further gather knowledge about the relationships between genotype and phenotype. Here, we are proposing to establish sugarcane metabolic networks integrated with transcriptomic data to investigate the smut-sugarcane pathosystem. The method…
Among the relevant issues impacting sugarcane agricultural practices are fungal diseases that constitute a worldwide threat to the cultivation. Smut is one of these diseases maintained in crop fields since its identification and that re-emerges in the international scenario mostly due to climate changes and modern green harvesting practices. Sporisorium scitamineum is the causal agent of …
Sugarcane smut is a worldwide distributed disease recognized as one of the major threats for sugarcane production. The disease is caused by the biotrophic basidiomycete fungus Sporisorium scitamineum. Cane-smut interaction has been studied by our research group during the past few years in their various aspects, considering both fungal pathogenesis and global host responses. The aim of th…
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