Annual Report of the Game and Fisheries Department for the period Ist July, 1957 to 30th June, 1958

This report follows the now established practice of covering the financial year although, as before, for the sake of continuity and accuracy many of the statistics refer to the calendar year. This year has again been an outstanding one in the field of research on wildlife conservation problems, and culminated in one of the largest short-term biological projects yet carried out in the Protectorate. The latter involved the removal by shooting of nearly 500 hippo from badly over-grazed areas in the Queen Elizabeth National Park, but every carcass was examined by a team of scientists, a variety of scientific data collected, and the meat disposed of for local consumption. Not one animal was wasted.

East African Fisheries Research Organization Annual Report 1958

A brief review of work carried out since the laboratory was established ten years ago will put present studies into perspective and show to what extent the aims of this organisation are being fulfilled. These aims can be simply defined under two heads: the maintenance of a watch on the commercial fisheries and original research designed to provide the necessary if these fisheries are to be exploited rationally and managed efficiently. While reference to past results, which cover a wide range of subjects, can best be made in the appropriate sections of this report, a short general statement on the Lake Victoria Fisheries may be useful. From the earliest records contained in Michael Graham's Report it was clear that even before 1929 considerable inroads had been made the stocks of fish in Lake Victoria. Some control measures were subsequently introduced which must have had a moderating effect, but so the Game Department reports continued to express concern regarding the state of the fisheries. During the last war some reduction in fishing effort occurred due to ,a shortage of nets, this afforded some respite to the fisheries, but after this period the fishing effort again increased steadily. At the present time the fishing effort is higher than it has ever been.

Annual Report of the East African Agricultural and Fisheries Research Council 1958

The annual report present activities carried out by the different organizations that make up the East African Agricultural & Fisheries Research Council which covers reports from the following Organisations: I. Report of the East African Agriculture and Forestry Research Organization 2. Report of the East African Fishery Research Organization 3. Report of the East African Marine Fisheries Research Organization 4. Report of the East African Trypanosomiasis Research Organization 5. Report of the East African Veterinary Research Organization The activities reported are for the period 1958

Redescription of Myxobolus pyramidis chen, 1958 (Myxosporea : Bivalvulida)

Redescription of Myxobolus pyramidis Chen, 1958, from gill lamellae of allogynogenetic gibel carp, Carassius auratus gibelio (Bloch), is presented in this paper to complete Chen's description. The diagnostic characters of the myxosporidia are: ovoid round, greyish-white polysporous plasmodia, averaging (159 +/- 21)x(72 +/- 6.5) mu m in size; spore pyriform in front view with smooth surface and symmetrical valves, convex-shaped in sutural view with straight and thick sutural line, averaging (10.5 +/- 1.1)x(10.3 +/- 0.9)x(6.1 +/- 0.2) mu m in size; two equal pyriform polar capsules averaging (5.5 +/- 0.7)x(3.5 +/- 0.2) mu m in size with distinct intercapsular process and polar filament wounded in five to six coils. The histological effects of the pathogen were observed by light microscopy, and the parasite-host relationship was discussed.

Trichodinid ectoparasites (Ciliophora, Peritrichia) from the tiger puffer Takifugu rubripes in the Yellow Sea, with revision of Trichodina jadranica Raabe,1958

Two ectoparasitic ciliates, Trichodina fugu Imai et al., 1997 and T. jadranica Raabe, 1958, found on the gills and skin of the maricultured tiger puffer Takifugu rubripes on the China coast of the Yellow Sea, were studied using the dry silver nitrate method. Trichodina fugu is distinguished by its almost rod-shaped denticle blades. Trichodina jadranica is usually described as a small trichodinid with a clear central circle in the adhesive disc and with a low number of denticles. However, the data available suggest that the species is highly variable in morphometry and the Chinese population represents the largest in body size and denticle dimensions found to date. Based on the revision of T. jadranica, two major morphotypes, each represented by several populations are classified, differing in the shape of the blades, viz., distinctly curved and sickle-shaped with pointed distal ends (as in the classical T. jadranica) vs. less curved and more or less rectangle-like with rounded distal ends (as in T. domerguei gobii). Trichodina domerguei gobii Raabe,.1959, which was synonymised with T. jadranica, is thus elevated to species rank. Furthermore, Trichodina jadranica noblei Lom, 1970 has straight and stout blades with broadly rounded distal ends and is raised to species rank: T noblei Lom, 1970. Trichodina jadranica sensu Xu et al., 1995 shows high similarities in denticle shape and dimensions as well as the central granule pattern with T chlamydis Xu et al., 1999. Thus, it is synonymised with the latter species.

Identificadores eletrônicos em bovinos: uma nova ferramenta para o gerenciamento de rebanhos de corte.

Visando ao desenvolvimento sustentável da cadeia produtiva da carne brasileira, sistemas de identificação, gerenciamento e rastreamento dos rebanhos vêm sendo desenvolvidos pela Embrapa Gado de Corte com a finalidade de oferecer aos produtores e mercado consumidor ferramentas que garantam a certificação do produto final.

Potencial agrícola da Agrovila Nova Ukrânia - Apucarana, PR.

Esta publicação apresenta o diagnóstico, a caracterização, a análise e as sugestões para o planejamento racional das propriedades, indispensável para o sucesso da integração do homem à terra e para a participação deste no processo de desenvolvimento agroecológico. Aplicou-se a Agrovila Nova Ukrânia, em Apucarana-PR

Nova praga exótica no ecossistema florestal.

O país está convivendo desde de junho de 2003 com mais uma séria praga de florestas de eucalipto, o psilídeode- concha, Glycaspis brimblecombei (Hemiptera: Psyllidae). Este inseto, de tamanho reduzido, é semelhante a uma cigarrinha que suga a seiva das folhas novas das árvores. A praga tem provocado danos às florestas de eucaliptos, e atualmente se encontra distribuída em mais de 140 municípios do Estado de São Paulo, em pelo menos 20 municípios de Minas Gerais, um de Goiás, dois de Mato Grosso do Sul e seis do Paraná.

Greening a mais grave e destrutiva doença dos citros: nova ameaça à citricultura.

O greening, inicialmente chamado de "doenças do ramo amarelo", e posteriomente huanglonbing (HBL), doença do dragão amarelo, é considerada a doença dos citros de maior importância no mundo, em função da dificuldade de controle, da rápida disseminação e por ser altamente destrutiva. O primeiro relato da doença foi feito da China, em 1919, espalhando-se daí para países da África e Oceania. No início do século 21, foi detectada no continente americano, exatamente nos dois países e estados maiores produtores de citros: os Estados Unidos (Flórida) e o Brasil (São Paulo) onde foi relatada em Araraquara em 2004, estando hoje em mais de 100 municípios produtores.

Armadilha CNPMF: nova técnica para o controle de brocas-da-haste da mandioca.

2009

Híbrido duplo BRS 2223: nova opção de milho de ciclo superprecoce para áreas de clima tropical.

2003