Henrique Coutinho Junqueira Franco

• Abstract

  Crop production is strongly affected by soil particle density levels, called soil compaction.Widely studied in Brazil and worldwide, the compaction of agricultural soils can negatively impact on root development, making the crop susceptible to stress, such as water deficit and nutrients need. To avoid theses damage, farmers use soil decompression equipment through soil tillage operations …

  CROPMAN Smart tillage tecnology: soil compaction diagnosis for localized soil cultivation, AP.PIPE

• Abstract

  The Brazilian agreement signed in September 2016 during COP-21 reaffirms the vital role of Brazil with sugarcane production, the main Brazilian biomass for renewable fuels such as ethanol. Together with the need to expand production, the increase of fertilizer consumption is intrinsic. Increasing production means increasing the inputs application. Thus, if the management of inputs is not …

  "SmartSampling" technological package for the sustainable use of fertilizers, correctives and creation of management zones, AP.PIPE

• Abstract

  The effectiveness of N from fertilizer by sugarcane usually it is lower than 50%, affecting crop yield and increasing the risks of nitrous oxide emission. Further, previous data showed that sugarcane root system it is located near of ratoon, indicating gains in sugarcane yield when nitrogen fertilizer was applied in those region with high roots concentration. In spite of this subject (nit…

  N2O emission from soil associated to nitrogen fertilized application methods in sugarcane ratoon, AP.R

• Implementation of clustering algorithms in the "Smart Tillage" technology package, BP.TT
• Smart Tillage by CROPMAN: a unique tecnology to determine soil compaction for on-the-go soil management, BP.PIPE
• Smart Sampling technology package for sustainable inputs uses and management zones creation, BP.TT

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• Abstract

  Complementary to the current Post-doctoral FAPESP fellowship (2016/13813-8) we herein present a proposal for an abroad research internship at the School of GeoSciences, located at the University of Edinburgh, which hosts the UK Biochar Research Centre (UKBRC). In agreement with Dr Saran Sohi, we here propose activities that address two pillars of understanding, regarding biochar function …

  Biochar fertilizers in sugarcane - understanding residual effects, BE.EP.PD

• Abstract

  Here, we present a plan for an abroad research internship, which it is complementary to the ongoing postdoctoral project (FAPESP 2015/21893-9) and FAPESP regular project (2015/23186-8) coordinated by my Brazilian supervisor. For this internship we propose two main activities, first: use the bioinformatics platform and know-how from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (MIT…

  Detecting soil microbiome associated with N2O flows to sugarcane fields, BE.EP.PD
• Nitrogen use efficiency of sugarcane genotypes: molecular, physiological and whole-plant assessment, BE.PQ