The program of genetic improvement of the cupuaçu tree ( Theobroma grandiflorum) needs to tend to the demand of new cultivares, especially of those resistant to the Monilophthora perniciosa fungus, the agent responsible for causing the deformity known as witch's broom disease, and also to increase as much as possible the genetic base of planting material. This project aims to develop new technologies which promote the quick multiplication of selected cultivares, as well as to early select ...

Status: Completed     Start date: Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2009

The epiteliochorial nature of pig placenta lines it against the transfer of maternal immunoglobulins to the embryo, and hence, the piglets depend on the ingestion of colostrum to acquire passive immunity. Colostrum is rich in immunoglobulins and in immune cells besides other bioactive compounds that jointly nourish and regulate biological functions. However, little is known about the role of some of these components, such as cytokines, for instance, which participate in the innate and adaptative

Status: Completed     Start date: Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2018

The general objective of this project was to identify microbial strains that produce enzymes capable of degrading fibers or hydrolyzing secondary anti-nutritional compounds, aiming to identify microbial isolates (rumen bacteria or fungi) with fibrolytic capacity or tolerant to anti-nutritional factors, as well as to expeditiously isolate and characterize fibrolytic enzymes. It was also the objective of this project that the use of laboratory procedures would serve to train undergraduate and grad

Status: Completed     Start date: Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2008