Utilização de análise de segregantes agrupados na identificação de marcadores ligados a genes que controlam a resistência à ferrugem (Puccinia psidii Winter) em Eucalyptus sp.

Devido a grande importância da cultura de Eucalyptus no Brasil, empresas do setor florestal têm buscado através de programas de melhoramento genético, reduzir as perdas de produção e atender a demanda do mercado de papel e celulose. Um exemplo, é a busca por genes de resistência a doenças, principalmente a ferrugem causada por Puccinia psidii Winter, que resulta em redução da produtividade em plantas altamente suscetíveis. No presente trabalho, mudas de Eucalyptus pertencentes a uma geração F1, provenientes do cruzamento controlado entre parentais híbridos E. grandis X E. urophylla, sendo eles resistente e suscetível, foram inoculadas com Puccinia psidii em casa de vegetação e acompanhadas até o aparecimento dos sintomas da ferrugem. Foram classificadas, em dois grupos: resistentes (ausência de sintomas) e suscetíveis (presença de sintomas e esporulação). As amostras de DNA foram comparadas com o uso de marcadores moleculares associado ao método de BSA (Bulked Segregant Analysis). O polimorfismo entre os grupos foi geneticamente relacionado ao loco que determina a característica de resistência ou sucetibilidade. Dentre os 720 "primers" testados, 19 foram polimórficos, porém, apenas o marcador AK 01 manteve-se presente, quando testado em todos os indivíduos da população, mostrando-se a uma distância genética estimada de 20 cM em repulsão ao gene de resistência.

Limitations in controlling white mold on common beans with Trichoderma spp. at the fall-winter season

We studied the effectiveness of application of Trichoderma spp. in controlling white mold on common beans at the fall-winter crop in the Zona da Mata region of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. There was no effect of the antagonist in reducing the disease severity, which could be explained by the low temperatures and the high inoculum pressure in the field. We concluded that Trichoderma applications are not recommended for control of white mold on common beans at the fall-winter season in regions with average temperature bellow 20 °C, since this condition favor more the pathogen than the antagonist.

Avaliação da resistência de espécies de eucalipto à ferrugem (Puccinia psidii Winter)

A incidência da ferrugem ocorre em mudas no viveiro e em plantas jovens no campo, essa doença causada por Puccinia psidii é uma das mais severas do eucalipto. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo quantificar a resistência parcial das espécies de Eucalyptus propinqua, E. citriodora, E. grandis, E. urophylla, E. microcorys, E. urograndis (E. grandis x E. urophylla), E. robusta, E. saligna, E. dunnie, E. phaeotricha à ferrugem do eucalipto. Para isso foi conduzido experimento em casa de vegetação no Departamento de Entomologia e Fitopatologia da UFRRJ. Foram utilizadas 100 mudas de eucalipto com três meses de idade, obtidas a partir de sementes. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi inteiramente casualizado, com dez tratamentos e dez repetições, sendo uma planta por repetição. A inoculação foi realizada por meio da atomização de folhas com suspensão de uredósporos na concentração de 2x10(4) esporos/mL, obtidos a partir de pústulas frescas. Em seguida, as mudas foram incubadas em câmara úmida e escura por 48h. Foram avaliados os parâmetros de resistência: número médio de pústulas por folíolo, severidade, período latente médio e AACPD. Os dados obtidos foram transformados em e arcsen , e submetidos à análise de variância e à comparação de médias pelo teste de Scott-Knott ao nível de 5% de probabilidade, por meio do software SAEG. Foram encontradas diferenças significativas entre as espécies de eucalipto para os parâmetros estudados. Eucalyptus urograndis (E. grandis x E. urophylla) apresentou um menor número médio de pústulas por folíolo, menor severidade, maior período latente médio e valores menores da área abaixo da curva do progresso da doença, tendo dessa forma maior resistência parcial à ferrugem.

Reise-Beschreibung von Lappland und Bothnien : worinnen nicht nur von der Landes-Art, Winter und Sommer, Nord-Licht oder Nord-Schein, Mineralien, Gewächsen, Thieren, wie auch der Einwohner Beschaffenheit, Religion, Gouvernement, Kauffmannschafft, Wohnungen, Jagden, und andern denckwürdigen Dingen, aus selbsteigenen Augenschein und Erfahrung durch einige Figuren gezeiget; sondern auch die dahin und wieder von dar zurück genommene Reise ordentlich dargeleget wird : von Johann Gerhard Schellern, h.t. Pastore zu Hermstedt und Stober.

Digital reproduction, The National Library of Finland, Centre for Preservation and Digitisation, Mikkeli

Es war ein alter König

Myös Gramophone GC-2-42786.

Exiles and Constituents: Baltic Refugees and American Cold War Politics, 1948- 1960

This dissertation explores the complicated relations between Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian postwar refugees and American foreign policymakers between 1948 and 1960. There were seemingly shared interests between the parties during the first decade of the Cold War. Generally, Eastern European refugees refused to recognize Soviet hegemony in their homelands, and American policy towards the Soviet bloc during the Truman and Eisenhower administrations sought to undermine the Kremlin’s standing in the region. More specifically, Baltic refugees and State Department officials sought to preserve the 1940 non-recognition policy towards the Soviet annexation of the Baltic States. I propose that despite the seemingly natural convergence of interests, the American experiment of constructing a State-Private network revolving around fostering relations with exile groups was fraught with difficulties. These difficulties ultimately undermined any ability that the United States might have had to liberate the Baltic States from the Soviet Union. As this dissertation demonstrates, Baltic exiles were primarily concerned with preserving a high level of political continuity to the interwar republics under the assumption that they would be able to regain their positions in liberated, democratic societies. American policymakers, however, were primarily concerned with maintaining the non-recognition policy, the framework in which all policy considerations were analyzed. I argue that these two motivating factors created unnecessary tensions in American policy towards the Baltic republics in the spheres of psychological warfare as well as exile unity in the United States and Europe. Despite these shortcomings, I argue that out of the exiles’ failings was born a generation of Baltic constituents that blurred the political legitimacy line between exiles who sought to return home and ethnic Americans who were loyal to the United States. These Baltic constituents played an important role in garnering the support of the United States Congress, starting in the 1950s, but became increasingly influential after the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, despite the seemingly less important role Eastern Europe played in the Cold War. The actions of the Baltic constituents not only prevented the Baltic question from being forever lost in the memory hole of history, but actually created enough political pressure on the State Department that it was impossible to alter the long-standing policy of not recognizing the Soviet annexation of the Baltic States.

Identification of croplands of winter cereals in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, through unsupervised classification of normalized difference vegetation index images

This study aimed to propose methods to identify croplands cultivated with winter cereals in the northern region of Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Thus, temporal profiles of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) from MODIS sensor, from April to December of the 2000 to 2008, were analyzed. Firstly, crop masks were elaborated by subtracting the minimum NDVI image (April to May) from the maximum NDVI image (June to October). Then, an unsupervised classification of NDVI images was carried out (Isodata), considering the crop mask areas. According to the results, crop masks allowed the identification of pixels with greatest green biomass variation. This variation might be associated or not with winter cereals areas established to grain production. The unsupervised classification generated classes in which NDVI temporal profiles were associated with water bodies, pastures, winter cereals for grain production and for soil cover. Temporal NDVI profiles of the class winter cereals for grain production were in agree with crop patterns in the region (developmental stage, management standard and sowing dates). Therefore, unsupervised classification based on crop masks allows distinguishing and monitoring winter cereal crops, which were similar in terms of morphology and phenology.

Research on Latvian Herrnhutism in the inter-war period

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