
Matheus de Moraes Cunha Gonçalves, Ângela Célis de Almeida Lopes, Regina Lúcia Ferreira Gomes, Wanderley José de Melo, Ademir Sérgio Ferreira de Araújo, José Baldin Pinheiro, Maria Aparecida Marin‐Morales,
Tópico(s): Heavy metals in environment
2020 - Springer Science+Business Media | Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Carolina Corrêa de Figueiredo Monteiro, Airon Aparecido Silva de Melo, Marcelo Andrade Ferreira, José Maurício de Souza Campos, Julyana Sena Rodrigues Souza, Evannielly Thuanny dos Santos Silva, Rafael de Paula Xavier de Andrade, Emmanuelle Cordeiro da Silva,
Tópico(s): Cassava research and cyanide
2014 - Springer Science+Business Media | Tropical Animal Health and Production

Pedro Celso de Castro Pita, Flávia Cristina Morone Pinto, Mariana Montenegro de Melo Lira, Francisco de Assis Dutra Melo, Lydia Masako Ferreira, José Lamartine de Andrade Aguiar,
PURPOSE: To evaluate the biocompatibility and local sensibility reaction to bacterial cellulose hydrogel (0.8%) implanted in subcutaneous tissue of rabbits. METHODS: Fifteen New Zeland rabbits were randomly allocated into three groups: T1, 7 days, T2, 21 days, and T3, 84 days. The new material was implanted in the subcutaneous tissue of the ear; on the scalp over the periosteum; and on the outer and inner surfaces of the thighs, in the aponeurosis of the muscle. At 7, 21 and 84 postoperative days, ...
Tópico(s): Surgical Sutures and Adhesives
2015 - Sociedade Brasileira Para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia | Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira

João Paulo de Lima Ferreira, Alexandre José de Melo Queiroz, Rossana Maria Feitosa de Figueirêdo, Wilton Pereira da Silva, Josivanda Palmeira Gomes, Dyego da Costa Santos, Hanndson Araújo Silva, Ana Paula Trindade Rocha, Anna Catarina Costa de Paiva, Alan Dél Carlos Gomes Chaves, Antônio Gilson Barbosa de Lima, Romário Oliveira de Andrade,
The residue generated from the processing of Tacinga inamoena (cumbeba) fruit pulp represents a large amount of material that is discarded without proper application. Despite that, it is a raw material that is source of ascorbic acid, carotenoids and phenolic compounds, which are valued in nutraceutical diets for allegedly combating free radicals generated in metabolism. This research paper presents a study focused on the mathematical modeling of drying kinetics and the effect of the process on the ...
Tópico(s): Polysaccharides Composition and Applications
2021 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Foods

Leonardo Provetti Cunha, Evelyn Alvernaz Figueiredo, Henrique Pereira Araújo, Luciana Virgínia Ferreira Costa-Cunha, Carolina Ferreira Costa, José de Melo Costa Neto, Aline Mota Freitas Matos, Marise Machado de Oliveira, Marcus Gomes Bastos, Mário Luiz Ribeiro Monteiro,
To determine the level of agreement between trained family physicians (FPs), general ophthalmologists (GOs), and a retinal specialist (RS) in the assessment of non-mydriatic fundus retinography in screening for diabetic retinopathy (DR) in the primary health-care setting.200 Diabetic patients were submitted to two-field non-mydriatic digital fundus camera. The images were examined by four trained FPs, two GOs, and one RS with regard to the diagnosis and severity of DR and the diagnosis of macular edema. ...
Tópico(s): Glaucoma and retinal disorders
2018 - Frontiers Media | Frontiers in Endocrinology

Djail Santos, Rejane Maria Nunes Mendonça, Silvanda de Melo Silva, José Eduardo Ferreira Espínola, Adaílson Pereira de Souza,
Um aspecto importante na escolha de cultivares para uma determinada condição ambiental é a determinação da produção comercial, que indica o potencial de produção por área. O objetivo do trabalho foi avaliar a produção comercial de cultivares de alface nas condições de solo e clima de Bananeiras, Paraíba, durante a estação chuvosa. Foram avaliadas oito cultivares (Cindy, Elba, Grand Rapids, Kaesar, Mimosa, Sabrina, Summer Green e Verônica), no delineamento experimental de blocos casualizados, com ...
Tópico(s): Growth and nutrition in plants
2011 - Associação Brasileira de Olericultura | Horticultura Brasileira

