The chemical method of weed control is the most used in the culture of sugarcane, and studies covering not only the management of plants, but also the effect of these herbicides on crop development, especially in new ...

About 70% of the area cultivated with sugarcane in Brazil are on acid soils, characterized by having severe limitations in terms of fertility. Organic acids from residues decomposition of sugarcane, due to mechanized harvest ...

The influence of toxic aluminum (Al) on root development and absorption of water and nutrients has been identified as a major cause of low productivity of many soils. The theoretical and experimental study on the tolerance ...

An important strategy to round the problem of high acidity in soil and the toxicity aluminum (Al)consequent, limiting the full sugarcane development, it is based on the use of suitable varieties to these conditions. The ...

Herbicides are the most widely used pesticides in the sugarcane sector, so it is interesting to note the level of tolerance and differences in sensitivity of new cultivars of sugarcane before the commercial release. The ...

Brazil is the world leader in sugarcane production, a crop of extreme relevance to the agribusiness sector. However, Sphenophorus levis, one of the main pests of this crop, has affected production in some regions of the ...