Articles - Vegetables

Vegetables

The cultivation of pepper

Responsible for a large part of the area cultivated with vegetables in Brazil, pepper cultivation can be quite profitable as long as important tips are observed.

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Vegetables

Use of peach palm in family farming

The peach palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth. var. gasipaes Henderson), combines the ability to tiller with precocity, in such a way that it allows its continued exploitation for up to 15 consecutive years

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Vegetables

Attention in control

Simple management techniques help reduce the diamondback moth population, which mainly attacks cabbage, kale, cauliflower and broccoli crops.

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Vegetables

More production

Bioactivators are capable of increasing fruit quality. See the advantages of this technique.

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Vegetables and Fruits

After the euphoria of the first hydroponic crops has passed, it is clear that the frequency with which diseases appear increases in proportion to the time of use and management practices of the system. Therefore, it becomes

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Vegetables and Fruits

Viruses, these terrible enemies

Specialist offers detailed radiography of the behavior of viruses and presents control alternatives.

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Vegetables and Fruits

Enemy's refuge

Weed plants serve as hosts for whiteflies, which results in the pest remaining in cultivation areas during the off-season.

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Vegetables and Fruits

Balance of foreign trade in Brazilian floriculture from January to May 2011

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Onion - Application against Thrips

The type of nozzle used to spray phytosanitary products influences pest control.

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Cauliflower: Right Technique

Small tips can significantly increase vegetable production. See how to produce cauliflower, from soil preparation and seedling formation to harvesting, not forgetting fertilization

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Hidden enemy

Confused with other simultaneous stresses, post-harvest diseases in vegetables can cause total loss. Prevention during cultivation and care with handling, packaging and temperature are the best for

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Tripled production

Pepper - Use of the tutored system with paternocarpic varieties exceeds the low cultivation of cucumber by up to R$ 34 thousand per hectare. Know the costs and benefits of adopting the method.

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Uncomfortable host

In addition to the direct damage caused to leaves, the biggest problem with Trips is related to the possibility of acting as a vector agent for viruses and leaving plants susceptible to fungal attack.

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Production technology, adopted system and cultivation region when applying phosphorus to vegetables

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Viruses in vegetables

Diseases caused by viruses are the main phytosanitary problems in vegetables in the Lower São Francisco Valley.

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Market tendencies

Pepper seed trade is expanding. The national market alone generates US$1,5 million.

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Occurrence of Aleurothrixus aepim in Cruz das Almas/BA

Whiteflies are potentially important as transmitters of plant diseases. In Africa and Asia, B. tabaci is an important vector of the African mosaic virus (ACMD), a cassava disease not yet known.

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Insect pest control: which method is most appropriate?

At a time when there is much discussion about Integrated Pest Management (IPM), the use of chemical control has been reduced due to negative consequences on beneficial fauna, the environment and human health,

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Greenhouse in practice

The construction of greenhouses, after defining what will be cultivated, requires the adoption of basic criteria considering economic and technical aspects to build the structure that will house it.

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Vegetables and Fruits

Take it, give it here

Insects and plants maintain complex coexistence relationships; In some cases, insects win, in others, plants.

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Horticultural substrates

These materials are essential for fixing the root system and providing support to the plants.

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Lettuce - Low production

Different types of viruses limit lettuce productivity in Brazil, learn about some of them here.

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From root to leaves

Lettuce wilt, possibly caused by contamination of seedlings by substrates, appeared in 1999 and is spreading rapidly. The use of resistant varieties is the most effective method and bar

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Vegetables and Fruits

No flower beds

A technique mastered in grain production, direct planting now appears as a new tool for horticulturists, guaranteeing an increase of up to 20% over traditional cultivation in some crops.

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Vegetables and Fruits

Cassava root mealybug: new crop pest in the Cerrado

The cassava root mealybug has a high reproductive potential and is capable of spreading quickly in an area where it was introduced, causing economic losses.

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