Abstract Banana production generates significant amounts of agricultural wastes, being fiber extraction one the most relevant alternatives for their valorization. This process produces banana’s pseudostem pulp (BPP) as a byproduct, which shows an interesting composition biorefinery’s biochemical platform, with high polysaccharides (68%) and low lignin contents. work deals enzymatic hydrolysis (...

Ayurveda recommends many simple herbs in the treatment of urological afflictions like urolithiasis. Seventyone patients diagnosed to be suffering from urolithiasis were treated with juice of the core of the pseudostem of Musa Paradisiaca and Musa sapientum. A significant segment of them passed out calculi of varying size after consuming the drug for two weeks. Recurrence of stone formation was ...

Pseudostem weevil (Odoiporus longicollis) attacks banana crop from 5th month of planting by adult female inserting eggs into pseudostem cavities and emerging out grubs feed on the internal tissues. This weakens pseudo stem leading to collapse plant. The yield loss due this pest is estimated as 10-30 per cent in some cases, it may be up 90 percent. Indiscriminate usage chemical pesticides causes...

The use of genotypes more adapted to climatic conditions can contribute increase the yield onion producers. goal this study was evaluate agronomic performance 15 in soil and Guarapuava, state Paraná. conducted experimental area Horticulture, Cedeteg campus, Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste (UNICENTRO), Paraná, Brazil, from July November 2018. design used randomized blocks, with four replic...