Rodrigo MENDES

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Professional

 
 
Area of interest
 
          Agronomic Engineer with concentration in Biotechnology, graduated
          at University of Sao Paulo in 2002.
          Research and Teaching topics: Interaction Microorganisms-Plants,
          Genetic Breeding, Biology and Molecular Biology, General Genetics,
          Microbiology, Scientific Methodology and Biometrics. 
          

Position
 
          PhD candidate in Genetics and Plant Breeding Program at University
          of Sao Paulo, Brazil (fellowship FAPESP) and sandwich program at
          Wageningen University, The Netherlands (fellowship CAPES).
      
          THESIS: "Diversity and genetic characterization of endophytic microbial
                            communities associated with sugarcane"
 

 
Curriculum vitae

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Published papers
peer reviewed journals

Diversity of cultivated endophytic bacteria from sugarcane: genetic and biochemical characterization of Burkholderia cepacia complex isolates, Applied Environmental Microbiology, 73 (22): 7259-7267, 2007.

Isolation and characterization of endophytic bacteria from soybean (Glycine max) grown in soil treated with glyphosate herbicide. Plant and Soil, 273:91-99, 2005.

Isolation and characterization of soybean-associated bacteria and their potential for plant growth promotion, Environmental Microbiology, 6 (12): 1244-1251, 2004.