Laboratories

Durval Dourado Neto
E-mail: ddourado@usp.br
Phone: +55 (19) 3429.4201
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Agricultural production models

Rafael Munhoz Pedroso
E-mail: rmpedroso@usp.br
Phone: +55 (19) 3447-6703
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Herbicide research

Simone da Costa Mello
E-mail: scmello@usp.br
Phone: +55 (19) 3447-6702
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The Horticultural Plants Laboratory is equipped to perform leaf area measurements (leaf area meter); color analysis of fruits (colorimeter) and leaves (SPAD); analysis of biochemical compounds such as chlorophylls, carotenoids, and anthocyanins; fruit quality assessments (Brix, pH, total titratable acidity); and image capture using an RGB camera.

Francisco de Assis Alves Mourão Filho
Phone: +55 (19) 3429-4190
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The research projects carried out at the Horticulture Biotechnology Lab are related to the development of biotechnological tools for in vitro Citrus breeding. The production of Citrus somatic hybrids by protoplast chemical fusion has been conducted in cooperation with the Plant Biotechnology Lab at CENA (Dr. Beatriz Madalena Januzzi Mendes) since 1996. Investigations on genetic transformation of Citrus rootstocks and scions, started in 1999, were conducted for the optimization of protocols. Currently, the introduction of horticultural important genes and initial transgenic plant evaluation have been carried out.

Francisco Guilhien Gomes Junior
Phone: +55 (19) 3429.4351
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The images analysis constitutes in a very useful technique for research that can use objects images (seeds, seedlings, fruits, roots, leaves, etc.) for fort evaluations (mensuration, exams of external and internal structures, etc.) with high precision eliminating, most of the time, mistakes that could be committed whether such evaluations had been done manually or visually.

Paulo Hercílio Viegas Rodrigues
E-mail: phrviegas@usp.br
Phone: +55 (19) 3447-6704
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Created in 2012, the Ornamental Plant Tissue Culture Laboratory (LCTPO) of the Department of Crop Science, has as main objective to establish protocols of vegetables (ornamental, medicinal and fruit) and develop new technologies in the system of in vitro propagation.

Claudia Fabrino Machado Mattiuz
E-mail: claudiafm@usp.br
Phone: +55 (19) 3447-6707
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Landscape design; propagation and cultivation of ornamental plants; and post-harvest handling of flowers.

José Laercio Favarin
E-mail: favarin.esalq@usp.br
Phone: +55 (19) 3429-4148
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Plant Production

Angelo Pedro Jacomino
E-mail: jacomino@usp.br
Phone: +55 (19) 3429.4190
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The Postharvest Horticulture Laboratory began its activities in 1999 and has since conducted research related to the postharvest physiology and technology of fruits, vegetables, and flowers.

Ana Dionisia da Luz Coelho Novembre
E-mail: adlcnove@usp.br
Phone: +55 (19) 3429-4351
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It is a laboratory whose activities are directly related to teaching—at both undergraduate and graduate levels—and to research involving seeds from any plant species (field crops, vegetables, fruit trees, ornamentals, medicinal plants, and forest species).

Juan Piero Antonio Raphael
E-mail: pjchrist@usp.br
Phone: +55 (19) 3429-4190
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The Weed Biology laboratory was built in 2002 in order to support academic, research and extension activities in the Weed Biology and Managementat area. The projects developed in the laboratory are related to biology and ecology of weed matching these information with weed population dynamics and interference on crops.

Rafael Munhoz Pedroso
E-mail: rmpedroso@usp.br
Phone: +55 (19) 3447-6703
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The laboratory conducts research related to herbicide resistance in weeds.