Estimativas de herdabilidades em populações naturais contínuas e fragmentadas de araucaria angustifolia (bertol.) kuntze

Pós-graduação em Agronomia - FEIS

Characterization of metal-biomass interactions in the lanthanum(III) biosorption on Sargassum sp using SEM/EDX, FTIR, and XPS: Preliminary studies

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Diversidade de aranhas em Mimosa bimucronata(DC.) Kuntze (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae): efeito da arquitetura da planta e implicações da predação em interações tri-tróficas

O presente estudo teve como objetivo determinar a diversidade, a composição e a riqueza de espécies de aranhas e suas relações com as diferentes fenofases de Mimosa bimucronata. Visou também comparar a abundância de aranhas entre ramos com inflorescência e com frutos, e investigar se os níveis de infestação de Acanthoscelides schrankiae são reduzidos ou intensificados (alta taxa de predação intraguilda) devido à presença de aranhas. Foram coletadas 777 aranhas, distribuídas em 140 morfoespécies, com uma grande proporção de indivíduos jovens (ninfas). No total, treze famílias de aranhas foram identificadas, sendo que a família Araneidae foi a mais representativa em número de indivíduos coletados e em número de morfoespécies (riqueza). Outras famílias bem representativas foram Anyphaenidae, Thomisidae, Salticidae e Theridiidae. Quando as proporções de aranhas encontradas em ramos com inflorescência e com frutos foram comparadas, não se constatou diferença significativa, mostrando que o tipo de ramo não afetou a abundância das aranhas. No entanto, os estágios fenológicos parecem ter influenciado a riqueza e a diversidade em uma das áreas, uma vez que correlações positivas significativas foram encontradas entre a riqueza e diversidade de morfoespécies e os valores mensais da fenologia reprodutiva. Assim, é possível que o surgimento do conjunto das estruturas reprodutivas, como ramos com botões, flores e frutos, aumentou a complexidade estrutural do habitat, interferindo significativamente na riqueza e diversidade de aranhas. Quando o número médio de orifícios deixados por parasitóides e bruquídeos foi comparado entre áreas, tipos de agregados de frutos (com e sem a presença de teias de aranhas), e considerando a interação entre os fatores, constatou-se diferença significativa apenas entre as áreas, ... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)

Coeffcients of herdability and relatedness in a forest fragment of Araucaria angustifolia (Bertol.) Kuntze using genetic markers

Methods based on genetic markers to estimate the coefficient of heritability in natural populations are important to understand the effects of natural selection on inheritance of quantitative traits. The objective of this study was to investigate the genetic control of the trait plant height in a fragmented population of Araucaria angustifolia. This study was conducted in a forest fragment of 5.4 ha of area, located in the State of Parana, Brazil. Estimates of heritability were performed using data from genotypes and height of regenerating individuals of the population. Four methods to estimate the relatedness between pairs of individuals (RITLAND, 1996; LYNCH; RITLAND, 1999; QUELLER; GOODNIGHT, 1989; WANG, 2002) for three distances (without criteria, 25 and 50 m) were used. The coefficient of heritability estimated using the estimator of relatedness of Ritland (1996), suggest that the genetic control of the trait height is low in the regeneration, thus the natural selection as well as the artificial selection have a low potential to change the mean of the population. The estimates based on the other methods to calculate the relatedness presented low precision, indication that these methods are not adequate for the data used.

Atividade anti-inflamatória e citotoxicidade dos extratos glicólicos de Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus (L.) Fiori (alcachofra), Myracrodruon urundeuva Allemão (aroeira-do-sertão) e Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze (chá verde)

Pós-graduação em Biopatologia Bucal - ICT

Influence of a narrow depth gradient and season on the morphology, phenology, and epibiosis of the brown alga Sargassum cymosum

