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Este protocolo tiene por objeto establecer los requisitos y medidas sanitarias de prevención y control de la dispersión de enfermedades de alto impacto y para el uso adecuado y racional de fármacos de uso específico en la acuicultura, específicamente para la producción camaronera y de los laboratorios de producción de nauplios y post larvas del país. Este documento es resultado del proyecto de investigación denominado Muestreo y diagnóstico de la calidad microbiológica del agua durante un ciclo de cultivo de camarón marino en estanques de cooperativas de San Hilario, Bahía de Jiquilisco, Usulután, ejecutado por la Escuela Especializada en Ingeniería ITCA-FEPADE, Centro Regional La Unión. En este proyecto se determinó cualitativa y cuantitativamente la presencia de coliformes totales, coliformes fecales (Es-cherichia coli) y bacterias Heterótrofas que constituyen los bioindicadores estándar de contaminación orgánica del agua. Se determinó además la presencia de Vibrio sp., Pseudomonas sp., y Aeromonas sp. en el área de estudio identificados como los principales agentes causantes de enfermedades infecciosas en el camarón marino. El muestreo ayudó a conocer la influencia de parámetros físico-químicos en la presencia de los microorganismos estudiados y servirá de marco para elaborar una propuesta para un programa de monitoreo de la acuicultura en todas sus etapas del encadenamiento productivo. Se realizó un taller con la Cooperativa Senderos de Paz sobre los resultados de TCBS de la calidad del agua en el canal reservorio y el estanque número 3 de dicha cooperativa.
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The agriculture with the use of products with less environmental impact is expanding. In it, the producers offer their products without the use of synthetic chemical inputs, solving the phytosanitary problems with the use of biological or alternative control agents such as parasites, predators, entomopathogenic, alternative products, plant extracts and essential oils. These products can be considered safe to non-target organisms, but studies are needed to find these features on natural enemies and on the beneficial insects such as bees, common frequenter of cultures. In this sense, this study aims to evaluate the effects of control over reproductive quality queens of Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Africanized. For this, it tested the action of control products on the production of A. mellifera queens, using the commercial entomopathogenic fungus Boveril® 1,0x108 (Beauveria bassiana) and aqueous extract of pomegranate (Punica granatum) at a concentration of 5% sterile distilled water with Tween (0.01%) and sterile distilled water (controls). The treatments were incorporated into a tissue type gauze, wrapped in an acrylic plate and packed inside minirrecrias type colonies for the production of queens on the day before the transfer of larvae. The next day were introduced battens with 30 domes with larvae to produce queens, so the workers have contacted the agent tested. From the emergence of all the queens, they were monitored to determine the measures of body weight (mg), length and width of wing and abdomen, length, width and height of the chest (mm) as well as the time of emergence of queens. The next step was evaluated the influence of the control agents in production creates, performing measurements of creating areas in cm2 for six straight weeks. It was found that the area creates Queens did not differ among the treatments. Histological analysis of hipofaringeanas of workers glands that came into contact with the control agents and the midgut of virgin queens were also held. Histological analysis differences were observed in the tissues when the treatments were compared with the respective controls.
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Resumen Se realizó una prueba de establo para evaluar la eficacia residual de ivermectina 3,15% y los niveles plasmáticos en animales tratados con Ivomec GOLD® y con una formulación genérica frente a desafíos larvarios de Rhipicephalus (B.) microplus. En ambas formulaciones la eficacia residual presentó una gran dispersión en los días sin caída de garrapatas teleoginas post tratamiento. Descontando el ciclo parasitario la residualidad se presentó en un rango de 35 a 63 días. El análisis estadístico de los resultados de ambas formulaciones estudiadas a través de la mediana, demostró una residualidad de 52 días frente a larvas infestantes de R. (B) microplus. Los parámetros farmacocinéticos presentaron valores medios de: área bajo la curva (ABC) 1795±188 y 1351±118, picos plasmáticos (Tmax) a los 13,4±4,1 y 15,0±3,6 días post inoculación con concentración máxima (Cmax) de 65,4±1,5 y 41,1±0,3 ppb para la formulación de Ivomec GOLD® y la genérica respectivamente. Concentraciones inferiores a 10 ppb pueden representar el umbral por debajo del cual se logró desarrollar el ciclo parasitario hasta obtener garrapatas teleoginas. Los resultados obtenidos permitirán tener un mejor conocimiento para evaluar el comportamiento de las formulaciones en pruebas de establo y de campo tanto en el estudio de la eficacia, la residualidad y en el tiempo de espera para la faena.
