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Marcelo Valadares Galdos
Researcher at University of Leeds
Publications - 52
Citations - 2096
Marcelo Valadares Galdos is an academic researcher from University of Leeds. The author has contributed to research in topics: Greenhouse gas & Environmental science. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 40 publications receiving 1717 citations. Previous affiliations of Marcelo Valadares Galdos include Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz & State University of Campinas.
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Sugarcane straw availability, quality, recovery and energy use: A literature review
Manoel Regis Lima Verde Leal,Marcelo Valadares Galdos,Fábio Vale Scarpare,Joaquim E. A. Seabra,Arnaldo Walter,Camila Ortolan Fernandes de Oliveira +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors shed some light into this subject to help the understanding of the importance of the various impacts of the straw blanket on the ground, the availability and quality of straw, the economics of straw recovery and use and the main criteria for determining the amount of straw that can be recovered for bioenergy or biofuels production.
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Soil carbon stocks under burned and unburned sugarcane in Brazil
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the effect of trash management on carbon dynamics of the sugarcane crop in the area of the Sao Martinho farm, in Pradopolis, in Southeastern Brazil.
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Effect of sugarcane harvesting systems on soil carbon stocks in Brazil: an examination of existing data
Carlos Clemente Cerri,Marcelo Valadares Galdos,Stoécio Malta Ferreira Maia,Martial Bernoux,Brigitte Josefine Feigl,David S. Powlson,Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino Cerri +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess and discuss the changes in soil organic carbon stocks caused by the conversion of burnt to unburnt sugarcane harvesting systems in Brazil, when considering the main soils and climates associated with this crop.
Brazilian greenhouse gas emissions: the importance of agriculture and livestock.
Carlos Clemente Cerri,Stoécio Malta Ferreira Maia,Marcelo Valadares Galdos,Pellegrino Cerri,Brigitte Josefine Feigl,Martial Bernoux +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a review of the state of Brazil's greenhouse gas emissions for the 1990-2005 period, and present the best mitigation options for Brazil, based on the new figures and patterns.
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Payback time for soil carbon and sugar-cane ethanol
Francisco Fujita de Castro Mello,Francisco Fujita de Castro Mello,Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino Cerri,Christian A. Davies,N. Michele Holbrook,Keith Paustian,Stoécio Malta Ferreira Maia,Marcelo Valadares Galdos,Martial Bernoux,Carlos Clemente Cerri +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects on the soil-carbon balance of converting native vegetation, pastures or existing cropland to sugar-cane plantations in Brazil, the world's largest producer of sugar cane, were studied.