The search for sustainable agriculture has increased interest in using endophytic bacteria to reduce fertilizer use and increase stress resilience. Stress-adapted plants are a potential source of these bacteria. Some species have not yet been evaluated this, such as pangolão grass, from which we considered plant growth promoters. Bacteria the root, colm, leaves, rhizospheric soil were isolated,...

The use of wooden crates for composting a mixture of 70% grass, (Digitaria decumbens), and 30% coffee pulp, combined with 2% Ca(OH)(2), was studied as a method for preparing substrate for the cultivation of Pleurotus ostreatus. Crate composting considerably modified the temperature pattern of the substrate in process, as compared to pile composting, where lower temperatures and less homogeneous...

Thirty-seven warm-season bermudagrass (Cynodon spp.) accessions, two cool-season grasses (Lolium perenne and Festuca arundinacea), 'Transvala' digitgrass (Digitaria decumbens), and Sorghum bicolor were evaluated to determine host suitability and susceptibility to the sting nematode, B. longicaudatus, in a 140-day microcell bioassay. All seven of the evaluated commercial cultivars of Cynodon wer...

I read with interest the recently published review article titled " The gluten-free diet: testing alternative cereals tolerated by celiac patients " by Comino et al. [1] in Nutrients. However, there is very sparse data on so-called minor cereals and no data on candidate wild graminoids, which have been gathered in the past. Availability of palatable gluten-free grain foods is expected to grow i...