Marcos Eric Barbosa Brito, Paula Odete Fernandes, Hans Raj Gheyi, Alberto Soares de Melo, José Alberto Ferreira Cardoso, W. dos S. Soares Filho,
The objective of this study was to evaluate four Citrange hybrid, mandarin Sunki Tropical and the Rangpur Lemon ‘Santa Cruz’ under saline stress during the formation of rootstocks, in an experiment carried out in a greenhouse, with randomized design in blocks, with five repetitions, five levels of salinity of the irrigation water (control, irrigation with tap water, electrical conductivity (ECw) of 0,41 dS.m-1 and water with ECw 1,0; 2,0; 3,0 and 4,0 dS.m-1) and six genotypes, with four plants, during ...
Tópico(s): Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
2008 - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO | Revista Brasileira de Ciências Agrárias - Brazilian Journal of Agricultural Sciences

Djeson Mateus Alves da Costa, Hênio Normando de Souza Melo, S.R. Ferreira, José Simplício de Holanda,
Investigar cultivares tolerantes à salinidade da água de irrigação e do solo é uma necessidade nas áreas agrícolas abastecidas por água de qualidade insatisfatória. O objetivo do presente trabalho foi avaliar a influência da salinidade da água de irrigação e da cobertura morta do solo no desenvolvimento vegetativo do amaranto (Amaranthus spp.) cultivado em casa de vegetação. O experimento foi realizado entre março e maio de 2006, utilizando-se colunas de PVC com 30 kg de um solo de textura franco- ...
Tópico(s): Seed and Plant Biochemistry
2008 - Sociedade Brasileira de Ciência do Solo | Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo
Toby Gardner, Joice Ferreira, Jos Barlow, Alexander Charles Lees, Luke Parry, Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira, Érika Berenguer, Ricardo Abramovay, Alexandre Luis Padovan Aleixo, Christian Borges Andretti, Luiz E. O. C. Aragão, Ivanei S. Araujo, Williams Souza de Ávila, Richard D. Bardgett, Mateus Batistella, Rodrigo Anzolin Begotti, Troy Patrick Beldini, Driss Ezzine de Blas, Rodrigo Fagundes Braga, Danielle de Lima Braga, Janaína Gomes de Brito, Plínio Barbosa de Camargo, Fabiane Campos dos Santos, Vívian Campos de Oliveira, Amanda Cardoso Nunes Cordeiro, Thiago Moreira Cardoso, Débora Reis de Carvalho, Sergio André Castelani, Júlio Cézar Mário Chaul, Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino Cerri, Francisco de Assis Costa, Carla Daniele Furtado da Costa, Émilie Coudel, A. C. Coutinho, Dênis Antônio da Cunha, Álvaro de Oliveira D’Antona, Joelma Dezincourt, Karina Dias‐Silva, Mariana Durigan, Júlio César, José Gustavo Feres, Sílvio Frosini de Barros Ferraz, Amanda Estefânia de Melo Ferreira, Ana Carolina Oliveira Fiorini, Lenise Vargas Flôres da Silva, Fábio Frazão, Rachael Garrett, Alessandra dos Santos Gomes, Karoline da Silva Gonçalves, José Benito Guerrero, Neusa Hamada, Robert M. Hughes, Danilo Carmago Igliori, Ederson da Conceição Jesus, Leandro Juen, Miércio Júnior, José Max Barbosa de Oliveira, Raimundo Cosme de Oliveira, Carlos Souza, P.R. Kaufmann, Vanesca Korasaki, Cecília Gontijo Leal, Rafael P. Leitão, Natália Lima, Maria de Fátima Lopes Almeida, Reinaldo Lourival, Júlio Louzada, Ralph Mac Nally, Sébastien Marchand, M. M. Maués, Fátima Maria de Souza Moreira, Carla Morsello, Nárgila Moura, Jorge Luiz Nessimian, Sâmia Nunes, Victor Hugo Fonseca Oliveira, Renata Pardini, Heloisa Correia Pereira, Paulo dos Santos Pompeu, Carla R. Ribas, Felipe Rossetti, Fernando Augusto Schmidt, Rodrigo da Silva, Regina Célia Viana Martins da Silva, Thiago Fonseca Morello Ramalho da Silva, Juliana M. Silveira, João Victor Siqueira, Teotônio Soares de Carvalho, Ricardo Solar, Nicola Savério Holanda Tancredi, James R. Thomson, Patrícia Carignano Torres, Fernando Zagury Vaz‐de‐Mello, Ruan Carlo Stülpen Veiga, Adriano Venturieri, Cecília Viana, Diana Weinhold, Ronald Zanetti, Jansen Zuanon,
