The fungus Alternaria alternata causes rot in several post-harvest crops, limiting commercialization and causing damage to the entire agricultural production chain. The use of biological control agents has been an alternative ...

Currently, the most of the citrus plants in the Brazil are on the rootstocks Rangpur lime and Swingle citrumelo, which may put at risk the Brazilian citriculture by the use of few genotypes. The use of other rootstocks ...

Sugarcane vinasse is the main wastewater from the ethanol industry, produced in a proportion of about 12 liters per liter of ethanol. Among alternatives to its disposal, Fertirrigation is commonly used in order to improve ...

The world market of flowers and ornamental plants have been demonstrating high growth along the last years. Accompanying this growth, it is also observed the increase of the interest by the study and production of new ...

The productive chain of the alembic cachaca is one of the most promising in the developing agroindustry in Brazil. The vinasse is the main waste of the productive activity, due to the large volume generated. The environmental ...

The genus Citrus contains a wide variety of fruit-producing species such as oranges, lemons, limes and mandarins that are highly popular in the world. Brazil is one of the main citrus producers, currently leading the world ...

Bacterial contamination is one of the major factors to cause decrease in the fermentative efficiency in the process of bioethanol production. To control the growth of bacterial contaminants, Brazilian industries utilize ...

Modern techniques and equipment have proved to be of great value in accelerating the harvest and productivity of crops. This is due to precision agriculture that has evolved to improve the knowledge of the field, however, ...

The intercropping corn with green manures of the Fabaceae family has been studied as an alternative to supply nitrogen (N), via biological fixation (NBF). Increasing soil organic matter contents and nutrient cycling. ...