CV Lattes
Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
graduate at Engenharia Agronômica from Universidade Federal de São Carlos (2001) and master's at Multidisciplinary from Universidade de São Paulo (2005). Has experience in Agronomy, focusing on Physiology of Cultivated Plants, acting on the following subjects: in vitro, cana-de-açúcar, agricultura tradicional, etnovariedades and vale do ribeira. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Sugarcane is a major agro-energy crop in the world, where the hybrids used for cultivation come from interbreeding of some of the species of the genus Saccharum. Currently, breeding programs and biotechnology companies use the methods of intergeneric crosses and genetic transformation to increase the genetic base of cultivated hybrids, thus adding features of interest. However, before the…
The world-wide demand for renewable energy has expanded rapidly, and biofuel offer the perspective to dominate the world-wide scenery as an alternative to fossil fuels. Physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.) is an oil plant that possesses agricultural characteristics such as yield and oil content in the seeds, which makes it an excellent candidate for biofuel production. The domestication of Jat…
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