... Silva, Mariana Durigan, Júlio César Dalla Mora Esquerdo, José Feres, Silvio Frosini de Barros Ferraz, Amanda Estefânia de Melo Ferreira, Ana Carolina Fiorini, Lenise Vargas Flores da Silva, Fábio Soares Frazão, Rachel Garrett, Alessandra dos Santos Gomes, Karoline da Silva Gonçalves, José Benito Guerrero, Neusa Hamada, Robert M. Hughes, Danilo Carmago Igliori, Ederson da Conceição Jesus, Leandro Juen, Miércio Junior, José Max Barbosa de Oliveira Junior, Raimundo Cosme de Oliveira Junior, Carlos ...
Tópico(s): Land Use and Ecosystem Services
2013 - Royal Society | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Cristiane Moutinho Lagos de Melo, Iranildo José da Cruz Filho, Georon Ferreira de Sousa, Guilherme Antonio de Souza Silva, Dayane Kelly Dias do Nascimento Santos, Ricardo Sérgio da Silva, Bruna Rodrigues de Sousa, Reginaldo Gonçalves de Lima-Neto, Maria do Carmo Alves de Lima, George Jackson de Moraes Rocha,
Caesalpinia pulcherrima is a shrub with worldwide distribution used as an ornamental plant. In this study, we extracted a lignin from the C. pulcherrima leaves and investigated its biological functions. The lignin was characterized by FT-IR, UV–Vis, GPC, TGA and nuclear magnetic resonance (1H and 13C). The antioxidant activity was evaluated using phosphomolybdenum complexation methods (TAA), sequestration of DPPH and ABTS radicals, reducing power, formation of nitrite radical and iron chelating activity ( ...
Tópico(s): Bioactive natural compounds
2020 - Elsevier BV | International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Carla Silva Rodrigues Menezes, Luiz Carlos Costa, Veridiana de Melo Rodrigues, Márcio José Ferreira, Carlos Ueira‐Vieira, Luis Alfredo Pavanin, Maria I. Homsi-Brandeburgo, Amélia Hamaguchi, Elisângela de Paula Silveira-Lacerda,
Several metallic compounds recognized as potent antitumor agents, have been developed and tested in vivo and in vitro. In this work, we evaluated the toxic, therapeutic, and cytotoxic properties of the cis-dichlorotetraammineruthenium(III) chloride. Transplanted animals with Sarcoma 180 cells were treated with ruthenium(III) complex and injected i.p., at different time intervals. After the 15th day, tumoral postimplant, the animals were sacrificed and their lungs, kidneys, liver, and tumors were ...
Tópico(s): Click Chemistry and Applications
2007 - Elsevier BV | Chemico-Biological Interactions

Poliana Carneiro Gomes, Luiz Verçosa, Fagner José Coutinho de Melo, Vinícius Ferreira Silva, Carmelo J. A. Bastos-Filho, Byron Leite Dantas Bezerra,
Companies are usually overloaded with data that they may not know how to take advantage of. On the other hand, artificial intelligence (AI) techniques are known to “keep learning” as the data increase. In this context, our research question emerges: what AI-based methods, in the literature, could be used to automatize business processes and support the decision-making processes of companies? To fill this gap, in this paper, we performed a review of the literature to identify these techniques. We ensured ...
Tópico(s): Data Quality and Management
2022 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Applied Sciences

