Sugarcane sector has a strong impact as a wealth generator for Brazil. Several authors discuss the importance of quantifying an agro-industrial system. This article aims to analyze the development of the Brazilian sugarcane sector over the past five years and to assess whether the method of mapping and quantification of agribusiness systems (GESis) is a useful tool for analyzing the economic de...

The objective of this study was to investigate the spatial distribution of reported hantavirus cases in São Paulo State, Brazil (n = 80), from 1993 to 2005 and identify local climatic patterns during this period. Kernel point estimation of density was used to show the highest concentrations in Ribeirão Preto, São Carlos, Franca, Tupi Paulista, and Greater São Paulo. Increase in the number of ca...

OBJECTIVE To assess health-related quality of life in sugarcane cutters. METHODS Longitudinal study conducted in a sugar and ethanol plant located in the western region of the State of São Paulo (Southeastern Brazil) from April (pre-harvest) to October (harvest) 2010. A total of 44 sugarcane cutters, smokers and non-smokers, was evaluated in three periods: pre-harvest, at the end of the third...

Genetic diversity of 20 sugarcane accessions in Pakistan was studied using 21 random amplified polymorphic DNA markers. The mean genetic distance between the cultivars was 39.03%, demonstrating that a large part of the genome is similar among the accessions. This probably arises from a lack of parental diversity, with few clones, which are themselves related, contributing to the parentage of th...

<em><span>Saccharum edule Hassk (Terubuk)</span></em><span> is a plant of the Poaceae family that after consuming its flowers as vegetables, <em>Saccharum </em>waste in form leaves and stems can be used alternative animal feed. Improving nutrition crushed waste an feed done through ensilage using several mixed ingredients maximize fermentation process. ...

Velvet longhorned beetle Trichoferus campestris (Faldermann) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) is native to Asia. It reported be polyphagous in its range, but hosts have not been screened introduced range the United States. We conducted choice and no-choice host experiments. For assays, gravid T. oviposited freely on cut branches of four tree species: Juglans nigra, Malus domestica, Acer saccharum, Pi...