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Brazil has become the world's largest consumer of pesticides since 2008, which can lead to serious environmental, health and social risks. Practices to mitigate the impact caused by pesticide effluents in rural areas have increased in importance, given the impossibility of carrying ...
Elicitors activate the defense mechanism in plants to resist pathogens. Ulvans and glucuronans can act as elicitors, and their activity seems to be related to the sulfate groups, rhamnose and uronic acid monosaccharides. Chichá gum (CHG), which also contains rhamnose and uronic acid,&#x...
O Brasil apresenta 75.731 ha cultivados com videiras, sendo o Rio Grande do Sul o maior produtor nacional, com 47.502 ha, seguido de Pernambuco, com 8.256 ha, São Paulo, com 8.164 ha, Paraná, com 4.000 ha, Santa Catarina, com 3.999 ha, Bahia, com 2.069 ha, e Minas&#x...
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is an important food crop for humanity, being cultivated in tropical and temperate regions of the world. This study reports the nearly complete genome sequences of four Brazilian rice stripe necrosis virus (RSNV) isolates. The nucleotide sequences of the RNA1...
Macauba [Acrocomia aculeata (Jacq.) Lodd. ex Mart.], a palm tree native to Brazil, has a high potential as an alternative source for vegetal oil production. It has several applications in the cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and food industries, and for the production of biofuels. The co...
The use of non-Saccharomyces yeast strains in winemaking is becoming a common trend. In fact, consumers are demanding new and healthier styles of wine. On the other hand, these strains are a challenge for the starting process due to winery-resident strains, especially with regard&#...
EEM data recorded at different pH values was exploited by MCR-ALS in order to determine qualitative information about Brazilian red wines. In addition, the geographical traceability of wines produced in the Serra Gaúcha (Rio Grande do Sul) was carried out by DD-SIMCA considering 53...
Grapevine cultivars are distributed worldwide, nevertheless the fermentation of its grape berries renders distinct wine products that are highly associated to the local fungal community. Despite the symbiotic association between wine and the fungal metabolism, impacting both the terroir and mycot...
O programa de melhoramento genético de uva foi estruturado visando atender às demandas do Setor vitivinícola, com olhar no mercado a prazo mais longo e na sustentabilidade da vitivinicultura. No Vale do São Francisco, a viticultura de mesa se desenvolveu com o uso de cultivare...
A cultivar de uva Niágara Rosada é tradicional no Sudeste de São Paulo e nos estados do Sul do país, onde se efetua um ciclo anual, com produção concentrada entre os meses de dezembro e fevereiro. Por ser rústica e de sabor apreciado pelos consumidores brasileiros, t...