The production of strawberries in Brazil is of great importance and has been experiencing increasing expansion every year. This culture still is of great social importance once great part of productive areas are based in family farming, thus being directly linked to family income, job offer and establishment of manpower in rural economical activities. Despite its importance, many are the technological gaps and few are the research institutions currently involved in strawberry studies. Great part

Status: Completed     Start date: Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2010

Ethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass corresponds to the second generation of biofuels, and is a promising technology under development. The cost of the enzymes for the enzymatic hydrolysis is one of the major constraints for obtaining second generation ethanol. Therefore, the search for new technologies for increasing ethanol production should be focused on organisms capable of synthesizing enzymes involved in the degradation of plant fiber, i.e. the degradation of cellulose, hemicell

Status: Completed     Start date: Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2014