Rita de Cassia Leone Figueiredo Ribeiro

• Abstract

  The role of carbohydrates in physiological and biochemical processes in plants has been investigated primarily using crops from temperate climates as model plants. Recent studies performed by our group with native tropical species from the Cerrado and the Atlantic Forest have shown a high structural, metabolic, and functional diversity of carbohydrates, indicating the presence of a great…

  Carbohydrates of tropical species as modulators of ecophysiological processes and as environmental stress response markers, AP.TEM

• Abstract

  This proposal aims to gather knowledge on different aspects of the biology of Caesalpinia echinata Lam. To enlarge information on natural and economical history of this important legume tree native of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, and to propose a multidisciplinary model for future studies on other tropical trees: the main goals of the project are: to establish the original geographical …

  Caesalpinia echinata Lam. (Brazil-wood): from seed to wood, a model for studies on tropical Brazilian trees, AP.TEM

• Abstract

  There are periods when plants temporarily lose their capacity to maintain their own autotrophy, i.e. when the photosynthetic system becomes temporarily non operational (dormancy for example). Those periods can be considered as the weakest links of the life cycle of plants, since they become totally dependent on their reserves in order to restart growth when environmental conditions are fa…

  Conservation and sustainable use of the plant biodiversity from the cerrado and Atlantic Forest: the storage of carbohydrates and their role on the adaptation and maintainance of plants in their natural environment, AP.BTA.TEM

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• Seasonal and daily variation analysis of the content and the composition of the non-structural carbohydrates of Echinolaena inflexa (Poir.) Chase and Melinis minutiflora Beauv. (Poaceae), BP.MS