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Technical and economic assessment of two harvesting tools for young Elaeis oleifera x E. guineensis oil palms

Agronomía Colombiana, 2020
The harvest of oil palm fruit bunches represents 25% of the total cost of production of one metric ton of fresh fruit bunches (FFB), and nine-tenths of the costs of this process (i.e., harvest) are labor costs.
Elizabeth Ruiz Alvarez, Jhon Banguera, Wilson Pérez Toro, Juan Hernández Hernández, Javier Arévalo, Mauricio Mosquera Montoya   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fibra de palmeira como substrato para hortaliças [PDF]

Horticultura Brasileira, 2014
Este trabalho teve por objetivo estudar a possibilidade de aproveitamento dos resíduos provenientes da indústria de conserva de palmito como substrato para hortaliças. Assim, a fibra da palmeira real australiana (Archontophoenix alexandrae) foi utilizada na forma in natura (FN), coletada imediatamente após a extração do palmito e, após sofrer processo ...
Fermino, Maria H, Gonçalves, Reinaldo S., Silveira, José Ricardo P., Battistin, Alice, Trevisan, Miriam, Busnello, Ângela Cristina   +5 more
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Does AI at Work Increase Stress? Text Mining Social Media About Human–AI Team Processes and AI Control

Journal of Organizational Behavior, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With rising use of artificial intelligence (AI) in organizations, alongside increasing mental health issues, we seek to understand how AI use affects human stress. Drawing on the automation–augmentation perspective, we propose that AI control over decision‐making thwarts human autonomy and thus contributes to stress.
Florian Klonek, Sharon Parker
wiley   +1 more source

Composição química das sementes de Archontophoenix alexandrae H. Wendl. & Drude (Arecaceae) Seed chemical composition of Archontophoenix alexandrae H. Wendl. & Drude (Arecaceae)

Revista Árvore, 2004
Sementes de Archontophoenix alexandrae extraídas de frutos coletados no Parque Estadual da Cantareira, São Paulo, foram analisadas quanto à composição química, ao perfil de ácidos graxos do óleo e aos teores de minerais, visando avaliar o seu potencial ...
Maria Isabel Vallilo, Cybele de Souza Machado Crestana, Sabria Aued-Pimentel, Mário Tavares, Edna Emy Kumagai, Maria de Lima Garbelotti   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Profit With Purpose: How CSR Fuels UK SMEs' Success

Strategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become an essential strategy for firms, particularly small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs), to enhance their social impact and secure long‐term financial sustainability. This study explores the relationship between CSR investments and financial performance in UK listed SMEs from 2021 to 2024 ...
Renato Pereira, M. Naguib Omar, Summeya Gafur, Obadias Machacha   +3 more
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Traditional ecological knowledge of palms by quilombolas communities on the Brazil-Bolivia border, Meridional Amazon

Novos Cadernos NAEA, 2014
O trabalho teve como objetivo estudar o conhecimento ecológico tradicional dos quilombolas sobre a diversidade, ocorrência e o uso de palmeiras em Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade, Mato Grosso.
Joari da Costa Arruda, Carolina Joana da Silva, Nilo Leal Sander, Flávio Bezerra Barros   +3 more
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Field performance of MON 94637 and laboratory evidence supporting a Bt pyramiding strategy against key lepidopteran pests in Brazil

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
A genetically modified soybean expressing multiple Cry proteins protects against key lepidopteran pests, consistently reducing larval damage and offering an effective resistance management option for soybean production in Brazil. Abstract BACKGROUND Pyramided Bt genes in crops have been widely adopted to delay insect resistance evolution worldwide. The
Leonardo L Miraldo, Joacir do Nascimento, Thais LB dos Santos, Hallison V Vertuan, Luciana V Machado, Augusto C Crivellari, Márcia OMA José, Jessica Fernandez, Erick MG Cordeiro, Paula M Antunes, Samuel Martinelli, Graham P Head, Katherine Caldwell, Uma Kesanapalli, Ester Buiate, Patrick M Dourado, Ramiro FL Ovejero, Geraldo U Berger, Renato J Horikoshi   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Similaridade genética entre indivíduos de palmeira-ráfia (Rhapis excelsa (Thumberg) Henry ex. Rehder) avaliado por marcadores RAPD

Ornamental Horticulture, 2007
Sabendo-se da alta eficácia dos marcadores moleculares tipo RAPD para distinguir geneticamente palmeiras, o intuito deste trabalho foi avaliar a similaridade genética em 10 plantas de palmeiras-ráfia provindas de um mesmo local.
M. B. M. Pereira, G. F Nogueira, G. A. Lacerda, E. G. Mendonça, P. D. O. Paiva, R. Paiva, L. V. Paiva   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST) and New Agrarian Questions in Brazil

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Landless Rural Workers Movement of Brazil (MST) primarily organized occupations of large‐scale farms, forcing the redistribution of land for creation of agrarian reform settlements. In the past 20 years, however, land occupations and the establishment of new agrarian reform settlements have consistently declined, while the MST shifted ...
Estevan Coca, Gustavo de L. T. Oliveira
wiley   +1 more source

Invasive pine control promotes native plant regeneration, but with limited effect in the Cerrado, Brazil

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Invasions by Pinus represent major challenges for conservation and ecological restoration, especially in open ecosystems of tropical South America, such as the Brazilian neotropical savanna (Cerrado). Objective We evaluated whether the clear‐cutting and manual removal of Pinus caribaea reduce the impacts of invasion on woody plant
Graziela de Araújo Lima, Pedro Manuel Villa, Rafael Dudeque Zenni, Rodolfo Cesar Real de Abreu, Abel Augusto Conceição   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source