Biofertilizer appears as an alternative to replace the use of synthetic stimulant by family farmers in pig bean seeds. These are used in agricultural cultivars providing greater seedling vigor. In this context, the objective was to evaluate the concentrations of biofertilizers as a biostimulant in the germination of pork beans. The experimental design adopted was the completely randomized, in a 2 x 5 factorial ...
The application of technologies such as osmotic dehydration, promotes the reduction of product water in short periods and the improvement of its sensory characteristics. Once the influence of conditions on the efficiency of the osmotic dehydration process of fruits was observed, the objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of temperature and sucrose and xylitol concentrations on osmotic dehydration ki...
The production of legume seeds can be a strategy to increase the income of family farmers, as well as the improvement of soil characteristics. The objective of this work was to evaluate the morphometric characteristics of the seeds of legume species produced at different spacings. The experiment was conducted at the Federal University of Paraíba, Campus III, Bananeiras, Paraíba. The experimental design was a ra...
Corn is one of the cereals of major agricultural importance of consumption, animal and human, being highly energetic, presenting excellent composition and numerous applicabilities. The objective of this work was to determine the centesimal composition of criollo corn cultivated in different regions of the State of Paraíba. The analytical determinations were conducted in the Laboratory of Physical-Chemical Analy...