Temporal and spatial fluctuations of environmental parameters are normally assigned as causes of variations in morpho-phenological characters of seaweeds and in their epibionts, but formal tests of such hypotheses are lacking, especially in narrow gradients. The present study evaluated the influence of a very small depth gradient (1 to 3 m) and of subtle seasonality characteristic of tropical areas on morpho-phenological traits and on the occurrence of sessile epiphytic organisms using a controlled orthogonal sampling design in a sublittoral population of the tropical brown alga Sargassum cymosum. Four temporal samples were obtained over a one-year period at three depths using nine replicates. The wet weight, maximum length, number of primary and secondary branches, and proportion of secondary branches with receptacles were recorded. Epibiosis was estimated by visual evaluation of percentage cover on secondary branches. Algal morphology varied as a function of the period of the year (weaker effect) and depth (stronger effect) but in different ways for each variable analysed. In general, fronds tended to be shorter, heavier, and more ramified in shallower areas. In relation to time, the morphological characters tended mostly to present higher values in January (summer) and/or April (autumn). Frequency of receptacles did not depend on algal morphology and depth at all but varied in time, although only in the deepest area. Epibiosis also did not depend on algal morphology but varied in relation to time (stronger effect) and, to a lesser extent, depth (weaker effect). The effect of time upon epibiosis also depended on the biological group analysed. These data support the hypothesis that algal morphology varies in relation to period of the year and depth, even under small temporal and spatial environmenal gradients.

Cloning and expression of embryogenesis-regulating genes in Araucaria angustifolia (Bert.) O. Kuntze (Brazilian Pine)

Angiosperm and gymnosperm plants evolved from a common ancestor about 300 million years ago. Apart from morphological and structural differences in embryogenesis and seed origin, a set of embryogenesis-regulating genes and the molecular mechanisms involved in embryo development seem to have been conserved alike in both taxa. Few studies have covered molecular aspects of embryogenesis in the Brazilian pine, the only economically important native conifer in Brazil. Thus eight embryogenesis-regulating genes, viz.,ARGONAUTE 1, CUP-SHAPED COTYLEDON 1, WUSCHEL-related WOX, S-LOCUS LECTIN PROTEIN KINASE, SCARECROW-like, VICILIN 7S, LEAFY COTYLEDON 1, and REVERSIBLE GLYCOSYLATED POLYPEPTIDE 1, were analyzed through semi-quantitative RT-PCR during embryo development and germination. All the eight were found to be differentially expressed in the various developmental stages of zygotic embryos, seeds and seedling tissues. To our knowledge, this is the first report on embryogenesis-regulating gene expression in members of the Araucariaceae family, as well as in plants with recalcitrant seeds.

Glutathione improves early somatic embryogenesis in Araucaria angustifolia (Bert) O. Kuntze by alteration in nitric oxide emission

In this work, it was observed a straight relationship between the manipulation of the reduced glutathione (GSH)/glutathione disulfide (GSSG) ratio, nitric oxide emission and quality and number of early somatic embryos in Araucaria angustifolia, a Brazilian endangered native conifer. In low concentrations GSH (0.01 and 0.1 mM) is a potential NO scavenger in the culture medium. Furthermore, it can increase the number of early SE formed in cell suspension culture media in a few days. However, the maintenance in this low redox state lead to a loss of early somatic embryos polarization. In gelled culture medium, high levels of GSH (5 mM) allows the development of globular embryos presenting a high NO emission on embryo apex, stressing its importance in the differentiation and cell division. Taken together these results indicate that the modification of the embryogenic cultures redox state might be an effective strategy to develop more efficient embryogenic systems in A. angustifolia. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

The Brown algae Sargassum muticum in the Atlantic coast of Morocco: new record in Africa and risks of its potential expansion to nearby areas

Centro de Biodiversidad y Gestión Ambiental, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain

Na 50 Nachlass Arthur Schopenhauer - 'Schopenhauer-Archiv', 30 - Stellungnahme anlässlich der geplanten Zusendung einer kritischen Betrachtung der Schopenhauerschen Philosophie vom Verlag Rudolf Kuntze aus Dresden

u.a.: Preisaufgabe der Philosophischen Fakultät Leipzig 1856; Gutachten; philosophische Abhandlung von Georg Carl Rudolph Seydel; Christian Hermann Weiße;

Na 50 Nachlass Arthur Schopenhauer - 'Schopenhauer-Archiv', 1196 - Einreichung des Manuskripts: "Darstellung der Schopenhauerschen Philosophie" beim Verlag Rudolph Kuntze in Dresden

Rudolph Seydel;

Na 50 Nachlass Arthur Schopenhauer - 'Schopenhauer-Archiv', 1082 - Bericht über den Beginn der Drucklegung der Schopenhauer-Publikation im Verlag Rudolf Kuntze

u.a. Naturwissenschaft;

Na 50 Nachlass Arthur Schopenhauer - 'Schopenhauer-Archiv', 1079 - Mitteilung über die Zusage des Buchhändlers Rudolf Kuntze zur Publikation der Arbeit zu Schopenhauer

u.a. Wille; Intellekt;