Fruit number, size, and allometric relationships were evaluated in the Peruvian Amazon for Mauritia flexuosa, a socioeconomically important palm with conservation concerns due to destructive harvest. Significant found between total fruit number both height volume. Taller palms experience more crown illumination bear larger fruit, which potentially suggests that greater time investment produces ...

Aedes aegypti L. is the mosquito vector of yellow fever, dengue, zika, and chikungunya viruses. The prevention control such diseases usually rely on use chemicals, that can cause harm to human health environment. Vegetable oils with larvicidal activity are used as an alternative tool this insect. This study aimed evaluate vegetable from Caryocar coriaceum, Mauritia fIexuosa, Carapa guianensis, ...