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Bedbugs

The challenge of fighting bed bugs

Stink bugs are responsible for various damages to soybean crops, attacking branches, stems, pods and damaging grains, and it takes discretion and rationality to win the war.

21.08.2017 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Diseases

Blast management in rice cultivation

Initially restricted to areas close to the coast or on the edge of mountainous regions, the rice blast complex is currently widespread throughout most rice-producing regions in Brazil.

11.08.2017 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

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Requirements in the management of pests and mites in cotton

Controlling pests and mites in cotton in a sustainable manner requires the adoption of selective insecticides and acaricides

11.08.2017 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Soybean

How fungicides move into leaf tissues

Knowing the physicochemical characteristics of fungicides and their penetration into leaf tissues is essential to obtain better effectiveness and prevent losses in the field.

14.02.2017 | 21:59 (UTC -3)

Pests

Management of the coró underground pest in soybean crops

Corós are one of the most diverse and well-distributed groups of soil pests in Brazilian agricultural areas. They cause damage to seeds, seedlings and plant roots

29.11.2016 | 21:59 (UTC -3)

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Challenges in the nutritional management of hydroponic beans

Demanding in their demand for nutrients, bean plants exhibit different symptoms when there is a lack of nitrogen, boron, sulfur, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, iron and magnesium

11.11.2016 | 21:59 (UTC -3)

Corn

Management of nitrogen fertilization in corn

In the search for high productivity in corn crops, nitrogen fertilization plays an important role. In addition to the correct amount of nutrient, management must take into account aspects such as cultivation system, technological level, ti

10.11.2016 | 21:59 (UTC -3)

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Attack of the beetle Sphenophorus levis on sugarcane

The attack by the beetle Sphenophorus levis has the power to decimate or reduce the longevity of sugarcane fields

08.11.2016 | 21:59 (UTC -3)

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Importance of soybean seed treatment

Seed treatment with insecticides and fungicides is an important strategy in the management of pests and diseases that affect soybean crops in the initial phase of cultivation.

08.11.2016 | 21:59 (UTC -3)

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​Installed fertilization in coffee

Highly demanding on nutrients, the Conilon coffee tree requires careful application of fertilizer. One of the strategies is to pay in installments according to the ripening cycle

11.10.2016 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Crop Rotation

Benefits of Crop Rotation

Rotating corn cultivation with soybeans and wheat contributes to reducing the severity of Cercospora spp. leaf spots. and Bipolaris maydis

10.10.2016 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Gibberella

Fusarium head blight in wheat: pending solution

Fusarium head blight is a recurrent disease in wheat, barley and triticale crops in Brazil, with the capacity to reduce crop yields and cause the accumulation of toxins, responsible for harm to health.

10.10.2016 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Corn

Optimal management of nematodes in corn

Corn used in rotation with other crops represents an important tool in nematode management

07.10.2016 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

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Performance of soybean cultivars in floodplain areas

The expansion of soybean cultivation frontiers to non-traditional areas points to the need for attention to the performance of cultivars

07.10.2016 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Pests

​Helicoverpa through Brazil: changing habits

Installed and dispersed in several Brazilian growing regions, the presence of the Helicoverpa armigera caterpillar is a reality, with which we must learn to live.

06.10.2016 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

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​Effective management of boll weevil

The boll weevil is an aggressive pest, responsible for drastic losses, capable of even making cultivation unfeasible in situations of severe attack.

04.10.2016 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

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​Green Chemistry as an opportunity for Brazilian biomass

By Sílvio Vaz Jr., chemist, doctor in analytical chemistry; researcher at Embrapa Agroenergia

30.09.2016 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Diseases

Anthracnose in coffee: emerging disease

Still little studied and without qualitative and quantitative losses directly attributed to its incidence, in Brazil, anthracnose in coffee plants reveals the need for research to focus more on this topic

29.09.2016 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Soybean

A New Perspective on Responsible Soy

The results of activities carried out by the International Responsible Soy Association (RTRS) last year were impressive. More than three million tons of soybeans have been certified by RTRS; we reached the ma

18.09.2017 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

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Seizures of Illegal Pesticides

Each pesticide, as a commercial product, is formulated with one or more technical products which, in turn, have a high concentration of an active ingredient and some amount of impurities.

15.09.2017 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Efficiency deficits

The 2017 Brazilian harvest has just gained a few million tons, with the review carried out by IBGE in May, increasing its estimate to 238 million tons, 9% higher than the previous forecast and 29% higher than the harvest

21.07.2017 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Agricultural certification: why?

​An important portion of the world's population is increasingly concerned not only with the quality of the products consumed, but also how they were produced. Was the environment respected? Child labor? The

04.05.2017 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

The next technological frontier in agriculture

A new revolution uses the latest discoveries to expand the possibilities of what is possible in terms of introducing traits into plants.

03.05.2017 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

crop

From the Countryside to the City: grain production expectations for the 2016/2017 harvest

By Agostinho Celso Pascalicchio, professor of Economics at Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie. Master in Economic Sciences from the University of São Paulo. He is a professor in the areas of economics and finance.

14.12.2016 | 21:59 (UTC -3)