Researcher at Embrapa Environment and professor in the Postgraduate Program at the University of São Paulo. Graduated in Agronomic Engineering, with a Ph.D. in Genetics and Plant Breeding from the University of São Paulo. He was Head of Research and Development Department at Embrapa Environment (2015 to 2022) and has experience as a researcher or visiting scientist at CanaVialis/Monsanto (Brazil), Wageningen University (Netherlands), Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (USA), University of Lausanne (Switzerland), Rothamsted Research (United Kingdom), and University of Cambridge (United Kingdom). Member of the scientific committee of the Promise research program (Gates Foundation). His research focuses on soil and plant microbial communities, aiming to understand how the rhizosphere microbiome influences plant growth and protection. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The use of biological products in agriculture, including biopesticides, biostimulants and biofertilizers, has increased considerably in recent years with a projected global market value expected to reach $20 billion in 2026. However, the efficacy of microbiological inoculants is still limited and their use often yields inconsistent outcomes. Some of the observed limitations in the use of …
This plan aims to describe the application of resources on institutional research facilities linked to the FAPESPcall "Research Support - Institutional Technical Reserve", at the National Research Center for Monitoring andEnvironmental Impact Assessment - Embrapa Environment, decentralized unit linked to the BrazilianAgricultural Research Corporation - Embrapa. In this context, this propo…
This plan aims to describe the application of resources on institutional research facilities linked to the FAPESP call "Research Support - Institutional Technical Reserve", at the National Research Center for Monitoring and Environmental Impact Assessment - Embrapa Environment, decentralized unit linked to the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation - Embrapa. In this context, this pr…
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Wheat is the second most cultivated cereal in the world with an increase on its consumption every year. Considering the intensification of productive systems and the increasing dependence of pesticides, it is an urgent need to find sustainable alternatives specially for wheat crop management. In this context, the rhizosphere microbioma offers the host plant many beneficial functions inclu…
The rhizosphere microbiome is essential for health and development of plants, providing protection against pests and diseases, facilitating the acquisition of nutrients and helping plants to resist the abiotic stresses as well. In this context, plants developed different mechanisms to interact with the environment, including recruitment of microorganisms in the rhizosphere, which is predo…
Concurrent with the population growth, agricultural production tend to grow to meet the food demand. To reset the macro and micronutrients that are removed from the soil in crops, the application of chemical fertilizers are constantly applied. The indiscriminate use of inputs, particularly phosphate, is responsible for the appearance of many impacts on the environment. In order to minimiz…
Sustainable agriculture requires a decrease in the use of mineral nutrients and pesticides, and alternative strategies are required to maintain productive cropping systems while also reducing environmental impact. Microorganisms present in the rhizosphere can have profound impacts on plant growth, nutrition and health. Studies have shown that modern plant breeding, as well as the use of m…
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Microorganisms regulate biogeochemical cycles in the environment and interact with each other and with their hosts, playing a central role in maintaining life on Earth. Complex microbial communities, or microbiomes, that inhabit the soil region close to the roots interact with plants influencing their development and physiology. Although recent studies have described the composition and f…
Bacillus subtilis is one of the most studied gram-positive plant growth promoters of rhizobacteria, with great agricultural and ecological importance. Its capacity to induce plant development, pathogen protection, and host abiotic stress protection are widely explored by researchers. For that, mutant gene-defective models can be created to understand the important traits associated with t…
The rhizosphere microbiome is essential for health and development of plants, providing protection against pests and diseases. In our ongoing project, we proposed the hypothesis that domestication of plant species may have affected the biodiversity of microbial communities in ancestral plant roots compared to the modern plants, which may have impacted the plant-microbiome defense mechanis…
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