Scientific network intends to establish hop crops in Brazil

Studies carried out by Embrapa in the Serrana Fluminense Region indicate that hops can benefit from the action of bacteria and fungi found in nature. As with other crops in which producers already use bioinputs to boost productivity, experiments with seedlings inoculated with the Azospirillum bacteria allowed for a 52% increase in biomass in the aerial part of the plant. “Our perspective is to obtain a bioinput that stimulates the production of more vigorous seedlings, with less time spent in the nursery and that reflect in benefits in terms of productivity and, who knows, even in the sensory quality of the hops”, explains researcher Gustavo Xavier, from Embrapa Agrobiology (RJ). The work is one of the fronts of Rede Lúpulo, a multi-institutional and multidisciplinary effort aimed at creating conditions for the establishment of culture in the country, starting with Rio de Janeiro. The experiment was carried out at the Ninkasi Nursery, located in Teresópolis (RJ), the first one ...