The species Baccharis dracunculifolia, known as alecrim-do-campo is very rough, of great economic importance, recommended for recovery of degraded areas, but is little explored by propagation through seeds. In order to ...

Comminution is the stage with the largest energy consumption in the mining process. Therefore, several pre-treatments have been proposed to reduce the energy requirements of this stage. This work analyzed the effect of a ...

Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth), is considered an aquatic pest. An alternative to solve the excess water hyacinth problem is to use the biomass for second generation ethanol. This process can be divided into: collection ...

The quantification of total creatinine contributes to the quality control in meat products. The reference method for dehydrated broths treatment is tedious and takes approximately 6 h. A fast, simple and relatively safe ...

Parica seeds have dormancy and, even after mechanical scarification, these seeds show slow and uneven germination. Pre-germination treatments can be used to increase seed germination performance. Thus, the aimed to evaluate ...

A biomassa lignocelulósica é um recurso abundante, renovável e de inúmeras aplicações comerciais, tais como: matéria-prima para biocombustíveis, fonte de diversos compostos químicos de alto valor agregado e aplicações ...

Knowledge of plant response to salinity, especially at early growth stages, is critical to optimizing crop production in salt-affected soils. In this paper we explore quantitatively the effectiveness of seed pre-treatment ...