Cultivated peanut (A. hypogaea L. is a very important tropical oilseed, valued both for subsistence and as a cash crop. It is an allotetraploid of recent origin with an AB type genome (2n = 4x = 40) and has very low DNA polymorphism, a characteristic that has ha...

The consolidation of sustainable finance taxonomies within financial systems marks a critical juncture for global agriculture. This article examines the Brazilian Sustainable Taxonomy (BST) and argues that its effectiveness depends on a design that balances environmental ambition with sectoral realiti...

A research program at EMBRAPA Genetic Resources and Biotechnology exploits natural genetic variation to overcome genetic bottlenecks during domestication and to improve yield and quality of cassava storage root. Here, we integrate results genetic diversity, metabolite profiles (carotenoid synthesis), ...

Brazilian forage breeding programs are below the needs for a country of continental dimensions. They target too few species, and grass cultivars are mostly exotic. The main forage cultivars resulted of phenotypic selection based on agronomic merit, and, just a short time ago, this&...

In this study proteomics provides a broad view of cassava varieties at the level of proteins. It is intended to give an understanding of the technologies behind proteomics and its application to address biological questions regarding source-flux-sink interactions, high starch accumulation, n...

The objective of this study was to obtain cowpea plants carrying an expression cassette seed-specific to a gene of a protein rich in methionine residues. To achieve this, we constructed an expression vector bearing a methionine-rich delta-zein gene from maize under the control alph...

Mangos from South America can require 4 or more weeks for marine transport to the USA. To achieve these shipping durations, green (unripe) fruit are currently transported in air at 7-9°C (i.e., below their chilling threshold temperature). This results in poor quality, especially fl...

As podridões pós-colheita constituem fator de risco nas exportações. No entanto, o número de produtos registrados para o tratamento pós-colheita de frutos de melão (Cucumis melo) é reduzido. Objetivou-se neste trabalho avaliar a influência dos fungicidas thiabendazole, azoxystrobin e imazalil a&#...

South America includes some mega-diverse countries, but genetic resources locally used for food and agriculture are mostly of exotic origin. Exclusively exotic crops, with no local germplasm, sometimes are key elements behind successful agribusiness. The local importance of coffee, soybeans, suga...