Melaleuca alternifolia, or tea tree, is a species used in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries due to its essential oils containing antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, and analgesic properties. ...

Brazil is the major soybean producer in the world and one of the main insect pests, causing major economic losses is Bemisia tabaci, commonly known as whitefly. This pest causes damages which are related to its feeding on ...

Citrus are perennial woody plants and have different stages of development during their life cycle: germination, juvenile stage, growing stage, and reproductive stage. The juvenile stage is characterized by the absence of ...

Microbial oils, known as "unicellular lipids", are becoming a more environmentally friendly option for biodiesel production, since they have technological advantages when compared to vegetable oils. Obtaining biodiesel ...

Brazilian citriculture is of great importance in world agribusiness since 41% world’s orange production comes from national orchards. With the entry of HLB into orchards, new strategies are needed to avoid loss of productivity, ...

Leaf scald (LSD) in the sugarcane industry in Brazil is a disease that, despite its prevalence in all producing regions of the country, has received insufficient attention. This disease, caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas ...

Currently, Huanglongbing (HLB) has been considered the most devastating disease of citrus worldwide. In Brazil, the disease is caused by the bacterium Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas), which colonizes the phloem ...

Among the applications of in vitro culture technique of medicinal plants are the use of clonal plantlets from previously selected superior genotypes, the production of metabolites in controlled environment and genetic ...

Corn plays a fundamental role in Brazil and globally, being an essential crop for both human and animal nutrition. Furthermore, it serves as an essential raw material for the production of a variety of products, including ...

Leaf scald disease (LSD) is one of the most important disease of sugarcane in Brazil. Two of the most employed control methods are the use of healthy seedcanes (seen in Chapter I) and resistant genotypes (seen in Chapter ...