Adopting resilient practices is crucial to balancing food production and crop sustainability in semiarid regions. Therefore, adopting systems that provide greater stocks of water, carbon, and nutrients at the soil-plant interface is crucial. The objective of this study was to assess water, carbon, and nutrient stocks in the soil-plant systems of irrigated forage crops in the semiarid region of Brazil. The study was conducted i...

Euterpe edulis Martius (juçara palm) is an endangered species of high ecological and economic importance. Its propagation via reproduction is limited by the recalcitrance of its seeds, which hinders conservation and genetic improvement. Somatic embryogenesis represents an efficient alternative for large-scale clonal propagation and conservation. The present study evaluated the effect of abscisic acid (ABA) on histodifferentiat...

The Edessinae is a Neotropical subfamily of Pentatomidae comprising hundreds of species in 20 genera. The nominal genus Edessa Fabricius, 1803 includes most of this diversity with approximately 350 nominal species, and can be considered a “depot taxon.” Studying small groups of morphologically similar species is an efficient approach to deal with the taxonomic diversity in Edessa and has led to the description of several new g...

Plant tissue culture offers a controlled platform for biodiversity conservation, clonal propagation, and the production of bioactive compounds; however, the exclusion of natural microbial partners limits morphogenesis, aerial and root system development, and acclimatization success. Biotization with Plant Growth-Promoting Microorganisms (PGPMs) has emerged as a strategy to re-establish functional plant-microbe interactions dis...

In the face of climate change, agricultural modelling combined with experimental research is essential for predicting yields in diverse climatic scenarios. This study calibrated, validated and applied the AquaCrop model for forage sorghum under future climate scenarios in a semi‐arid region between 2020 and 2022. Meteorological data, soil moisture, canopy cover and crop productivity were collected. Model performance was evalua...

Euterpe edulis Martius (Arecaceae) is a native species of the Atlantic Forest hotspot with ecological and economic relevance. Its fruits contribute to biodiversity maintenance by feeding birds and mammals and are valued for their antioxidant properties and applications in the food and cosmetic industries. However, habitat loss and propagation constraints have contributed to the threatened status of this species, reinforcing th...

Drought is a major constraint to plant growth and productivity, and rising atmospheric CO₂ concentrations are expected to modify plant responses to water limitation. However, how CO₂ enrichment reshapes the physiological, metabolic, and molecular regulation of specialized metabolite production under drought remains poorly understood. Here, we investigated the combined effects of elevated CO₂ (e[CO₂]) and drought on plant morph...

The predatory exploitation of the juçara palm ( Euterpe edulis Martius) for the extraction of hearts of palm has caused its inclusion on the list of endangered species, which reduces the seed bank with incalculable ecological losses. This study aimed to analyze genotypes of E. edulis from the Brazilian states of Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais grown at different altitudes and select the best individuals regarding the physical...

The Tocantins–Araguaia Basin, one of the largest and most ecologically significant watersheds in South America, harbors high biodiversity and provides essential ecosystem services. This study offers a comprehensive assessment of the scientific literature on the Tocantins–Araguaia River Basin using automated content analysis. We compared publication trends and research topics across major Brazilian river basins and applied Stru...

The use of herbicides in modern agriculture has been the subject of ongoing debate due to their negative impacts on the environment and human health. The aim of this study was to assess the bacterial, physicochemical and genotoxicity parameters of three soil samples of public farming settlements in Petrolândia, Brazil. The bacterial resistance patterns were examined after soil exposures to a known concentration of glyphosate (...

Forage production in semi‐arid regions of Brazil is limited by water deficit. This study aimed to identify the most adapted and efficient production systems and define their agricultural calendars for the semi‐arid region of Brazil. Twenty‐nine production arrangements that included different cropping conditions, plant density, plant cycles, water replenishment, use of soil cover and production arrangements based on the main cr...