CV Lattes
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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
She holds a Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from Universidade Estadual de Londrina and a Master's and PhD in Agronomy (Plant Genetics and Breeding) from the Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz" (ESALQ/USP), with a doctoral research internship at Michigan State University (USA). She completed her postdoctoral training at the Department of Microbiology at Michigan State University. Currently, she is an Associate Professor in the Department of Genetics at ESALQ-USP. Her main research focuses on the molecular mechanisms underlying plant-pathogen interactions, with an emphasis on pathosystems involving sugarcane. She has experience in Genetics, with a focus on Molecular and Microbial Genetics. Her research areas include: (1) Molecular analysis of plant-pathogen interactions; (2) Genomics of plant-associated microorganisms; (3) Evolution and genomic diversity of microorganisms; (4) Horizontal gene transfer and transposable element analysis. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The Bulletin 100 System is an institutional program of the government of the state of São Paulo that has provided farmers with soil fertility management tools for best decisions for more than 40 years. This System is made up of a network of around 170 soil analysis laboratories and a publication organized by the Agronomic Institute (IAC): "Bulletin 100: fertilization and liming recommenda…
In Brazil, sugarcane producing areas have covered the most varied environments, ranging from the mostfavorable to the marginal ones. Understanding how plants-microorganisms interact is of fundamental importancein the search for more sustainable agriculture at lower costs. According to soil type and genotypes, plants canselect microorganisms to improve nutrient uptake, growth, and resistan…
Using an integrated approach to unravel transcriptomic changes under various biotic and abiotic stresses will help investigate the pathways related to sugarcane immune system induction, the main focus of our investigation. Here we focus on two pathosystems involving sugarcane: 1) a combined approach involving smut disease x microbiome x environmental conditions to investigate transcriptio…
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…
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…
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This postdoctoral project is part of the research initiative approved by FAPESP (CCD-SB100, sMART BOLETIM 100), which aims to deepen the understanding of transcriptional modulation in sugarcane under different cultivation conditions by integrating molecular, environmental, and agronomic data. The proposal addresses a central challenge in agriculture: the interaction between plant genotype…
Sugarcane is a source of ethanol production, as a biofuel, sugar production, and other by-products such as bioelectricity. With the advancement of technology and the potential for using bagasse to produce cellulosic ethanol (second generation, 2G), the focus of some improvement programs has been the development of the so-called energy cane. These genotypes have up to three times higher bi…
Sugarcane cultivation is of great importance to the global economy. However, it faces challenges such as sugarcane smut disease, caused by the fungus Sporisorium scitamineum. This fungus interferes with sugarcane development, especially during the transition from the vegetative to the reproductive phase, by secreting effector molecules that affect host cells and result in the formation of…
Sugarcane smut disease is the result of biotrophic interaction between the basidiomycete fungus, Sporisorium scitamineum, and the host plant, sugarcane. Smut disease is responsible for causing substantial economic impacts, both at the national and global levels. The disease is characterized by profound changes in the host's metabolism, resulting in the emission of a long structure from th…
Brazil is the largest sugarcane producer in the world, followed by China and India, and the largest producer and exporter of its by-products, sugar, and ethanol. Pratylenchus zeae, a migratory endoparasitic nematode of various plant crops, is one of the leading causes of reduced productivity in sugarcane crops (Saccharum spp.), with intensified losses year after year. The reduction in the…
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Sugarcane is the major crop for a renewable energy source. Besides the well-established use of sugarcane for first-generation ethanol production, sugarcane straw and bagasse are relevant sources for second-generation energy production. Thirty percent of the total energy supply in Brazil (2020), according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), comes from biofuel and waste. The modern br…
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 …
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