Sistemas de produção melhorados para gado de corte na Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Formoso, Bonito, MS.

Observa-se nos últimos anos uma crescente preocupação da sociedade brasileira com a conservação e o uso sustentável da diversidade biológica. Para demonstrar o seu compromisso com essa prioridade nacional, o governo brasileiro formulou uma série de iniciativas, como o estabelecimento do Programa Nacional para a Diversidade Biológica (Pronabio), que promove parcerias entre governo e sociedade na conservação da biodiversidade e o uso sustentável dos recursos naturais. Como ação concreta, implementou, com o apoio do Fundo para o Meio Ambiente Mundial (GEF - sigla de Global Environment Facility), o Projeto Nacional de Biodiversidade (Probio). Esse projeto identificou a Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Formoso como área prioritária de estudo, constituindo então o projeto intitulado Gestão Integrada da Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Formoso. A área prioritária está localizada no município de Bonito (Fig. 1), na parte sul do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, na cabeceira do rio Miranda (21°7´S e 56°30´). A Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Formoso é considerada um sistema hidrográfico único e o principal tributário da bacia do Miranda. As seções altas e médias do rio Formoso são de interesse especial, por representarem uma fonte natural de água clara que supre os ambientes aquáticos do Pantanal. Além disso, apesar de a maioria da vegetação nativa dos médios e baixos vales já ter sido devastada, as áreas restantes representam um dos mais perfeitos exemplos de florestas primárias remanescentes, situadas na região brasileira da Mata Atlântica, (particularmente na Serra da Bodoquena). Um dos objetivos do projeto é apoiar a implementação de atividades sustentáveis em uma base-piloto e demonstrativa que servirá para reduzir a pressão sobre os recursos naturais-chave e reabilitar os hábitats naturais, especificamente vegetação ripária/ mata ciliar e de cerrado. O presente trabalho apresenta uma análise de sistemas melhorados da bovinocultura de corte para a Bacia do Rio Formoso, como alternativas ao sistema praticado pela maioria dos produtores da região.

Levantamento semidetalhado dos solos da microbacia dos Córregos Barroso e Barrozinho no município de Camapuã, MS.

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Zoneamento Agroecológico do município de Antônio João - MS.

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Zoneamento Agroecológico do município de Ponta Porã/MS.

2009

Zoneamento Agroecológico do município de Bela Vista - MS.

2009

Zoneamento Agroecológico do município de Caracol - MS.

2009

Zoneamento Agroecológico do município de Miranda - MS.

2009

Identification of ginsenosides in roots of Panax ginseng by HPLC-APCI/MS

A new HPLC-APCI/MS method for the identification of ginsenosides has been developed. The analyses were performed on a reversed-phase C-18 column using a binary eluent (acetonitrile and water) under gradient conditions. Although APCI is a high-temperature evaporative process, HPLC-APCI/MS could effectively identify thermo-labile ginsenosides. The [M-H](-) ions and the thermal degradation ions of ginsenosides could be clearly observed under negative and positive ion conditions, respectively, and these were used to identify the molecular masses, the aglycone structures and the sugar groups of ginsenosides. APCI/MS can provide more explicit information than ESI/MS for identifying and distinguishing ginsenosides. Using the HPLC-APCI/MS method, 35 ginsenosides were identified in Panax ginseng. Copyright (C) 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Using oxidized carbon nanotubes as matrix for analysis of small molecules by MALDI-TOF MS

Oxidized carbon nanotubes are tested as a matrix for analysis of small molecules by matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS). Compared with nonoxidized carbon nanotubes, oxidized carbon nanotubes facilitate sample preparation because of their higher solubility in water. The matrix layer of oxidized carbon nanotubes is much more homogeneous and compact than that of nonoxidized carbon nanotubes. The efficiency of desorption/ionization for analytes and the reproducibility of peak intensities within and between sample spots are greatly enhanced on the surface of oxidized carbon nanotubes. The advantage of the oxidized carbon nanotubes in comparison with alpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid (CCA) and carbon nanotubes is demonstrated by MALDI-TOF-MS analysis of an amino acid mixture. The matrix is successfully used for analysis of synthetic hydroxypropyl P-cyclodextrin, suggesting a great potential for monitoring reactions and for product quality control. Reliable quantitative analysis of jatrorrhizine and palmatine with a wide linear range (1-100 ng/mL) and good reproducibility of relative peak areas (RSD less than 10 %) is achieved using this matrix. Concentrations of jatrorrhizine (8.65 mg/mL) and palmatine (10.4 mg/mL) in an extract of Coptis chinensis Franch are determined simultaneously using the matrix and a standard addition method. (c) 2005 American Society for Mass Spectrometry.

Development and application of a sol-gel immunosorbent-based method for the determination of isoproturon in surface water

An immunosorbent was fabricated by encapsulation Of monoclonal anti-isoproturon antibodies in sol-gel matrix. The immunosorbent-based loading, rinsing and eluting processes were optimized. Based on these optimizations, the sol-gel immunosorbent (SG-IS) selectively extracted isoproturon from an artificial mixture of 68 pesticides. In addition to this high selectivity, the SG-IS proved to be reusable. The SG-IS was combined with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS-MS) to determine isoproturon in surface water, and the linear range was up to 2.2 mu g/l with correlation coefficient higher than 0.99 and relative standard deviation (RSD) lower than 5% (n = 8). The limit of quantitation (LOQ) for 25-ml surface water sample was 5 ng/l. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Rapid protein identification using monolithic enzymatic microreactor and LC-ESI-MS/MS

A monolithic enzymatic microreactor was prepared in a fused-silica capillary by in situ polymerization of acrylamide, glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) and ethylene dimethacrylate (EDMA) in the presence of a binary porogenic mixture of dodecanol and cyclohexanol, followed by ammonia solution treatment, glutaraldehyde activation and trypsin modification. The choice of acrylamide as co-monomer was found useful to improve the efficiency of trypsin modification, thus, to increase the enzyme activity. The optimized microreactor offered very low back pressure, enabling the fast digestion of proteins flowing through the reactor. The performance of the monolithic microreactor was demonstrated with the digestion of cytochrome c at high flow rate. The digests were then characterized by CE and HPLC-MS/MS with the sequence coverage of 57.7%. The digestion efficiency was found over 230 times as high as that of the conventional method. in addition, for the first time, protein digestion carried out in a mixture of water and ACN was compared with the conventional aqueous reaction using MS/MS detection, and the former solution was found more compatible and more efficient for protein digestion.