Renata P Pincelli Souza

Renata Pincelli-Souza
Researcher 6
she/her
[email protected]
324 Alderman Hall

1970 Folwell Ave
Saint Paul, MN 55108
United States

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Education
  • Postdoc Associate, University of Minnesota, Horticulture, 2015-2019
  • Ph.D, Sao Paulo State University - Brazil, Agriculture, 2011-2014
  • B.S., Sao Paulo State University - Brazil, Agriculture, 2008-2010

Areas of Interest

plant physiology, abiotic stress, plant growth regulators

Biography

Renata Pincelli-Souza, who hails from Brazil, did her post-doctoral at the University of Minnesota, and mainly works as a plant physiologist to overcome the roadblocks to hazelnut micropropagation by elucidating the plant hormones and stress compounds, using metabolomics analyzes. Renata works as a researcher in the lab of Dr. Jerry Cohen - a world expert on auxin, which is the key plant hormone involved in rooting.

Teaching

Co-instructor - HORT5007 Advanced Plant Propagation, Spring 2020, 2017, 2015

Research

Conduct research to develop an agriculturally effective micropropagation system for hybrid hazelnut and several environmental factors for their explant survival. One of the main focuses also is improvements in rooting since this species is recalcitrant to adventitious rooting. Using metabolomics analysis (LC/MS) to correlate factors such as sugar levels, abiotic stress, and others, with survival. Also, working with arabidopsis plants growing in different light conditions and collecting samples in different time points to elucidate which are the metabolites to contribute to the formation of primordial adventitious roots and how these metabolites change during growth.

Select Publications

  • Pincelli-Souza, R. P. ; Bortolheiro, F.P.A.P.; Carbonari, C. A.; Velini, E.D.; Silva, M.A.. Hormetic effect of glyphosate persists during the entire growth period and increases sugarcane yield. Pest Management Science (2020). https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.5775 
  • Pincelli-Souza, R. P.; Tillmann M.; Esler M.; Alves C. C. D.; Cohen J. D. Hybrid hazelnut: micropropagation, rooting and acclimatization. Proc. III Int. Symp. on Woody Ornamentals of the Temperate Zone, Ed.: S.C. Hokanson,  Acta Hort. 1191: 113-120 (2018) https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2018.1191.16