Dr. CICERO BESERRA DE MENEZES
PLANT BREEDING, Embrapa Maize and Sorghum, Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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View All Publications1 February 2017 in Food Chemistry
Journal Article
KOKênia Grasielle de Oliveira
Kênia Grasielle de Oliveira
Valéria QueirozLALanamar de Almeida-Carlos
Lanamar de Almeida-CarlosLCLeandro de Morais Cardoso
Leandro de Morais CardosoHPHelena Maria Pinheiro-Sant’aNa
Helena Maria Pinheiro-Sant’aNa
Frederico Barros +3
3 May 2021 in Agronomy Journal
Journal Article
KSKarla Jorge da Silva
Karla Jorge da Silva
Paulo TeodoroMSMichele Jorge Silva
Michele Jorge SilvaLTLarissa Pereira Ribeiro Teodoro
Larissa Pereira Ribeiro Teodoro
MCMilton José Cardoso
Milton José Cardoso
CICERO BESERRA DE MENEZES +6
1 January 2014 in Genetics and Molecular Research
Journal Article
CICERO BESERRA DE MENEZESCTCésar Augusto Ticona-Benavente
César Augusto Ticona-BenaventeFTF.D. Tardin
F.D. Tardin
MCM.J. Cardoso
M.J. Cardoso
EBE.A. Bastos
E.A. Bastos
RSR.E. Schaffert
R.E. Schaffert
+3
Twenty-five cultivars of grain sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] were examined under both drought stress and normal conditions in 4 experiments. In each condition, genotypes were evaluated in a factorial experiment using a randomized complete block design with 3 replications. Eight drought tolerance indices including stability tolerance index, mean productivity (MP), geometric MP, harmonic mean, stress susceptibility index, tolerance index, yield index, and yield stability index were estimated for each genotype based on grain yield under drought (Ys) and irrigated conditions (Yp). The results indicated that there were positive and significant correlations among Yp and Ys with geometric MP, MP, harmonic mean, and stability tolerance index, indicating that these factors are better predictors of Yp and Ys than tolerance index, stress susceptibility index, yield stability index, and yield index. Based on adjusted means at Yp and Ys, indices geometric MP, MP, harmonic mean, and stability tolerance index, unweighted pair group method with arithmetic mean cluster and biplot analysis, the most tolerant cultivars were '9929020', '9929034', and 'N 95B'.
1 January 2021 in Scientia Agricola
Journal Article
KSKarla Jorge da Silva
Karla Jorge da SilvaMPMaria Marta Pastina
Maria Marta PastinaCGClaudia Teixeira Guimaraes
Claudia Teixeira Guimaraes
Jurandir V. MagalhaesLPLeonardo Duarte Pimentel
Leonardo Duarte PimentelCICERO BESERRA DE MENEZES +6
Sorghum breeding programs are based predominantly on developing homozygous lines to produce single cross hybrids, frequently with relatively narrow genetic bases. The adoption of complementary strategies, such as genetic diversity study, enables a broader vision of the genetic structure of the breeding germplasm. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the genetic diversity of sorghum breeding lines using structure analysis, principal components (PC) and clustering analyses. A total of 160 sorghum lines were genotyped with 29,649 SNP markers generated by genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS). The PC and clustering analyses consistently divided the R (restorer) and B (maintainer) lines based on their pedigree, generating four groups. Thirty-two B and 21 R lines were used to generate 121 single-cross hybrids, whose performances were compared based on the diversity clustering of each parental line. The genetic divergence of B and R lines indicated a potential for increasing heterotic response in the development of hybrids. The genetic distance was correlated to heterosis, allowing for the use of markers to create heterotic groups in sorghum.
1 January 2016 in Genetics and Molecular Research
Journal Article
Paulo TeodoroJFJ.E. Almeida Filho
J.E. Almeida Filho
RDR.F. Daher
R.F. DaherCICERO BESERRA DE MENEZESMCM.J. Cardoso
M.J. CardosoFTFlavio Dessaune Tardin
Flavio Dessaune Tardin +2
The aim of this study was to identify sorghum hybrids that have both high yield and phenotypic stability in Brazilian environments. Seven trials were conducted between February and March 2011. The experimental design was a randomized complete block with 25 treatments and three replicates. The treatments consisted of 20 simple pre-commercial hybrids and five witnesses of grain sorghum. Sorghum genotypes were analyzed by the genotype main effects + genotype environment interaction (GGE) biplot method if significant genotype x environment interaction, adaptability, and phenotypic stability were detected. GGE biplot methodology identified two groups of environments, the first composed of Água Comprida-MG, Montividiu-GO, and Vilhena- RO and the second of Guaíra-SP and Sete Lagoas-MG. The BRS 308 and 1G282 genotypes were found to have high grain yield, adaptability, and phenotypic stability and are thus indicated for cultivation in the first and second groups of environments, respectively.
1 January 2019 in Genetics and Molecular Research
Journal Article
PBPaulo Sérgio Cardoso Batista
Paulo Sérgio Cardoso BatistaACALMY CARVALHO
ALMY CARVALHOAPA.F. Portugal
A.F. PortugalEBE.A. Bastos
E.A. BastosMCM.J. Cardoso
M.J. CardosoCICERO BESERRA DE MENEZES +2
About Me
Cícero Beserra de Menezes is a researcher at Embrapa Maize and Sorghum, Brazil, where he leads research in grain sorghum breeding. He holds a degree in Agronomy (1997), an MSc in Genetics and Plant Breeding (1999), and a PhD in Agronomy–Plant Science (2003), all from the Federal University of Lavras, Brazil. During his doctoral studies, he completed a one-year research internship at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, USA.
From 2004 to 2010, he worked at Sakata Seed Sudamérica, coordinating the onion, carrot, and melon breeding programs. He joined Embrapa Maize and Sorghum in 2011. His main research interests include drought tolerance, resistance to diseases and the sugarcane aphid, development of elite parental lines and hybrids, nutrient-use efficiency, genomic approaches, and high-throughput phenotyping.
He served as president of the Brazilian Association of Maize and Sorghum (ABMS) from 2019 to 2024, contributing to major scientific events, including the Brazilian Maize and Sorghum Congress and the National Off-Season Maize Seminar. He has also served as an editor of the Brazilian Journal of Maize and Sorghum.
More recently, he spent one year as a visiting scientist at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, conducting research on high-throughput phenotyping and digital image-based plant evaluation to identify traits associated with stress tolerance in sorghum.