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Carbohydrate composition of peach palm ( Bactris gasipaes Kunth) by-products flours

Carbohydrate Polymers, 2015
The flours obtained from peach palm by-products are rich in dietary fiber (62-71%) and they can be used as food ingredients. The aim of this work was to investigate the carbohydrate composition of the flours processed from the residual parts (stem and median sheath) of a hearts-of-palm industry.
Bolanho, Beatriz Cervejeira, Danesi, Eliane Dalva Godoy, Beléia, Adelaide Del Pino   +2 more
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Embriogênese somática em pupunheira (Bactris gasipaes), butiá-da-serra (Butia eriospatha) e açai (Euterpe oleracea): isolamento e cultura de protoplastos, avaliações bioquímicas e otimização das condições de cultura [PDF]

, 2015
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Recursos Genéticos Vegetais, Florianópolis, 2015.A embriogênese somática (ES) é um métedo eficiente à propagaçãomassiva de plantas ...
Ree, Joseph Francis
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Peach palm growth and heart-of-palm yield responses to liming Respostas de crescimento e produção de palmito da pupunheira à calagem

Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, 2004
The effects of liming rates on growth and heart-of-palm yield of peach palm plants (Bactris gasipaes Kunth) were studied in a two-year field experiment conducted in Pariquera-Açu, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
M. L. A. Bovi, S. H. Spiering, L. A. Saes   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nanocellulose and Its Application in the Food Industry

Biology and Life Sciences Forum, 2023
This work presents a review related to the obtainment of cellulose from different structures in agro-industrial residues, both for application in the food industry and for the reinforcement of other materials.
Talita Szlapak Franco, Graciela Boltzon de Muniz, María Guadalupe Lomelí-Ramírez, Belkis Sulbarán Rangel, Rosa María Jiménez-Amezcua, Eduardo Mendizábal Mijares, Salvador García-Enríquez, Maite Rentería-Urquiza   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Patterns of Tree Species Abundance and Diversity on Urban Sidewalks in Macapá, Amapá, Brazil

Ecological Research, Volume 41, Issue 2, March 2026.
This study presents the first systematic inventory of street trees in Macapá, Northeastern Brazilian Amazon. Results reveal a dominance of exotic and fruit‐bearing species, low tree density, and a replacement of large canopy trees by smaller ones, indicating potential losses in ecosystem services and the need for more biodiversity‐focused afforestation
Lorena Antunes Jimenez, Taíssa Barros Lobato Cambraia, Estefany Baia Furtado, Wegliane Campelo, Saulo Meneses Silvestre de Sousa, Laísa Maria Freire, Lúcio Royer Trujillo, Ricardo Angelo Pereira Lima, José Julio Toledo   +8 more
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Useful palms (Arecaceae) near Iquitos, Peruvian Amazon

Revista Peruana de Biología, 2014
This paper describes the uses of 64 species of palms in 28 villages in Departamento de Loreto, Peru. There, the palms are of great use as food (Bactris gasipaes, Mauritia flexuosa, Euterpe precatoria, Oenocarpus bataua), for fiber production ...
Henrik Balslev, César Grandez, Narel Y. Paniagua Zambrana, Anne Louise Møller, Sandie Lykke Hansen   +4 more
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Effects of Fruiting Neighborhood, Plant Traits, and Fruit Traits on Frugivore Visitation and Fruit Removal for an Understory Palm

Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.
We simultaneously evaluated how the fruiting neighborhood, defined as the number of fruiting palms in a 35 m radius, and relevant traits at the level of individual plants (e.g., height, crop size) and fruits (e.g., fruit and seed size, water, and sucrose content) influenced frugivore visitation and the number of fruits removed per visit in a common ...
Callie Rose Chenevert, Therese Lamperty, Domingo Cabrera, Jordan Karubian   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Obtención de alimentos funcionales de Bactris gasipaes (pijuayo) [PDF]

, 2018
Currently, the peach palm is highly sought after for having a fruit with a special flavor. The pulp of the peach palm when cooked is the most nutritious food of the fruits of the Amazon, since it has vitamin A, antioxidants, Omega 3 and Omega 6 as ...
Aspajo Aspajo, Andrea Isabel
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Ocorrência de Herminodes sp. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) em pupunheira nos estados do Acre e Rondônia, Brasil Occurrence of Herminodes sp. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in peach palm in the States of Acre and Rondônia, Brazil

Acta Amazonica, 2004
É relatado a ocorrência de Herminodes sp. em plantas de pupunha na área experimental da Embrapa Acre, Rio Branco, AC e no Projeto Reca, Vila Nova Califórnia, RO, Brasil. São descritas as principais características deste inseto e os danos por ele causados.
Marcílio José Thomazini
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of land use change on Melolonthidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) beetle communities in the deforestation arc of the Brazilian Amazon

Insect Conservation and Diversity, Volume 19, Issue 2, Page 404-419, March 2026.
Habitat transformation in Amazon due to agriculture expansion impairs Melolonthidae diversity. Assemblage response towards habitat transformation are group‐dependent. Although highly disturbed, Amazon arc of deforestation region dwells sensitive insect assemblages. Abstract Although the Amazon provides crucial goods and ecosystem services for humanity,
Kleyton Rezende Ferreira, Elio Cesar Guzzo, Renato Portela Salomão, Fernando Zagury Vaz‐de‐Mello, César Murilo de Albuquerque Correa   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source