Cihelio Alves Amorim, Renata Gabriela Vila Nova de Lima, Angélica Cândida Ferreira, José Iranildo Miranda de Melo,
Wissadula hernandioides (L’Hér.) Garcke is native to Brazil and can be identified by its subshrub habit, cordate and discolor leaves with usually stellate trichomes, yellowish flowers arranged in paniculate inflorescences, and schizocarpic fruits. Before our finding, this species was recorded in Brazil only in Cerrado, Atlantic Forest, Amazon and Pantanal vegetation. The population found in Caatinga domain and Pernambuco state expands the distribution of W. hernandioides . A morphological description, ...
Tópico(s): Plant and animal studies
2019 - Pensoft Publishers | Check List
José Melo‐Ferreira, Ana Lemos de Matos, Helena Areal, A.A. Lissovsky, Miguel Carneiro, Pedro J. Esteves,
The clarification of the systematics of pikas (genus Ochotona) has been hindered by largely overlapping morphological characters among species and the lack of a comprehensive molecular phylogeny. Here we estimate the first multilocus phylogeny of the genus to date, by analysing 12 nuclear DNA markers (total of 7.5 Kb) in 11 species of pikas from the four classified subgenera (Pika, Ochotona, Lagotona and Conothoa) using a multispecies coalescent-based framework. The species-tree confirmed the subgeneric ...
Tópico(s): Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
2015 - Elsevier BV | Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Jorge Antônio Gonzaga Santos, Luís Alfredo Pinheiro Leal Nunes, Wanderley José de Melo, Ademir Sérgio Ferreira de Araújo,
Composting is recognized as one of the most cost-effective and environmentally sound alternatives for organic waste recycling. Long-composted wastes have the potential to substitute for inorganic fertilizers. We investigated the effect of tannery sludge compost (TSC) amendment rates on microbial biomass and activity in Brazilian soils. The soils (sandy and clayey soils) were amended with TSC at rates of 0 (control), 7.5, 15, 30 and 60 Mg ha−1 (equivalent to 0, 0.3, 0.6, 1.2 and 2.4 g per 100 g of soil, ...
Tópico(s): Phosphorus and nutrient management
2011 - Elsevier BV | European Journal of Soil Biology

Jayara D.C. Silva, Tâmara Thays Barbosa Leal, Ademir Sérgio Ferreira de Araújo, Raul M. Araujo, Regina Lúcia Ferreira Gomes, Wanderley José de Melo, Rajeev Pratap Singh,
Composting has been recognized as one of the most cost effective and environmentally sound alternatives for organic wastes recycling from long and composted wastes have a potential to substitute inorganic fertilizers. We investigated the potential of composted tannery sludge for ornamental purposes and to examine the effects of two different composts and concentrations on ornamental Capsicum growth. The two composts were produced with tannery sludge and the composition of each compost was: compost1 ...
Tópico(s): Growth and nutrition in plants
2010 - Elsevier BV | Waste Management

William Lopes Alves, Wanderley José de Melo, M. E. Ferreira,
Estudou-se o efeito do composto de lixo urbano na fertilidade e nos teores totais e extraídos com solução de DTPA 0,005 mol L-1 pH 7,3 dos elementos Fe, Mn, Zn e Ni em um Podzólico Vermelho-Amarelo textura arenosa, em casa de vegetação. Empregou-se sorgo como planta-teste, avaliando-se perfilhamento, produção de matéria seca e quantidade acumulada dos elementos P, K, Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn, Zn e Ni em função de doses de composto equivalentes a 0, 12,5, 25, 50 e 100 t ha-1, na ausência e na presença de adubação ...
Tópico(s): Heavy metals in environment
1999 - Sociedade Brasileira de Ciência do Solo | Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo
Paulo C. Alves, José Melo‐Ferreira, Hélder Marques de Freitas, Pierre Boursot,
Climatic oscillations during the glaciations forced dramatic changes in species distributions, such that some presently temperate regions were alternately occupied by temperate and arctic species. These species could have met and hybridized during climatic transitions. This phenomenon happened for three hare species present in Iberia ( Lepus granatensis , Lepus europaeus and Lepus castroviejoi ), which display high frequencies of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from Lepus timidus , an arctic/boreal species presently ...
Tópico(s): Evolution and Paleontology Studies
2008 - Royal Society | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
Salomão de Sousa Medeiros, Roberto Avelino Cecílio, Júlio César Ferreira de Melo Júnior, José L. C. da Silva,
Neste trabalho teve-se como objetivo principal, gerar equações de regressão múltiplas com ajuste de superfície quadrática para estimativa das normais das temperaturas do ar mínimas, médias e máximas mensais e anual, para o Nordeste brasileiro, a fim de fornecer subsídios para o planejamento agroclimático em regiões onde não há disponibilidade desses dados. Obtiveram-se os dados de temperatura do ar utilizados para a determinação dos coeficientes das equações, de 74 estações meteorológicas listadas ...
Tópico(s): Geography and Environmental Studies
2005 - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CAMPINA GRANDE | Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental

