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Contribution of the institutions in the Northern region of Brazil to the development of plant cultivars and their impact on agriculture

2012; Brazilian Society of Plant Breeding; Volume: 12; Issue: spe Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s1984-70332012000500006

ISSN

1984-7033

Autores

A. das G. C. de Souza, N. R. Sousa, Ricardo Lopes, André Luiz Atroch, Edson Barcelos, Everton Rabelo Cordeiro, M. do S. P. de Oliveira, Rafael Moisés Alves, João Toé de Farias Neto, Hiroshi Noda, Danilo Fernandes Silva Filho, Kaoru Yuyama, Caio Márcio Vasconcellos Cordeiro de Almeida, Maria Teresa Gomes Lopes, Selma Toyoko Ohashi,

Tópico(s)

Pineapple and bromelain studies

Resumo

This paper describes the development of breeding programs in northern Brazil and their main impacts on agriculture. Their contribution to the breeding of the species palm oil, acai fruit, cacao, cupuaçu, guarana, tomato, camu-camu, cocona, peach palm, and rubber was laid out in detail. Advances in breeding programs of institutions such as Embrapa, Ceplac, Inpa, and Universities require investments in infrastructure and in human and financial resources to ensure continuity and efficiency in economic, social and environmental gains. The improvement of native species, the main focus of the breeding programs of the institutions in the Northern region of Brazil, is a form of exploiting the Amazonian biodiversity for the benefit of society. Therefore, policies to foster research institutions should be a subject of deliberation and action of the scientific and technological community in Brazil.

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