Research Groups
Get to know the Research Groups of the Curitibanos Campus:
CONSERVATION AGRICULTUREThe group aims to generate knowledge on agricultural management and production strategies for the conservation and resilience of production systems. The agricultural environment is considered as an integrated and dynamic system, formed by several processes that involve flow of energy and matter between soil, plants and atmosphere. Main Areas: Agricultural Sciences; Agriculture. Lines of Research: Land use suitability; Conservation management of natural resources; Integrated pest and disease management; Soil-plant-atmosphere relations; Resilient production system. For information about this research group on the Brazilian Research Group Directory, click here. To access the research group website, click here. Researchers: Leosane Cristina Bosco (leader) See the researchers’ contact information here. |
SOCIOENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS IN THE SANTA CATARINA PLATEAUMain Areas: Agricultural Sciences; Forest Resources and Forest Engineering. Lines of Research: Environmental analysis using physical and chemical parameters and bioassays; Analysis of production systems and their socio-environmental impacts; chemoprotective materials and remediation. For information about this research group on the Brazilian Research Group Directory, click here. Researchers: Joni Stolberg (leader) See the researchers’ contact information here. Watch a video about the group’s activities on the TV UFSC YouTube channel. |
INTEGRAL HEALTH CAREMain Areas: Environmental Sciences; Others. Lines of Research: Integral health care; Popular health education; Health management; Public policy and epidemiology; Health, environment and society. For information about this research group on the Brazilian Research Group Directory, click here. Researchers: Vladimir Araujo da Silva (leader) See the researchers’ contact information here. |
PLANT BIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENTThe group’s interests include research in the area of physiology, biochemistry and plant genetics, and the generation of scientific knowledge applied to the area of physiology and breeding of species of agricultural interest. Main Areas: Agricultural Sciences; Agriculture. Lines of Research: Biochemistry, plant physiology and plant management; Genetics and plant breeding. For information about this research group on the Brazilian Research Group Directory, click here. Researchers: Ivan Sestari (leader) See the researchers’ contact information here. |
ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGYThe group’s purpose is to bring together researchers and students interested in contributing to the flow of knowledge in the area of Ecology, using tools that enable inferences about the processes involved in the relations between the agents and repercussions of the use of resources in different ecosystems. The research studies encompass ecology, natural resources inventory and management; conservation of fauna and flora; environmental health and monitoring and the man-environment relationship. Main Areas: Biological Sciences; Ecology. For information about this research group on the Brazilian Research Group Directory, click here. Researchers: See the researchers’ contact information here. |
THEORETICAL, APPLIED AND COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICSMain Areas: Agricultural Sciences; Agriculture. For information about this research group on the Brazilian Research Group Directory, click here. Researchers: See the researchers’ contact information here. |
SANTA CATARINA PLATEAU REGION NATIVE PLANT STUDIESThe group aims to meet the needs for carrying out several studies about the flora in Santa Catarina’s countryside. These include floristic survey, taxonomic study, molecular study, anatomical study, tissue culture, and chemical bioprospecting. The research group also aims at promoting the knowledge of the native flora of Santa Catarina’s central-west region, acknowledging its importance and giving it national recognition. Main Areas: Biological Sciences; Botany. For information about this research group on the Brazilian Research Group Directory, click here. Researchers: See the researchers’ contact information here. |
ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND HEALTHMain Areas: Agricultural Sciences; Veterinary Medicine. For information about this research group on the Brazilian Research Group Directory, click here. Researchers: See the researchers’ contact information here. |
FOREST RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGYThe group seeks to promote knowledge on diversity, production and management of plants aiming at its applicability in conservation strategies and technologies for the use of forest species, with an emphasis on human relations and resources issues. The group’s focus is on taxonomical, ecological, genetic and physiological studies of plants, as well as on forestry and forest products management and technology. Main Areas: Agricultural Sciences; Forest Resources and Forest Engineering. For information about this research group on the Brazilian Research Group Directory, click here. Researchers: See the researchers’ contact information here. |
