Project Type: Basic Research.
Research Goal: Improve sugarcane productivity to increase bioethanol production. We will achieve the objective of obtaining plants that are more tolerant to stress, fast-growing, have more sugar, and have altered walls. With these combined strategies, we hope to increase the production of first- and second-generation ethanol in Brazil.
Partnership and financing: Shell Brasil.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the RCGI – Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Innovation (23.1.8493.1.9), hosted by the University of São Paulo (USP) and sponsored by FAPESP – São Paulo Research Foundation (2020/15230-5) and Shell Brasil, as well as the strategic importance of the support given by ANP (Brazil’s National Oil, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency) through the R&DI levy regulation.
Area: Biofuel.
Theme: Bioethanol.
Subtopic: Bioethanol Production.
Project Coordinator: Marcos Silveira Buckeridge – Institute of Biosciences (IB)/University of São Paulo. (Resume)
Deputy Coordinator: Hamilton Brandão Varela de Albuquerque – São Carlos Institute of Chemistry (IQSC) /University of São Paulo. (Resume)