Research and development
Agriculture research: with ca. 530 projects, particularly in horticulture, production of coffee, citrus fruits (oranges, lemons, etc.), sugarcane, grains and vegetable fibers in general, floriculture, as well as in soil and climate, phytosanity, agricultural mechanization, etc.
Phytotechnology and plant improvement: research and development on genetic improvement of cultivars. IAC was singlehandedly responsible for startling and economically important progress in the cultivation of several plants in Brazil, by increasing productive yield, resistance to plagues, adaptation to different soils and climates, etc.
Soil and weather: pure and applied research on the soil-plant-atmospheric relationships and ecology, with emphasis on types of soils and its improvement, fertilizers, plant nutrition, irrigation and soil conservation. The Institute is a pioneer in the use of satellite-based remote sensing and its applications to agriculture, the study of climate, etc. It has established the Brazilian System of Geographic Information (SGI), and databases on agrometereological information for agricultural planning.
Agricultural engineering: studies on agricultural machinery, dynamometry, new materials, development of prototypes, use of new sources of energy, particularly renewable energy, solar energy, etc.
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Biological sciences: The Institute has pure and applied research laboratories on botany, cytology and cytogenetics. phytochemistry, molecular biology, phytopathology, entomology, virology, nematology, technology of seeds, fibers, etc.
Services
The Institute has also a number of sectors for producing goods and offering services to agribusiness, such as:
Seeds for improved cultivars
Virus-free plant saplings
Inoculants for nitrogen fixation and microrhyzic fungus
Chemical analysis of soils and plants
Technical analysis of fibers and seeds
Analysis of plant products
Introduction, quarantining and interchange of germoplasms
Botanical identification and classification
Mechanical tests of tractors and motors
Agricultural planning
The Agronomical Institute of Campinas is also an acting member of the CIIAGRO (Integrated Center of Agrometeorological Information) and operates the INFOSECA (Information System on Droughts).
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