Rice and wheat are the two main sources of calories in the human diet, and both are important crops that are exported to the USA. Rice blast, which is caused by the Magnaporthe oryzae fungus, is a limiting factor for the global production of rice and constitutes a very serious emerging threat to wheat in the USA. Research on the disease in last the 20 years has provided a wealth of understanding on the molecular foundation for rice resistance to blast and on M. oryzae's pathogen

Status: Completed     Start date: Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2013

In the last century, the wide use of Guzerá breed in crossbreeding led to the expressive reduction of their effective population size, to worrying numbers. Due to its adaptation to diverse environmental conditions, its potential for dual-purpose production (i.e. meat and milk), and its risk of extinction, in 1991, this breed was included by FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) in the list of genetic resources to be preserved. In view of this, and due to the demand for br ...

Status: Completed     Start date: Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2008

Despite the growth in the production and productivity rates of dairy farming in Brazil, the globalization of the economy, the fluctuations in domestic and foreign food prices, the changing feeding habits of the population, with the growing interest in functional foods as well as foods from agroecological or organic production systems, coupled with the strong demand for genetically improved and adapted animals, are relevant factors that have challenged research and development agencies in proposi

Status: Completed     Start date: Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2008