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| Almeida,Alex-Alan F. de; Valle,Raúl R.. |
| Cacao, one of the world's most important perennial crops, is almost exclusively explored for chocolate manufacturing. Most cacao varieties belong to three groups: Criollo, Forastero and Trinitario that vary according to morphology, genetic and geographical origins. It is cropped under the shade of forest trees or as a monocrop without shade. Seedlings initially show an orthotropic growth with leaf emission relatively independent of climate. The maturity phase begins with the emission of plagiotropic branches that form the tree crown. At this stage environmental factors exert a large influence on plant development. Growth and development of cacao are highly dependent on temperature, which mainly affects vegetative growth, flowering and fruit development.... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Root growth; Flowering; Pod set; Flushing; Mineral nutrition. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-04202007000400011 |
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| Almeida,Alex-Alan F. de; Valle,Raúl R.; Mielke,Marcelo S.; Gomes,Fábio P.. |
| High concentrations of Cd, Pb, Cu and Cr can cause harmful effects to the environment. These highly toxic pollutants constitute a risk for aquatic and terrestrial life. They are associated with diverse bioavailable geochemical fractions, like the water-soluble fraction and the exchangeable fraction, and non-available fractions like those associated with the crystalline net of clays and silica minerals. Depending upon their chemical and physical properties we can distinguish different mechanisms of metal toxicity in plants, such as production of reactive oxygen species from auto-oxidation, blocking and/or displacement of essential functional groups or metallic ions of biomolecules, changes in the permeability of cellular membranes, reactions of sulphydryl... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Decontamination; Heavy metals; Hyperaccumulation; Phytodegradation; Phytostabilization; Phytotoxicity. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-04202007000200001 |
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