Quantitative genetic study of age at subsequent rebreeding in Nellore cattle by using survival analysis

The continuous trait age at subsequent rebreeding (ASR) was evaluated using survival analysis in Nellore breed cows that conceived for the first time at approximately 14 months of age. This methodology was chosen because the restricted breeding season produces censored data. The dataset contained 2885 records of ASR (in days). Records of females that did not produce calves in the following year after being exposed to a sire were considered censored (48.3% of the total). The statistical model used was a Weibull mixed survival model, which included fixed effects of contemporary groups (CG) and period and a random effect of individual animal. The effect of contemporary groups on ASR was significant (P < 0.01). Heritabilities obtained for ASR were 0.03 and 0.04 in logarithmic and original scales, respectively. These results indicate that the genetic selection response for subsequent reproduction of 2-year-old Nellore breed females is not expected to be effective based on survival analysis. Furthermore, these results suggest that environmental improvement is fundamental to this important trait. It should be highlighted that an increase in the average date of birth can produce an adverse effect in the future, since this cannot be compensated by genetic improvement.

Procedures to Evaluate the Efficiency of Protective Clothing Worn by Operators Applying Pesticide

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Cobertura e depósito de calda fitossanitária em plantas de café pulverizadas com equipamento original e adaptado para plantas altas

The objective of this study was to evaluate the coverage of spray droplets on coffee plants as well as their deposition using a sprayer with and without adaptation of an auxiliary branch for tall plants. The experiment was conducted following a randomized block design with six treatments and four replications to evaluate the percentage of coverage for the spraying liquids in water sensitive paper fixed at four quadrants and two heights (lower and upper) of the plants, and the spray deposit with metallic marker (MnSO4) on sheets in the same positions of the water sensitive paper in two spray volumes (450 and 750 L h(-1)). The experiment was conducted in October 2011 in the town of Patroc nio-MG, and the experimental plots consisted of 30 plants of Catua IAC-99, with approximately 12 years of age and average height of 3.50 meters. The experiments were conducted following a randomized block design with six treatments and four replications to evaluate the coverage and deposition, in two spray volumes (450 and 750 L ha(-1)). Leaves were collected in four positions and also at the top four in the lower canopy. The results of the evaluations were analysed statistically by F test and for comparison of means by Tukey test at 5% probability. The auxiliary branch installed at the rear of the equipment is the most suitable when compared to use of equipment without this feature or installed in the front of the equipment. Furthermore, the application volume of 450 L ha(-1) results in coverages and deposits of spraying liquids equivalents to volume of 750 L ha(-1), considered sufficient according to the parameters evaluated.

Monotonicity, interlacing and electrostatic interpretation of zeros of exceptional Jacobi polynomials

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Tailoring Thermal Transport Property of Graphene through Oxygen Functionalization

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Qualidade da pulverização em volume reduzido para o controle do bicho-mineiro Leucoptera coffeella (Guérin-Mèneville & Perrottet, 1842) (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae)

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Entomologia Agrícola) - FCAV

Physical, Thermal and Water-Sorption Properties of Passion Fruit Seeds

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Número mínimo de aplicações de fungicidas no controle das cercosporioses da cultura do amendoim

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Produção Vegetal) - FCAV

Aplicação de produtos fitossanitários na cultura dos citros utilizando pulverizador envolvente

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Produção Vegetal) - FCAV

Distribuição espacial e temporal de Brevipalpus phoenicis (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) virulíferos e da leprose-dos-citros em pomares em controle químico

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Entomologia Agrícola) - FCAV

Método primal-dual previsor-corretor de pontos interiores e exteriores com estratégias de correção de inércia e suavização hiperbólica aplicado ao problema de despacho econômico com ponto de carregamento de válvula e representação da transmissão

Pós-graduação em Engenharia Elétrica - FEB

Influência do volume reduzido e do estádio fenológico da planta de soja no controle da Anticarsia gemmatalis (Hübner, 1818)

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Entomologia Agrícola) - FCAV

Métodos numéricos para encontrar zeros de funções: aplicações para o Ensino Médio

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Eficácia de óleos minerais aplicados como adjuvantes auxiliando na selitividade de herbicidas na cultura de cana-de-açúcar

Pós-graduação em Agronomia - FEIS

Chlorophyll fluorescence in guanandi tree (calophyllum brasiliense) after herbicide application

Chlorophyll fluorescence is currently used as a rapid diagnostic and nondestructive method to detect and quantify damage on the photosynthetic apparatus of leaves on weeds, crops and ornamental/coniferous trees in response to both environmental stress and herbicides. This study aimed to evaluate chlorophyll fluorescence in guanandi plants (Calophyllum brasiliense) after application of different postemergence herbicides. The experiment was performed in a completely randomized design, with six treatments (control, bentazon, sulfentrazone, isoxaflutole, atrazine and glyphosate) and five replications. The herbicide treatments were applied with a stationary sprayer, and electron transport rate (ETR) was subsequently analyzed with OS5p Multi-Mode Chlorophyll Fluorometer. In the monitored period, guanandi plants subjected to atrazine showed higher sensitivity to chlorophyll fluorescence than the other treatments. Although bentazon is a photosystem II inhibitor, it showed no major changes in electron transport for the studied species and in the monitored period. In summary, ETR is a good parameter to evaluate the effect of some herbicides on Calophyllum brasiliense plants.