One of the segments that have presented an important growth in recent years is of feed manufacture for animals, that comes stimulating the entrance of new companies in the sector and the use of systems of quality management. ...

It was objectified with this work to determine experimentally the sorption isotherms for the banana and for the peel of the mature banana in function of controlled conditions of temperature and relative humidity of the ...

Maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais Mots. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is considered one of the most important pests occurring in stored grains. It attacks intact grains reducing grain quality, and consequently, the ...

The South region, more exactly Canguçu and Pelotas cities in Rio Grande do Sul, has a great potential in producing small fruits as mulberry, strawberry and blueberry. In the presence of significant potencial in increasing ...

Due to the difficulty of obtaining seeds of robust coffee with good appearance, by the natural fermentation, the aim of this work was to evaluate four different kinds of degumming for Coffea canephora seeds extraction ...

The quality of coriander leaves (Coriandrum sativum L. var. “Verdão”) dehydrated at temperatures of 50, 60, 70 and 80 °C, under forced convection, it was studied, in an attempt to attain a dehydrated product from this ...

The drying data of the samples of salted pieces of shark muscle (Carcharhinus limbatus), for three different air conditions and two different air velocities were treated using the bidimensional explicit finite difference ...

: The oil density of the two castor oil varieties (Brs-149 Nordestina and Brs-188 Paraguaçu), in the temperatures -15ºC, -10ºC, -5ºC, 0ºC, 20ºC, 40ºc, 60ºc and 80ºC, have been evaluated. The oil densities have been ...

During transportation pot lilies are subjected to mechanical stresses such as vibrations, that cause damages to the plant tissues increasing physiological activity and, consequently reducing shelf life. The objectives of ...

The objective of this research was to determine the terminal speed of maize grain with 11.58% of moisture. This parameter was determined with an equipment of circular and square section of fall column of 60, 50, 40, 30 ...