PLANT BREEDING AND PRODUCTIONThe group aims to develop research related to the physiology of production of large crops, with a focus on soybean and wheat crops. The group addresses topics related to photosynthetic metabolism, source-drain relationship, water relations, and physiology of stress and its relation with the definition of the crop yield components. Through these themes, the group seeks to contribute to the scientific advancement in the area of physiology of crop plants, obtaining funds and promoting scientific publication as well as the training of human resources in the area. Main Areas: Agricultural Sciences; Agriculture. For information about this research group on the Brazilian Research Group Directory, click here. Researchers: See the researchers’ contact information here. |
PLANT GROWTH-PROMOTING MICROORGANISMSThe prospection and study of microorganisms for plant development, protection and production, from collections of isolated rhizosphere microorganisms of several plant species, of agricultural or forest use, established in Institutions that are part of the group. Most part of the bacterial isolates belongs to the fluorescent bacteria genera of Pseudomonas, Bacillus, Rhizobia and actinomycetes. Some isolates have showed action in the development of plants such as corn, bracatinga, bean and garlic, under controlled conditions and in the field. Others have inhibited phytopathogenic fungi and nematodes in vitro, suggesting a potential for biocontrol. Most part of bean rhizobia are nodulating in different cultivars and varieties. Endophytic isolates of micropropagated baboo were identified and tested in order to maximize the processes of in vitro plant production. Some mycorrhizal fungi have showed enhancement in the production of species such as corn, in field. Main Areas: Agricultural Sciences; Agriculture. For information about this research group on the Brazilian Research Group Directory, click here. To access the research group website, click here. Researchers: See the researchers’ contact information here. Watch a video about the group’s activities on the TV UFSC YouTube channel. |
GRAPE AND WINE STUDY CENTER – NEUVINNEUVIN generates scientific knowledge and trains skilled professionals working in Brazilian vitiviniculture. The objective is the continuous search for the scientific deepening of the main topics that determine the quality of grapes and wine, related to genetic improvement, physiology of development and wine quality management (climate, soil and practice). Currently, the priority is to develop disease-resistant varieties, production technologies of “savoir-faire” quality and quality of wines and sparkling wines. The research works are carried out by faculty, researchers and undergraduate and graduate students at UFSC in partnership with EPAGRI and with European institutions such as Edmundo Mach Foundation (FEM), in Trento, Italy, CIRAD and INRA, in Montpellier, France, and the Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), in Geilweilerhof, Germany. Main Areas: Agricultural Sciences; Agriculture. For information about this research group on the Brazilian Research Group Directory, click here. Researchers: See the researchers’ contact information here. Watch a video about the group’s activities on the TV UFSC YouTube channel. |
ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND HEALTHThe study group aims to develop integrated teaching, research and outreach actions that combine knowledge related to animal production, environment and health. The objective is to analyze, research and propose alternatives for the animal production systems, based on the optimization of available resources and the adaptation of the environment and the production techniques, preserving the health of the animal and, consequently, the quality of the product produced, ensuring the consumer’s health. The group also intends to bring together researchers and strengthen the lines of research with a view to obtaining funding for projects, disseminating results in indexed publications and scientific events, in addition to consolidating the knowledge generated with the professional improvement of the students involved in the actions proposed by the group. Main Areas: Agricultural Sciences; Animal Science. For information about this research group on the Brazilian Research Group Directory, click here. Researchers: See the researchers’ contact information here. |
WOOD AND FOREST PRODUCT QUALITYDevelopment of studies on the quality of wood and its products, with a focus on several traditional and alternatives forest species, in interface with applied forest management. Main Areas: Agricultural Sciences; Forest Resources and Forest Engineering. For information about this research group on the Brazilian Research Group Directory, click here. Researchers: See the researchers’ contact information here. |
INTEGRATED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMSThe group aims to promote and disseminate integrated agricultural production systems, through the use of technologies and models that promote greater performance and energy gain with the least impact to the environment as possible. In the state of Santa Catarina and in the vast majority of rural properties in the south of Brazil, there is the need of alternative crop rotation that can intensify land use, increase the sustainability of production systems and improve income. In this sense, integrated systems are an excellent strategy for all types of rural properties, and their benefits have been invariably associated with cost reduction, improvement of physical, chemical and biological properties of soil, reduction of pests and diseases, increase in liquidity and property income. Main Areas: Agricultural Sciences; Agriculture. For information about this research group on the Brazilian Research Group Directory, click here. Researchers: See the researchers’ contact information here. |
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