Wheat production in Brazil has been insufficient to supply the internal market's demand, being thus necessary to increase production, productivity levels as well as cultivated areas. The planting process in the Cerrado region in Central Brazil is seen as an alternative to decrease wheat production's deficit in the country once the region offers advantages such as high luminosity, dry climate, higher possibility of disease control, and industrial quality grains. The types of cultivation in the re

Status: Completed     Start date: Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2011

The generation of genetically modified animals has been suggested as an alternative for the production of recombinant drugs for human or animal use, however it is also an alternative for the generation of more disease resistant or more productive animals. Currently there are several alternatives to generate genetically modified animals, but still inefficient when applied in animals of zootechnical production. This project was part of Embrapa's project network entitled "Animal biotechnology in th ...

Status: Completed     Start date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2009

The project was conducted in order to identify and evaluate alternatives to produce genetically modified embryos and, subsequently, genetically modified ruminant animals, by identifying methods or procedures that enable the production of ruminant transgenic embryos in a more efficient way, reducing time and costs. Such procedures, associated with the insertion of genes of interest, may allow the generation of genetically modified animals capable of producing recombinant proteins important for an

Status: Completed     Start date: Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2011