01956naa a2200349 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902200140006002400320007410000270010624501410013326000090027452009060028365000190118965300180120865300190122670000170124570000140126270000180127670000170129470000170131170000290132870000170135770000260137470000130140070000230141370000150143670000280145170000200147970000180149977300890151719460692022-03-29       2012    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d  a1984-70337 a10.1099/mic.0.062901-02DOI1 aSOUZA, A. das G. C. de  aContribution of the institutions in the Northern region of Brazil to the development of plant cultivars and their impact on agriculture.  c2012  aThis paper describes the development of breeding programs in northern Brazil and their main impacts on agriculture. Their contribution to the breeding of the species palm oil, acai fruit, cacao, cupuaçu, guarana, tomato, camu-camu, cocona, peach palm, and rubber was laid out in detail. Advances in breeding programs of institutions such as Embrapa, Ceplac, Inpa, and Universities require investments in infrastructure and in human and financial resources to ensure continuity and efficiency in economic, social and environmental gains. The improvement of native species, the main focus of the breeding programs of the institutions in the Northern region of Brazil, is a form of exploiting the Amazonian biodiversity for the benefit of society. Therefore, policies to foster research institutions should be a subject of deliberation and action of the scientific and technological community in Brazil.  aplant breeding  aAmazon region  aNative species1 aSOUSA, N. R.1 aLOPES, R.1 aATROCH, A. L.1 aBARCELOS, E.1 aCORDEIRO, E.1 aOLIVEIRA, M. do S. P. de1 aALVES, R. M.1 aFARIAS NETO, J. T. de1 aNODA, H.1 aSILVA FILHO, D. F.1 aYUYAMA, K.1 aALMEIDA, C. M. V. C. de1 aLOPES, M. T. G.1 aOHASHI, S. T.  tCrop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology, Viçosagv. 12, n. S2, p. 47-56, dez. 2012.