Description of the Oocysts of Three New Species of Eimeria (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from Iguanid Lizards (Sauria: Iguanidae) of Central and South America

Three new species of Eimeria are described from iguanid lizards of Central and South America. The oocysts of each species have no micropyles or residua and the sporocysts lack Stieda bodies, but all have a sporocyst residuum. Eimeria sanctaluciae n.sp. was found in the St. Lucia tree lizard, Anolis luciae, collected from the Maria Islands, Lesser Antilles. The oocysts are spherical to subspherical, averaging 17.3 x 16.5 µm, with a single layered colourless wall; about 60% contain polar granules. The sporocysts are ellipsoidal and average 7.7 x 5.5 µm. Eimeria liolaemi n.sp. was recovered from the blue-gold swift, Liolaemus taenius, from Chile. The oocysts are spherical to subspherical, measuring 21 x 20.1 µm with a single-layered colourless wall. The sporocysts are subspherical and average 7.4 x 6.8 µm. Eimeria caesicia n.sp. is described from the Brazilian collared iguanid, Tropidurus torquatus. The oocysts measure 27.4 x 23.7 µm, are spherical to subspherical, with a bilayered wall, the outer surface of which appears pale blue in colour, the thin, inner wall appearing brown, when viewed by direct light under the optical microscope. The sporocysts are subspherical and average 9.4 x 7.2 µm. Unnamed polysporocystid oocysts with dizoic sporocysts are reported from the faeces of the lesser St. Vincent tree lizard, Anolis trinitatis and the possibility of spurious parasitism briefly discussed. In addition, oocysts of an unnamed Isospora sp. with a smooth oocyst wall which closely resembles I. reui were recovered from A. trinitatis.

Eimeria pavoaegyptica sp. nov. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) in faeces of Indian peacocks, Pavo cristatus Linnaeus, 1758 (Galliformes: Phasianidae) from Egypt

Coprological examination of 15 Indian peacocks, Pavo cristatus, revealed the presence of a coccidium species of the genus Eimeria, which apparently represents a previously undescribed species. Sporulation is exogenous and fully developed oocysts of Eimeria pavoaegyptica sp. nov. are ellipsoidal, with a dimension of 15 (13-16) × 12 (10-12.9) μm and with a shape index of 1.25 (1-1.3). The sporulated oocysts have no micropyle but enclose one large rectangular-shaped polar granule and an oocyst residuum. The oocysts have a distinct two-layered wall, which is ~1.7 μm thick. The outer layer has a smooth texture; it fills ~¾ of the total thickness and appears bicolored. The sporocysts are boat-shaped, of about 10 (9-11) × 4 (4-4.7) μm; their average shape-index is 2.5 μm with a small pointed Stieda body and a smooth, thin single-layered wall. No substieda body is detected. The sporocysts contain numerous, nearly uniform granular residua. The sporozoites are banana-shaped, 6 × 3 μm and each has two different-sized refractile bodies.

Efeito residual no solo dos herbicidas imazamox e imazethapyr para as culturas de milho e sorgo

Durante o ano agrícola 1994/95, foi conduzido ensaio de campo, em Capinópolis, MG, visando avaliar o efeito residua l no solo dos herbicidas imazamox (50 e 100 g/ha) e imazethapyr (100 e 200 g/ha), aplicados à cultura da soja, sobre as culturas de milho e sorgo, cultiva das em sistema de sucessão à soja. Foram realizados, em casa de vegetação, bioensaios utilizando o sorgo como planta - teste, em amostras de solo coletadas nas parcelas onde foram aplicados os herbicidas no campo. As amostras de solo foram coletadas aos 30, 60, 90 e 120 dias após a aplicação (DAA) dos herbicidas. Um dia após a colheita da soja, fez-se também a semeadura, no campo, do milho e do sorgo nas parcelas anteriormente ocupadas com a soja, onde haviam sido feitas as aplicações dos herbicidas. Os resultados obtidos indicam que o imazamox apresentou menor efeito residual, não influenciando no desenvolvimento da planta-teste quando esta foi semeada aos 120 DAA, até mesmo no dobro da dose recomendada. Todavia, o imazethapyr a 200 g/ha (dobro da dose recomendada) apresentou inibição no desenvolvimento das plantas de sorgo quando estas foram semeadas 120 DAA. Em condições de campo, plantas de sorgo semeadas após a colheita da soja em áreas que receberam o dobro da dose recomendada de imazethapyr evidenciaram menor altura de plantas e menor comprimento de panícula do sorgo, não influenciando, entretanto, a produtividade de grãos.