Maria Aparecida de Souza Melo, Marília Ferreira Dela Coleta, José Augusto Dela Coleta, José Clecildo Barreto Bezerra, Ana Maria de Castro, Ana Luísa de Souza Melo, Ricardo Antônio Gonçalves Teixeira, Daniel Batista Gomes, Huilma Alves Cardoso,
Objetivo: Identificar fatores que contribuem para a subnotificação de doenças e agravos de notificação compulsória no Sistema Nacional de Agravos de Notificação (Sinan), na percepção dos profissionais de saúde. Métodos: Estudo conduzido com base na Técnica dos Incidentes Críticos para a coleta dos dados e na análise de conteúdo, em uma amostra estratificada de trabalhadores e gestores das unidades de vigilância em saúde responsáveis pelas notificações de doenças e agravos de notificação compulsória. ...
Tópico(s): Academic Research in Diverse Fields
2018 - | RAS Revista de administração em saúde

Julio Cezar Soares Silva, Diogo Ferreira de Lima Silva, Afonso de Sá Delgado Neto, André Ferraz, José Luciano Melo, Nivan Ferreira, Adiel Teixeira de Almeida Filho,
Given the recent outbreak of Sars-CoV-2, several countries started to seek different strategies to control contamination and minimize fatalities, which are usually the primary objectives for all strategies. Secondary objectives are related to economic factors, therefore ensuring that society would be able is to keep its essential activities and avoid supply disruptions. This paper presents an application of anonymized mobile phone users' location data to estimate population flow amongst cities with ...
Tópico(s): Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
2020 - Elsevier BV | Sustainable Cities and Society

Jaiurte Gomes Martins da Silva, Flávia Cristina Morone Pinto, Glícia Maria de Oliveira, Anderson Arnaldo da Silva, Olávio Campos Júnior, Ricardo Oliveira Silva, Valéria Wanderley Teixeira, Ismaela Maria Ferreira de Melo, Francisco José Roma Paumgartten, Thamyris Pérez de Souza, Rosângela Ribeiro de Carvalho, Ana Cecília Amado Xavier de Oliveira, José Lamartine de Andrade Aguiar, Álvaro Aguiar Coelho Teixeira,
A hydrogel of bacterial cellulose of 0.8%, biopolymer produced from sugarcane molasses and synthesized from a bacteria called Zoogloea sp., was analyzed for its composition and tested by two routes of administration, subcutaneous and intraperitoneal, to clarify the local and systemic adverse effects after skin implantation in Wistar rats (24 males, 24 females, 55 days old). Analysis of two samples of BC films indicates carbon (42.94%; 43.43%), hydrogen (6.73%; 6.76%), nitrogen (0.28%, 0.23%) and oxygen ( ...
Tópico(s): Advanced Cellulose Research Studies
2020 - Grupo de Pesquisa Metodologias em Ensino e Aprendizagem em Ciências | Research Society and Development

Leandro Melo de Sousa, André Netto-Ferreira, José Luís Olivan Birindelli,
Two new species of Moenkhausia, one from the rio Tapajós and the other from the rio Xingu basins are described as apparently endemics of the Serra do Cachimbo. Both species, along with M. petymbuaba, share a distinct color pattern composed of large conspicuous dark blotches on the base of the body scales. Moenkhausia chlorophthalma, from rio Treze de Maio, a tributary to rio Curuá (rio Xingu basin), is distinguished by the presence of a proximal well delimited black area on the adipose fin and a ...
Tópico(s): Fish Ecology and Management Studies
2010 - Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia | Neotropical Ichthyology

