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Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). Centro de Ciências Exatas e de Tecnologia (CCET) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
João Batista Fernandes in research grants and scholarships supported by FAPESP.
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Ludger Aloisius Wessjohann (Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Halle, Germany) works on the development of bioactive compounds using medicinal, food and agricultural chemistry. He recently published a study of Tapinoma ants of the subfamily Dolichoderinae, family Formicidae, which produce a variety of volatile compounds such as chemical defense, a…
The world population has continually increasing which implies in a continuous need of increasing production of food, juices, biofuels for human survival and, as the Brazil is a country with continental dimension and has suitable climate for numerous agricultural practices, it can become the largest producer of these inputs. Nowadays, the agribusiness in Brazil represents 25% of Gross Do…
There is a pressing need for renewable and optimal uses of resources towards sustainable primary production and processing systems worldwide. In this context, the biorefinery integrates facilities for the conversion of biomass into multiple value-added products, to create flexible, zero waste networks. Using a variety of low value local feedstocks and also, contributing significantly to a…
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Leaf-cutting ants belong to the Attini tribe specifically from the Atta and Acromyrmex genera. These cultivate the fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus that is used in their nutrition, this cultivation occurs inside the nests of ants that use the leaves of Pinus and Eucalyptus plantations as substrate. Due to this, these ants cause great economic damage to Brazilian agricultural production …
The predatory power of leaf-cutting ants and their soil-transforming power have been known for centuries. The use of plants for ants control is well known to farmers and can be better exploited using knowledge of plant systematic. Obtaining natural products from plants with potential insecticidal or fungicidal action on the pest ants' nest, as well as those complexed with metals and nanoe…
Leaf-cutting ants have been known for centuries to have great predatory power that influences soil transformation. It is well known to farmers to use plants to control ants and this fact can be better explored using the plant's chemosystematic knowledge. Natural products from plants or microorganisms with potential insecticidal or fungicidal action on the nest of leaf-cutting ants, as wel…
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Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) (EC 3.1.1.7) is the enzyme responsible for catalyzing the hydrolysis of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine leading to the release of acetate and choline. In insects, acetylcholine is one of the most important neurotransmitters, and inhibition of AChE produces a generalized synaptic collapse causing the insect death. AChE is, thus, an important target for the de…
Proteases are responsible for regulate a wide range of essential cellular processes in all living organisms. They are a major group of hydrolytic enzymes in insects and are vital for proper cellular functioning in several physiological events such as reproduction, development, digestion, proenzyme activation, immune response amongst others. Accordingly, these enzymes are particularly prom…
Leaf cutting ants live in mutualistic symbiosis with their garden fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus that constitutes their food source. Since the garden fungus is threatened by the pathogenic fungus Escovopsis weberi the ants need to defend their nest. To do so they joined alliance with symbiotic microorganisms, Pseudonocardia and Streptomyces. However, in their nest also other microorga…
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| 12 / 8 | Completed research grants |
| 53 / 24 | Completed scholarships in Brazil |
| 5 / 5 | Completed scholarships abroad |
| 70 / 37 | All research grants and scholarships |
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