The renewed interest in energy for biomass is supported by the need for different energy sources and the need to protect the environment. Recently, because of increases in crude oil prices, limited resources of fossil oil ...

The study was developed in the farm Anna, located in the municipal district of Não-me-Toque RS, in the period included among the crops of 2002/03 and 2005/06. In the precision farming worked areas were generated yield ...

Wheat is the main winter crop in Rio Grande do Sul State. Temperature and photoperiod are the major environmental factors that control development in wheat. Wheat plants exposed to cold, non freezing temperatures induce ...

Common bean is produced in the entire territory of Brazil and it is the staple food of many Brazilians. In spite of being cultivated in a variety of meteorological conditions, common bean is a plant sensitive to environmental ...

The water is the most important factor and, at the same time, the more limitant than the plant needs for its development. Short periods of hidric stress can reduce crop productivity. In this way, the importance of knowing ...

The objective of this work was to modeling runoff in soils with different physical characteristics, with three simulated rainfall intensities (30, 60 and 120 mm h-1) in Rio Grande do Sul and Uruguay. For simulated rainfall ...

Though heavily criticized, the Kyoto Protocol has stood out as the key political tool in addressing climate change. However the only of its instruments (IET, JI, CDM) that allows industrialized and developing countries to ...

The importance of Brazilian landscapes and the destruction problem are already known. Despite, the worry expressed by the population with the landscapes destination is normally emotional and subjective. The manifestations ...

This research work was accomplished at a Forest Mixed Ombrófila in advanced stage of natural regeneration and that had as objectives: to model mathematical equations to estimate the commercial volume and the shape factor ...

A study was carried out in Canela, RS, including the application of instruments which evaluated the characteristics of the receiving region, the tourist profile, Canela s National Forest evaluation by the tourists the ...