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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Full Prof. of the Biological Sciences Dept. Esalq/USP. Education in Agronomy at ESALQ-Universidade de São Paulo (1983), MSc in Sciences from CENA-Universidade de São Paulo (1988) and Ph.D in Plant Biology from Rutgers University-NJ/EUA (1994). Develop research in the area of Plant Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. The main projects are on Genetic Transformation of nucleus and chloroplast, Bioenergy, Functional genomics of candidate genes related to biotic stress and Biotechnology. The main crops of interest are sugarcane, citrus, duckweed and teak. Actually, is Vice-Chair of the Biological Sciences Dept., Coordinator of the Biological Sciences Course, Member of the biosafety Committee of Esalq/USP. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Brazil is one of the world's largest producers and exporters of food, feed, fiber and (bio)fuel. Estimates indicated that the country would need to increase food production in 40% to meet global demands by 2050. Meanwhile, tropical agricultural systems have to be important allies to sequester carbon (C) and reduce greenhouse gases emission, and consequently, contribute to mitigating clima…
Plants are sessile organism that in order to be able to colonize extreme environments they have developed morphological, physiological and metabolic traits that confer them the ability to withstand extreme habitat being able to grow and reproduce under these conditions. They are called extremophile plants. A trade-off (Inverse relationship) between plant productivity and stress tolerance …
Teak is an essential tree for the Brazilian economy in the wood market, being marketed nationally and internationally. PROTECA is one of the leading and innovative companies in this sector with the marketing of in vitro elite clones. Genetic transformation seems an important alternative to bring substantial gains over time. This technology could position PROTECA competitively, innovating …
We intend to contribute by analysing physiology, regulatory elements, transcriptome and metabolome of commercial varieties and in crosses with ancestral species in field and greenhouse experiments. The most comprehensive study of sugarcane regulatory networks will be done with the use of Chip-Seq and RNAseq techniques. It will be possible to identify possible regulatory and promoter regio…
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Duckweeds belong to the Lemmaceae family and are the smallest known monocotyledonous plants. They inhabit aquatic environments and exhibit a high growth rate through clonal propagation. These small plants have great biotechnological potential for producing compounds of nutritional and pharmacological interest by altering their specific metabolic pathways. Therefore, the establishment of a…
The frequency and intensity of extreme climate events have been increasing over the last few years. The impacts of these events in agriculture also have a trend to become more severe, and technical and management adaptations are not sufficient to keep current crop yields. Overall, high-yield crops are rarely tolerant to biotic and abiotic stresses, which increases the challenges accompani…
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Drought stress is one of the greatest challenges facing modern agriculture, particularly in regions where precipitation can determine crop productivity. Extremophile plants, which thrive in hostile environments, may serve as valuable sources of genetic information for stress tolerance. Our research has identified potential stress-related genes by comparing desiccation-tolerant species suc…
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