Low-carbon agriculture, a program introduced by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply in mid-2010, aims to combine the sustainable production of food, fibers and energy with the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the conservation of natural resources. To this end, the Brazilian government encourages the use of the following techniques: no-till farming, biological nitrogen fixation, integrated crop-livestock-forest systems, planting of commercial forests, recovery of de

Status: Completed     Start date: Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2012

This project proposed analytical methods to use biophotonics applied to early diagnosis of Greening (HLB) - currently the worst citrus disease - with potential for large-scale application, when used in conjunction with precision agriculture techniques, to generate infestation maps for plant disease control. The percentage of error for each technique was evaluated through advanced statistical methods. The combination of techniques to increase the percentage of correct diagnoses was also evaluated

Status: Completed     Start date: Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2010