Antagonismo in vitro de rizobactérias contra Bipolaris sp., agente etiológico de manchas foliares na cultura do milho.

Este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar o potencial antagônico in vitro de rizobactérias contra Bipolaris sp., importante patógeno causador de manchas foliares na cultura do milho. O método adotado foi o de pareamento de colônias. No centro de placas de Petri contendo BDA e circundadas próximo à borda com as rizobactérias, foi depositado um disco de micélio do patógeno. Estas foram incubadas a 28 ± 2ºC, com fotoperíodo de 12h claro/escuro. O delineamento experimental foi inteiramente ao acaso, com seis tratamentos e cinco repetições. As avaliações do crescimento diamétrico (mm) foram diárias, sendo, posteriormente, calculado o Índice de Velocidade de Crescimento Micelial (IVCM), que foi comparado entre os tratamentos pelo teste de Scott-Knott (p-valor ≤ 0.05), utilizando-se o programa SISVAR, versão 5.6. As rizobactérias testadas apresentam mecanismos que inibiram o crescimento micelial in vitro de Bipolaris sp. O isolado P23 apresentou maior potencial de inibição contra o patógeno, diferindo estatisticamente de todos os tratamentos, apresentando potencial de utilização em futuros programas de controle biológico da mancha de Bipolaris do milho.

Determination of α-Amylase Enzyme Activity and Blood Glucose Level in Local Duck

A α-amylase is included in hydrolase’s enzyme (E.C. 3.2.1.3), which catalyzed the breaking down of α-1,3-glycosidic bound on amylase chain and produced glucose as end product. In mammalian and poultry, α-amylase enzyme has a function as starch breaking down or changed glycogen to glucose. It was used as energy resource in the body. A α-amylase enzyme is protein that resulted in expression from one or several genes, so that has various characteristics among individual. To study the existence and the characteristic of α-amylase enzyme, therefore it has been conducted a research about the connection of α-amylase enzyme unit number  with glucose content in Tegal, Magelang and Mojosari duck blood (each of them consisted of 28 birds). This research used Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with seven replicates for each treatment. The result research showed that either the unit number of α-amylase enzyme activity or glucose content in these local breed of duck has a highly significant different (P<0.01). This result showed that genetic factor (breed of duck) has influenced either enzyme unit number or their catalytic activity on substrate, so the capability to form blood glucose inter breed of duck also different. It was suggested that their enzyme characteristics have strong connection with the sequence of amino acid as α-amylase enzyme protein composer, which was the result of gene expression. From the result, it was concluded that the unit number and catalytic activity of α-amylase enzyme and blood glucose content in the breed of local duck was affected by genetic factor (breed of duck). (Animal Production 5(1): 50-56 (2003) Key words: Enzyme, K-Amylase, Blood, Glucose, Duck