The present work aims to evaluate the ripening of the banana under the effect of choking and calcium carbide. The experiment was carried out with banana fruits "Silver", harvested at the Production Unit of IFPE - Campus Vitória de Santo Antão. The experiment was conducted in a co...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/43687
Marília Hortência Batista Silva Rodrigue, Oscar Mariano Hafle, Ednaldo Barbosa Pereira Junior, Valéria Fernandes de Oliveira Sousa, Francisco Edu de Andrade, Danielle Maria do Nascimento & Francisco Romário Andrade Figueiredo·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2018
Introduction: Northeastern Brazil is a banana producing zone where the selection of banana tree genotypes has significantly increased crop productivity. Aims: The study aimed to evaluate the agronomic performance of different banana-tree genotypes under agroecological management...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/44035
Victor Hugo de Farias Guedes, Diego Moura de Andrade Oliveira, Renato Lemos do Santos, Geíza Alves Azerêdo de Oliveira & Fernando Luiz Nunes de Oliveira·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2018
The use of organic fertilisers in vegetable cultivation is important in the pursuit of increased production to improve the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of the soil, to promote plant growth, and to achieve economically viable productivity for farmers of small-...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/44045
Márcio Santos da Silva, Franciscleudo Bezerra Costa, Anderson dos Santos Formiga, Jackson Silva Nóbrega, Yasmin Lima Brasil, Renato Pereira de Lira, Jéssica Leite da Silva, Kátia Gomes da Silva, Giuliana Naiara Barros Sales, Ulisses dos Santos Pereira & Ana Marinho do Nascimento·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2018
Objective: The objective was to evaluate the physical and chemical quality of young palm cladodes produced with different sources and concentrations of organic fertilisation. Experimental Design: The experiment was conducted in a randomized block design, corresponding to five dos...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/44131
Shirlene Souza Oliveira, Maria Soraia Fortado Vera Cruz, Ana Carolina Pinguelli Ristau, Hannah Braz, Thatiane Nepomuceno Alves, Henrique Gusmão Alves Rocha, Gilberto Costa Braga & Vandeir Francisco Guimarães·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2018
Objectives: The objective of this study was to assess, the effect of dimethylsulfoxide (1%, 4% and 7%) on the storage and postharvest quality of strawberry and peach. Experimental: It was used a completely randomized design. Location and Duration of Study: The experiment was cond...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/44620
Giselle Lemos Moreira, Emmanoella Costa Guaraná Araujo, Paullyne Charllotte Gonçalves Celestino, Thiago Cardoso Silva, Thiago CardosoVanessa Sousa da Silva & Ana Lícia Patriota Feliciano·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2018
Tropical forests, such as the Atlantic Forest, are among the most relevant forest formations regarding the provision of environmental ecosystem services, however, after centuries of human expansion, most of the Atlantic Forest is reduced to forest patches. This work aimed to map...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/43641
Waste is often disposed of in the soil, leading to contamination not only by a metal, but by two or more elements. The adsorption studies are a way of evaluating the behaviour of the different metals when in contact with the soils. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of adsor...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/43891
Tainah Horrana Bandeira Galvão, Franciscleudo Bezerra da Costa, Ana Marinho do Nascimento, Yasmin Lima Brasil, Álvaro Gustavo Ferreira da Silva, Kátia Gomes da Silva, Kalinne Passos dos Santos, Jéssica Leite da Silva, Márcio Santos da Silva, Giuliana Naiara Barros Sales & Tatiana Marinho Gadelha·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2018
Objective: The study aims to assess the physical-chemical quality of minimally processed young cladodes of the ‘Mexican elephant ear’ palm over the course of 10 days in storage. Experimental Design: The experiment was conducted in a completely randomized design, with analyses exe...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/44273
Ana Marinho do Nascimento, Franciscleudo Bezerra da Costa, Jéssica Leite da Silva, Marcos Eric Barbosa Brito, Tatiana Marinho Gadelha, Luciano Jonatas Gomes Frade, Luderlândio de Andrade Silva, Anderson Formiga dos Santos, Kátia Gomes da Silva, Márcio Santos da Silva & Larissa de Sousa Sátiro·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2018
Objective: The objective of this work was to evaluate the characteristics of Bt green maize produced in different water harvesting techniques using two concentrations of commercial rooting. Experimental Design: The experiment was conducted in a completely randomized design using...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/44250
Wild Blackberry (Rubus L. sub-genus Rubus Watson) species were evaluated for their growth and yield potential under conventional production practices at the Horticulture Research and Teaching Farm, Egerton University, Njoro, Kenya between January 2016 and July 2017. A randomized...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/43981