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El objetivo de este trabajo fue evaluar en diferentes periodos de almacenamiento la calidad, en términos de viabilidad y concentración de conidias, en formulaciones bioplaguicidas a base de Beauveria bassiana, elaboradas con diferentes materiales inertes. Los materiales inertes (tratamientos) evaluados fueron: harina de trigo, arcilla blanca, arcilla verde, sulfato de calcio, aceite de soya, aceite de maní y el testigo fue B. bassiana en sustrato (no formulado). La concentración del hongo, utilizada para las formulaciones fue 8.5 x 109 conidias por gramo. Se utilizó B. bassiana cepa 114, obtenida del cepario del laboratorio de hongos entomopatógenos de la UNA. La reproducción del hongo se hizo mediante el método de producción semi-industrial, utilizando arroz grano entero como sustrato. La caracterización se hizo mediante características macroscópicas y ritmo de crecimiento del hongo en los medios de cultivo: PDA, SDA y EMA. Luego de elaboradas las formulaciones, fueron almacenadas en condiciones de laboratorio (24 oC -28ºC, HR60%) durante seis meses se determinó la concentración y viabilidad de conidias. Para la evaluación de la concentración de conidias se prepararon diluciones seriadas y el conteo de conidias se realizó en una cámara con rayado Neubauer. La evaluación de viabilidad, se hizo en medio Agar-agua 2%. La evaluación de la concentración de conidias así como la evaluación de la viabilidad se hizo cada 15 días durante los primeros tres meses y luego cada 30 días durante los últimos tres meses. El efecto de los materiales inertes sobre la efectividad biológica de B. bassiana fue evaluado en un bioensayo con la especie Galleria mellonella la que se obtuvo del laboratorio de cría de la UNA, usando una suspensión del hongo a una concentración de 1.6 x 108 por ml. Se realizó Análisis de Varianza y separación de medias según Tukey, por cada fecha de monitoreo. Se concluye que el mejor material para formular B. bassiana es harina de trigo, ya que fue el material inerte que presentó menor disminución en la concentración y viabilidad de conidias durante el periodo evaluado. La mayor velocidad promedio de crecimiento se observó en el medio de cultivo PDA. En general, los materiales inertes no afectaron significativamente la efectividad biológica de Beauveria bassiana en larvas de Galleria mellonella.
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Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) es una especie polífaga, con estatus de plaga cuarentenaria en Uruguay, que ha sido registrada en Europa, Asia, África, Oceanía, y más recientemente, en los países vecinos de América del Sur. Este es el primer registro confirmado de H. armigera en cultivos de soja, en Uruguay. La identificación de esta especie es difícil por su proximidad taxonómica con otras especies de los géneros Helicoverpa y Heliothis. La confirmación de identificación se realizó mediante caracteres anatómicos externos y de las genitalias, así como estudio de ADN, en machos adultos capturados en trampas de feromona sexual y larvas criadas en laboratorio, recolectadas en cultivos de soja en cuatro localidades de Flores, Lavalleja, Cerro Largo y Rocha.
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Objetivo: Determinar el efecto de un extracto polifenólico de hueso de oliva en el desarrollo del sistema nervioso y frente al daño inducido mediante la neurotoxina ácido kaínico, utilizando como modelo animal el pez cebra. Material y métodos: Se analiza el efecto del extracto a la máxima dosis tolerada (100 mg/ml de polifenoles) sobre la actividad colinèrgica en larvas de pez cebra (72 horas post-fertilización). Se utilizan únicamente huevos fecundados sin anomalías. Se incuban 6 huevos/pocillo en microplaca de 24 pocillos en 2 ml de agua con DMSO (0,1%) a 26 ± 1º C: a) neurodesarrollo: agua (control) y con 100 mg/ml de extracto, como ensayo; b) neuroprotección: agua y ácido kaínico (100 μM) (control) y con 100 mg/ml de extracto (ensayo). Todas las incubaciones por triplicado. A las 72 h se examinan y verifica ausencia de anomalías. Las larvas se homogeneizan y en los sobrenadantes se cuantifica actividad acetilnolinesterasa y concentración proteínas. Resultados: La cantidad de proteína y apreciación morfológica es análoga en todos los ensayos, indicando mismo desarrollo. La acetilcolinesterasa en las larvas de pez, con el extracto polifenólico es del 162,2%(SD 44,2) respecto a controles (100% de actividad) (p < 0,01). Las larvas de pez tratadas con ácido kaínico y extracto polifenólico presentan el 140,1% (SD 22,0) de actividad, respecto a las incubadas únicamente con la neurotoxina (100%) (p < 0,05). Conclusión: Los polifenoles extraídos de los huesos de aceituna producen incremento de actividad colinèrgica durante el neurodesarrollo larvario en el pez cebra y protección frente a la neurotoxina ácido kaínico.
