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 Engenharia Agronômica from Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (1976), master's at Agronomy from Universidade de São Paulo (1986) and doctorate at Agronomy from Universidade de São Paulo (1995). Has experience in Agronomy, focusing on Phytopathology, acting on the following subjects: citrus sinensis, guignardia citricarpa, phyllosticta citricarpa, manejo integrado and ananas comosus. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The Engineering Research Center - Plant Health in Sugarcane (ERC-PHS) is proposed to develop basic and applied studies on sugarcane pest management. Despite the historical success of biological control programs of insect pests and breeding programs for diseases, the sugarcane industry still faces important pest and disease problems. The ERC-PHS is an interdisciplinary and multi-institute …
Citriculture is one of the most important sections of Brazilian agribusiness, especially in the state of Sao Paulo, the major Brazilian citrus producer. Citrus are affected by severe plant health problems, particularly the Citrus Black Spot (CBS), whose causal agent, the fungus Guignardia citricarpa, is an A1 quarantine pathogen for relevant importers of in natura fruits, including the Eu…
The present project is composed o three independent subprojects which, analyzed together, will permit a better understanding of the structure and the behavior of the pathosystem Citrus(Guignardia citricarpa) which, consequently, will make viable the control of the disease. Its duration is four years. The subproject "Etiological, biochemical and molecular aspects of G. G. citricarpa, an ag…
Brazil stands out as the world's main producer of guava, and the state of São Paulo has been included as the most important representative. However, post-harvest diseases of guava constitutes a dangerous obstacle for increasing production and marketing, as it interferes directly in the quality and quantity of the product. Amongst the post-harvest diseases of guava, the 'Black Spot' (Guign…
Brazil is the third largest fruit producer, with about 40 billion tons a year, and a planted area of around three million hectares. However, this sector suffers with complex problems diverse nature, with particular emphases in the plant health, among them anthracnose is in focus, it is caused by fungi of Colletotrichum genus. The losses from this disease can happen in pre and post-harvest…
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