Integridade dos dados meteorológicos obtidos por duas estações meteorológicas automatizadas

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Ciência do Solo) - FCAV

Comparação de métodos de estimativa da evapotranspiração de referência para região de Jaboticabal-SP

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Ciência do Solo) - FCAV

Modelagem da irradiação direta na incidência normal em Botucatu: aprendizado de máquina, estatístico e linke

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Seasonality of viral respiratory infections in Southeast of Brazil: the influence of temperature and air humidity

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Genetic group x ambient temperature interaction effects on physiological responses and growth performance of rabbits

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Estimating the impact of environmental conditions on hatching results using multivariable analysis

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Influência de películas de fécula de mandioca na qualidade pós-colheita de frutos de pimentão (Capsicum annuum L.)

A proposta em estudo é o uso de películas comestíveis, derivadas de fécula de mandioca na manutenção da qualidade de frutos de pimentão após a sua colheita. Frutos de pimentão (Capsicum annuum L.) receberam tratamento com películas de amido, com a finalidade de avaliar a sua eficiência como barreira à perda de água, bem como sua influência nas propriedades físicas e químicas dos mesmos. Os frutos foram mergulhados por um minuto em suspensões a 1, 3 e 5% de fécula, secos naturalmente ao ar e armazenados em condições ambientais, onde a temperatura e umidade relativa médias do período variaram de 26,0-29,0° C e 59,5-71,5%, respectivamente. O delineamento experimental foi inteiramente casualizado em esquema fatorial com 16 tratamentos, 3 repetições e 2 frutos por parcela. As análises de controle (porcentagem de perda de peso, textura, pH e teor de sólidos solúveis), foram feitas a cada três dias por um período de 12 dias. As películas a 3 e 5% mantiveram os frutos firmes. Os tratamentos não influenciaram significativamente na perda de peso, pH e no teor de sólidos solúveis.

Viscoelastic behavior of persimmons dried at constant air temperature

The viscoelastic behavior of dried persimmons at different air-drying temperatures and velocities was evaluated. Air temperatures and velocities were varied according to a second-order central composite design, with temperature ranging from 40degreesC to 70degreesC and air velocity from 0.8 to 2.0 m/s. After drying, persimmons were equilibrated at four different water activities: 0.432, 0.576, 0.625 and 0.751. The rheological behavior of dried and conditioned persimmons was studied under uniaxial compression-relaxation tests. Three different rheological models were fitted to the experimental relaxation curves: Maxwell, Generalized Maxwell and Peleg and Normand. Based on the root mean square of residuals, the Generalized Maxwell model showed the best fit and a regression analysis was applied to obtain response surfaces for the model parameters. The dependence of the rheological properties on water activity was also analysed. Results showed that only the linear effect of air temperature was significant at a 5% level on the equilibrium stress and relaxation times. In a general way, these parameters increased with increasing air temperature and decreasing water activity. (C) 2004 Swiss Society of Food Science and Technology. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Carcass and meat quality traits of rabbits under heat stress

Rabbits are very sensitive to heat stress because they have difficulty eliminating excess body heat. The objective of the current study was to evaluate the effects of heat stress on slaughter weight, dressing percentage and carcass and meat quality traits of rabbits from two genetic groups. Ninety-six weaned rabbits were used: half were from the Botucatu genetic group and half were crossbreds between New Zealand White sires and Botucatu does. They were assigned to a completely randomized design in a 2 × 3 factorial arrangement (two genetic groups and three ambient temperatures: 18°C, 25°C and 30°C) and kept under controlled conditions in three environmental chambers from 5 to 10 weeks of age. Slaughter took place at 10 weeks, on 2 consecutive days. Meat quality measurements were made in the longissimus muscle. Actual average ambient temperature and relative humidity in the three chambers were 18.4°C and 63.9%, 24.4°C and 80.2% and 29.6°C and 75.9%, respectively. Purebred rabbits were heavier at slaughter and had heavier commercial and reference carcasses than crossbreds at 30°C; however, no differences between genetic groups for these traits were found at lower temperatures. No genetic group × ambient temperature interaction was detected for any other carcass or meat quality traits. The percentages of distal parts of legs, skin and carcass forepart were higher in crossbred rabbits, indicating a lower degree of maturity at slaughter in this group. The percentage of thoracic viscera was higher in the purebreds. Lightness of the longissimus muscle was higher in the purebreds, whereas redness was higher in the crossbreds. Slaughter, commercial and reference carcass weights and the percentages of thoracic viscera, liver and kidneys were negatively related with ambient temperature. Commercial and reference carcass yields, and the percentage of distal parts of legs, on the other hand, had a positive linear relationship with ambient temperature. Meat redness and yellowness diminished as ambient temperature increased, whereas cooking loss was linearly elevated with ambient temperature. Meat color traits revealed paler meat in the purebreds, but no differences in instrumental texture properties and water-holding capacity between genetic groups. Purebred rabbits were less susceptible to heat stress than the crossbreds. Heat stress resulted in lower slaughter and carcass weights and proportional reductions of organ weights, which contributed to a higher carcass yield. Moreover, it exerted a small, but negative, effect on meat quality traits. © 2012 The Animal Consortium.

Seasonal effects on semen and testosterone in zebu and taurine bulls

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Proporção tecidual, características físicas, químicas e sensoriais da carne de caprinos de diferentes grupos raciais e aspectos comportamentais

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Evaporação de gotas de caldas contendo fungicidas e adjuvantes depositadas em superfície

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Otimização da tecnologia de assistência de ar em pulverizador de barras através da umidificação do fluxo de ar

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Energia na Agricultura) - FCA

Saldo de radiação obtido através de medida e estimativa por três modelos e a sua relação com o desenvolvimento da cultura de cravo-de-defunto (Tagetes sp.)

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

O clima urbano de Cândido Mota: análise do perfil térmico e higrométrico em episódios de verão

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)