Inspectors from Brazil’s Labor Ministry found them on plantations in São Paulo state. The properties supply a portion of of the local demand of sugar and ethanol plants.
A Conab’s survey says Brazil should produce 36.4 million tons of sugar, an increase of 4.1% over the 2021/22 harvest. As for ethanol, an expansion of 4.2% is expected.
The bioactive compounds capable of inhibiting or killing the fungus were found in three types of bacteria found in the collection of seven thousand microorganisms from Brazil'sNational Laboratory of Bio-renewables.
Brazil’s agriculture last year reached new records for a number of key crops, which led production to reach an unprecedented $83.2 billion, up 8.3 percent on the previous year. The information was reported today (Sep 5) by the Brazilian government’s statistics agency IBGE.
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