Paulo Michel Pinheiro Ferreira, Denise Barbosa Santos, Jurandy do Nascimento Silva, Amanda Freitas Goudinho, Carla Lorena Silva Ramos, Patrícia Canteri de Souza, Ricardo Sérgio Almeida, Diego Sousa Moura, Rhaul Oliveira, César Koppe Grisólia, Alberto José Cavalheiro, Ana Amélia de Carvalho Melo Cavalcante, José Roberto de Oliveira Ferreira, Manoel Odorico de Moraes, Cláudia Pessoa,
Extracts, essential oils and molecules from Casearia sylvestris have popularly shown pharmacological actions against chronic diseases, as anxiety, inflammation, cancer and dyslipidemia. In the context of antitumoral therapy, we investigated in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo toxicological changes induced by a Fraction with Casearins (FC) and its component Casearin X isolated from C. sylvestris on animal and vegetal cells, and upon invertebrates and mammals. Cytotoxicity was carried out using normal lines ...
Tópico(s): Plant-Derived Bioactive Compounds
2019 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Ethnopharmacology
Valéria Lúcia de Oliveira Freitas, Talles Henrique Pereira Alves, Renata de Melo Ferreira Lopes, José Pires de Lemos Filho,
Tópico(s): African Botany and Ecology Studies
2009 - Editora da Universidade de São Paulo | Scientia Forestalis

Ademir Sérgio Ferreira de Araújo, Wanderley José de Melo, Fábio Fernando de Araújo, Paul J. Van den Brink,
Tópico(s): Heavy metals in environment
2020 - Springer Science+Business Media | Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Ademir Sérgio Ferreira de Araújo, Wanderley José de Melo,
Agricultural production systems have to combine management practices in order to sustain soil's profitability and quality. Organic farming is gaining worldwide acceptance and has been expanding at an annual rate of 20% in the last decade, accounting for over 24 million hectares worldwide. Organic practices avoid applications of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, rely on organic inputs and recycling for nutrient supply, and emphasize cropping system design and biological processes for pest management, ...
Tópico(s): Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
2010 - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA MARIA | Ciência Rural

José Iranildo Miranda de Melo, Margareth Ferreira de Sales,
RESUMO Foi realizado o estudo taxonômico do gênero Heliotropium L. no estado de Pernambuco, utilizando-se espécimes coletados em campo por um período de 16 meses, além de materiais de empréstimo e/ou doação provenientes de vários herbários nacionais. Verificou-se a ocorrência de sete taxa: H. angiospermum Murray, H. curassavicum L., H. elongatum (Lehm.) I.M. Johnst., H. indicum L., H. polyphyllum Lehm., H. procumbens Mill e H. ternatum. H. curassavicum e H. ternatum Vahl constituem nova referência ...
Tópico(s): Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications
2004 - Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden Research Institute | Rodriguésia

Benedito Borges da Silva, Ronald da Costa Araújo, Celso Pires Ferreira Filho, José Andrade de Carvalho Melo,
Background. Carcinoma of the cervix and a prolapsed uterus are common diseases in underdeveloped countries, but their association is quite rare. Case. We report here the clinical characteristics of two Brazilian patients with carcinoma of the uterine cervix associated with a third-degree prolapsed uterus. The patients, respectively aged 69 and 73 years, were admitted with an ulcerated prolapsed uterus. Biopsy of the ulcerated cervical lesion confirmed epidermoid carcinoma. The patients underwent ...
Tópico(s): Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments
2002 - Elsevier BV | Gynecologic Oncology

Ademir Sérgio Ferreira de Araújo, Wanderley José de Melo,
Agricultural production systems have to combine management practices in order to sustain soil's profitability and quality. Organic farming is gaining worldwide acceptance and has been expanding at an annual rate of 20% in the last decade, accounting for over 24 million hectares worldwide. Organic practices avoid applications of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, rely on organic inputs and recycling for nutrient supply, and emphasize cropping system design and biological processes for pest management, ...
Tópico(s): Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
2010 - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA MARIA | Ciência Rural