This work aimed to examine the effects of sex on meat and fat quality traits from thirty Portuguese Alentejano (AL) pigs reared in outdoor conditions. These pigs were divided into three groups and fed ad libitum. From ~40 to 130 kg LW, castrated (C group) and intact animals (I and IExp) consumed commercial diets. Until slaughter (~160 kg), C and I pigs remained on commercial diets, and IExp changed to a more su...
‘‘Queijo de Nisa’’ is a traditional Portuguese cheese, granted with PDO label, produced with raw ewe’s milk in which the aqueous extract of cardoon flower Cynara cardunculus L. is the only coagulant allowed. As in similar cheeses with no use of starter cultures or pasteurisation, the quality and food safety are depending on prevention, high hygienic standards and a proper manufacturing process. This study inves...
During vinification Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells are frequently exposed to high concentrations of sulfur dioxide (SO2) that is used to avoid overgrowth of unwanted bacteria or fungi present in the must. Up to now the characterization of the molecular mechanisms by which S. cerevisiae responds and tolerates SO2 was focused on the role of the sulfite efflux pump Ssu1 and investigation on the involvement of othe...
A produtividade média da cultura do feijoeiro pode ser considerada baixa e entre os fatores que mais impactam nessa perda está a competição com plantas daninhas. Com isso, objetivou-se com esse trabalho quantificar a interferência de duas das principais plantas daninhas que ocorrem na cultura do feijoeiro e o efeito da associação (comunidades) dessas plantas no crescimento da cultura. Foram estudados dois fator...
Indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) is a plant growth regulator widely used to induce rooting of cuttings. The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of different concentrations of IBA and of two cuttings types in vegetative propagation of Senna alata (Linnaeus) Roxburgh. The experiment was established in a completely randomized design with four repetitions, in factorial 4 x 2, using four concentrations of A...
Non-Saccharomyces yeasts include different species which comprise an ecologically and biochemically diverse group capable of altering fermentation dynamics and wine composition and flavour. In this study, single- and mixed-culture of Hanseniaspora guilliermondii and Saccharomyces cerevisiae were used to ferment natural grape-juice, under two nitrogen regimes. In single-culture the strain H. guilliermondii faile...