Dois Vizinhos municipality, as well as much of the Southwest Paraná, Brazil, show favorable environmental conditions for the commercial cultivation of fig trees. However, due to lack of tradition cultivation of fruit trees, ...

Objectives: To determine the physicochemical properties of and investigate the bioactive substances, such as phenolic compounds and betalains, and antioxidant activity in Opuntia fruit (Indian fig) and Prosopis juliflora ...

Despite having been introduced in Brazil in 1999, studies involving biological aspects and population dynamics of Zaprionus indianus are still very scarce. This drosophilid, considered as a pest in fig-purple crops, has a ...