The production of rocket in Brazil, whether in conventional or organic cultivation uses seeds whose production comes from the conventional system, and there is no availability of seed produced in organic cultivation. The ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Xylella fastidiosa (XF) is a bacterium capable of colonizing a large number of plants, but is mainly known to cause disease in economically important crops such as citrus, grapevines, coffee and more recently olive trees. ...

The genus Hippeastrum sp. is popularly known as amaryllis and its production is intended for the market of potted flowers. With a wide variety of hybrids, its spread is made from bulbs. Nevertheless, there are major ...

Limonene, a terpene found in essential oil extracted from citrus peel, has great applicability on industry. Is it known that there are great limonene concentration differences among citrus varieties, however, limonene ...

Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) is the main leafy vegetable, with the curly type with light green leaves the preferred in Brazil. However, leaves of intense green color (higher chlorophyll content) have increased consumer ...

Lettuce is the most cultivated leafy vegetable in a hydroponic system. The biofortification of lettuce with Zn can contribute to supply nutritional deficiencies of populations in social vulnerability, for having an affordable ...

Indirect somatic embryogenesis (ISE) is one of the most used regeneration pathways to obtain sugarcane genetically modified plants. ISE regulatory genes have been widely studied in monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous ...