In the industrialization of cassava, effluents are generated capable of causing great impacts to the environment. One of these residues is called manipueira and its generation occurs by pressing the grated cassava mass. An alternative to the use of this industrial residue is its use as a culture medium in the multiplication of microorganisms useful in agriculture in the form of biological inoculants. The object...
Public services management is a fundamental role to public institutions, providing society with proper resources for a better quality of life. Local characteristics should be considered during public policies planning; however, generalizations are adopted to elaborate studies, overlooking these characteristics. Our objective was to apply a geostatistical analysis into the public services of Campo Mourão, Paraná...
This study evaluated the toxicity of food flavorings of mint, cinnamon and lemon in meristem root cells of Allium cepa, in pure form (as marketed) and in the concentrations of 12.5, 25, and 50%, after 24 and 48 hours of exposure; in Vero cell culture evaluated by MTT test and in nauplii of Artemia salina, both tests used flavorings in pure form and in the concentrations of 0.78, 1.56, 3.12, 6.25, 12.5, 25, and ...
The verification of soil quality is an important tool to monitor its degradation, and to plan the implementation of sustainable management practices. The objective of this study was to evaluate soil quality in three agroforestry systems located in the Associação de Pais e Amigos dos Excepcionais (APAE RURAL) of Campo Mourão, Paraná. The three areas present distinct stages: an initial one, with characteristics o...
Resumo: A avaliação do contexto genético de organismos, bem como sua correspondência geográfica, formam um potencial para estudos biogeográficos históricos e filogeográficos. A interação Cecropia-Azteca é bastante conhecida por ser amplamente distribuída nos trópicos e pode servir de modelo para estudos populacionais e de coevolução. Este estudo tratou da interação entre Cecropia e Azteca, sua distribuição geog...