CV Lattes
Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento (São Paulo - Estado). Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios (APTA). Instituto Agronômico (IAC) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Bachelor's at Agronomia from Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (1994), master's at Agronomia Fitotecnia Esalq from Universidade de São Paulo (1998) and doctorate at Agronomia Fitotecnia Esalq from Universidade de São Paulo (2002). Has experience in Agronomy, acting on the following subjects: bactris gasipaes, palmito, pupunha, produção de mudas and melhoramento. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The heart-of-palm, a product obtained from the upper extremity of the stipe of certain palms, was already consumed by native people in Brazil as well as other countries of South and Central America, since remote times. The abundance of these palms in the forests, and its acceptance by the consumers, allowed the establishment of a rentable market based on the rational exploitation of heart…
Work to set up the Active Germplasm Bank at the IAC began in 1973, with the introduction of peach palm accessions from Brazilian Amazonia, Costa Rica and Peru. New accessions were acquired in the 1980s, mainly of spineless peach palm from the Yurimaguas region of Peru, sent by INPA. The third and last prospecting expedition to the Yurimaguas was made in 1990, with the introduction of seed…
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