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Evaluation of the potential of agro-industrial waste-based composts to control ...
Santos, Cátia; Monte, Joana; Vilaça, Natália; Fonseca, João; Trindade, Henrique; Cortez, Isabel; Goufo, PiebiepComposts are widely used in horticulture as organic amendments to improve the properties of soils. Composts have also been reported to enhance the disease suppressive potential of soils and, therefore, could be used as a strategy for managing plant diseases. The aim of this study was to test the ability of soils amended with four different agro-industrial waste-based composts (chestnut peels and shells, spent c...
Rendering banana plant residues into a potentially commercial byproduct by dopi...
Nascimento, Rosa E.A.; Monte, Joana; Cadima, Mafalda; Delgado Alves, Vitor; Neves, Luísa A.This study seeks to render residues from banana plants into a useful byproduct with possible applications in wound dressings and food packaging. Films based on cellulose extracted from banana plant pseudostem and doped with phenolic compounds extracted from banana plant leaves were developed. The phenolic compounds were extracted using batch solid-liquid and Soxhlet methods, with different drying temperatures a...
Development of a monitoring tool based on fluorescence and climatic data for pi...
Sá, Marta; Ramos, Alzira; Monte, Joana; Brazinha, Carla; Galinha, Claudia F.; Crespo, João GWhen growing microalgae for biorefinery processes, a high product yield is desired. For that reason, monitoring the concentration of the desired products during growth and products induction procedure is of great interest. 2D Fluorescence spectroscopy is a fingerprinting technique, used in situ and at real time, with a high potential for online monitoring of biological systems. In this work, Dunaliella salina p...