The hydroponic cultivation of lettuce in the NFT (Nutrient Film Technique) system has use seedlings obtained in trays with smaller volumes, requiring two transplants (from the tray to the nursery and then to the definitive). ...

Sugar, ethanol and bionergy are products generated from sugarcane, whose current demand remains high. However, two rust diseases have threatened its yield, brown rust (Puccinia melanocephala) and orange rust (P. kuehnii). ...

Alternaria Brown Spot (ABS), caused by Alernaria alternata a fungus which produces a host specific toxin (HST), is a disease of huge importance in mandarin orchards in many producing regions in the world. The selection ...

Sugarcane has great economic importance for Brazil and for the world as a raw material, mainly for the production of sugar and ethanol. Conventional breeding is one of those responsible for raising productivity levels, ...

Technologies able to control or hinder the release of nutrients from fertilizers have been studied in order to improve agricultural systems with minimum environmental impact. In this context, biodegradable polymers extracted ...

The fermentation is one of the most critical steps of the fuel ethanol production. Some factors directly influence the fermentation efficiency, such as the fermentation system, the selected yeast and the bacterial ...

The viability of technologies that make possible to use all available plant biomass, such as the production of lignocellulosic ethanol, faces challenges as the search for microorganisms capable of fermenting pentoses with ...

One of the main concerns in the ethanol-producing industries is the growth control of undesirable microorganisms that can cause decrease in the fermentative yield. Among non-Saccharomyces yeasts which can contaminate ...

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 ...