I have a degree in Agronomy from the Federal University of Alagoas - 2003. Master's Degree in Agronomy (Plant Production) from the Federal University of Alagoas - 2005. PhD in Plant Science/Plant Breeding from the Federal University of Lavras - 2009. Post-doctorate (Improvement of forage species) at Embrapa Dairy Cattle - 2009-2010. I have developed work related to the areas: Experimental statistics (Analysis of univariate and multivariate data, Analysis with REML/BLUP); Plant breeding (Plant breeding and quantitative and molecular genetics/ANOVA and REML).
Agronomy
Crop Production
Crop Science
Genomics
Population Genetics
Quantitative genetics
The cocoa tree ( Theobroma cacao L.) is a tropical crop cultivated at latitudes between 10°N and 10°S of the equator, which grows in the shade and supports the chocolate industry. Classified in the Malvaceae family , this plant is perennial, arboreal, allogamous and dicotyledonous. It is native to the humid tropical forests of Central America and northern South America. Regarding the occurrence of cocoa in the Amazon, large areas with native plants are common in river floodplains. The floodplain of the Purus Amazon river has been a pioneer in the extraction of native cocoa. In this region, cocoa is exploited as an extractive product, whose plantations are of unknown age, but it is estimated that they may have groups of over 300 years old, which is why they are called “native”. The plants are clumped, with a high number of branches and trunks per clump. In addition, they have a grouped spatial distribution, so the variation in the number of clumps per hectare is large, most of them extremely shaded, with low productivity and presence of diseases. morphoagronomic diversity is important to identify plants with the greatest potential for fruit and seed production and to obtain F1 clones or descendants for replanting. Several studies have been conducted using the genomic molecular markers RAPD, AFLP, SSR, and SNP, contributing significantly to improving the understanding of the genetic diversity present in the species and guiding practices for crossing and cultivar selection