CV Lattes
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Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento (São Paulo - Estado). Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios (APTA). APTA Regional (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Thiago Leandro Factor graduated in Agronomic Engineering in 2000 from the São Paulo's State University "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (UNESP), Jaboticabal unit. He obtained the titles of Master and PhD in Agronomy (Plant Production), respectively, in 2003 and 2007, in the same Institution. He is currently a Scientific Researcher at the São Paulo State Agency for Agribusiness Technology, Agronomic Institute of Campinas (IAC), Mococa Research Unit (UPD Mococa). He works with Phytotechnics and Plant Breeding, with experience with potato and onion crops. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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A portable device that allows growing vegetables in domestic environments (indoor), may be a useful strategy to meet a market that is demanding in fresh, ready to use and high quality products. Also, it can satisfy the consumers who have little (or no) space for the use of the conventional production way (home gardens) and those demanding in natural products, free of pesticides. However, …
The traditional methods of basic seed potato production currently used in Brazil, usually substrate, present as main disadvantage the low rate of tuber multiplication, which contributes greatly to raise the cost of production of seed potatoes. Thus, much of the basic potato seed is still imported. Besides the high cost and dependence on other countries, it runs the risk of introducing exo…
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