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A qualidade do alimento é essencial para que as larvas obtenham os nutrientes necessários para um desencolvimento normal. Como as larvas de peixes marinhos têm um elevado potencial de crescimento, têm igualmente necessidades nutritivas específicas e elevadas. Copépodes são considerados o melhor alimento para a maioria das larvas marinhos, uma vez que o perfil nutricional preenche os requisitos das larvas de peixes. Os copépodes são uma uma excelente fonte de ácidos gordos insaturados (HUFAs) e poliinsaturados (PUFAs), não necessitando de enriquecimento, como a Artemia spp.. A utilização de copépodes congelados (Planktonic AS, Noruega) é uma nova e vantajosa alternativa para a aquacultura, no qual estão disponiveis durante todo o ano e mantêm a composição bioquímica ao longo do ano. Inicialmente estudou-se o comportamento alimentar do linguado face a este novo produto, pois o mesmo não apresenta movimento. Foi desenvolvido um protocolo para a coloração dos copépodes congelados. Taxa de ingestão e/ou comportamento alimentar foram avaliados quando as larvas foram alimentadas com copépodes corados, não corados e artémia. Observou-se que a coloração aumenta a ingestão de copépodes congelados pelas larvas de peixe, embora a uma taxa inferior quando comparado com a artémia. O objetivo deste estudo foi desenvolver um protocolo alimentar à base de copépodes congelados, em substituição das presas habitualmente utilizadas (rotíferos e artémia), durante o período larvar do linguado, Solea senegalensis. Foram testados 2 protocolos alimentares, 50:50 e Agressivo, com a substituição de 50% e 90%, respectivamente, de presas vivas do protocolo alimentar para liguado habitualmente utilizado na Estação Piloto de Piscicultura de Olhão (EPPO), sendo este consideradoo Controlo. O ensaio larvar decorreu desde a abertura de boca até aos 40 dias após a eclosão (DAE). As amostras foram recolhidas periodicamente para avaliar o crescimento, sobrevivência e a condição nutricional das larvas, através da determinação do índice ARN:ADN e da proteína total. Para avaliar a condição das pós-larvas, peixes de todos os tratamentos foram sujeitos a um desmame aos 40 DAE, com uma dieta inerte com incorporação de 10% de copépodes. O desempenho dos peixes foi seguido até aos 50 DAE. As larvas do tratamento Controlo apresentaram maior crescimento e uma maior taxa de ingestão de presas vivas, no entanto as larvas do protocolo 50:50 apresentaram um melhor índice de ARN:ADN. Estes dados sugerem que para o linguado, os copépodes podem substituir quase 50% das presas vivas.
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Bogotá (Colombia): Universidad de La Salle. Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias. Programa de Zootecnia
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
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Tese de Doutoramento, Biologia (Ciências do Mar), 5 de Julho de 2013, Universidade dos Açores.
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A proteinaceous trypsin inhibitor was purified from Crotalaria pallida seeds by ammonium sulphate fractionation, affinity chromatography on immobilized Trypsin-Sepharose and TCA precipitation. The trypsin inhibitor, named ITC, had Mr of 32.5 kDa by SDS-PAGE and was composed by two subunits with 27.7 and 5.6 kDa linked by disulphide bridges, a typical characteristic of Kunitz-Inhibitor family. ITC was stable until 50°C, and at 100°C its residual activity was of about 60%. Also, ITC was stable at pHs 2 to 12. The inhibition of trypsin by ITC was non-competitive, with a Ki of 8,8 x 10-7M. ITC inhibits weakly other serine proteinases such as chymotrypsin and elastase. The inhibition of papain (44% of inhibition), a cysteine proteinase was an indicative of the bi-functionality of ITC. In vitro assays against digestive proteinases from several Lepdoptera, Diptera and Coleoptera pests were made. ITC inhibited in 100% digestive enzymes of Ceratitis capitata (fruit fly), Spodoptera frugiperda and Alabama argillacea, the last one being a cotton pest. It also inhibited in 74.4% Callosobruchus maculatus (bean weevil) digestive enzymes, a Coleoptera pest. ITC, when added in artificial diet models, affected weakly the development of C. capitata larvae and it had a WD50 of 2.65% to C. maculatus larvae
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Helcystogramma sp., es una nueva especie de microlepidóptero que afecta desde la siembra hasta la cosecha del boniato o camote (Ipomoea batatas L. Lam.) en Cuba. Debido a la falta de conocimientos y a la escasa bibliografía relacionada con las especies del género Helcystogramma en nuestro país, nos propusimos como objetivo conocer aspectos bio-ecológicos de este microlepidóptero, con la finalidad de proporcionar nuevos conocimientos para un futuro manejo de esta plaga. El trabajo se realizó desde septiembre 2013 a septiembre de 2014, en el Instituto de Investigaciones de Viandas Tropicales (INIVIT), Santo Domingo, Villa Clara, Cuba. Los insectos se estudiaron por observación directa en campos de I. batatas. La larva de este microlepidóptero es muy ágil, dobla la hoja, la cual pega con hilos de seda, creando una protección para su desarrollo hasta el estado de pupa, se alimenta dentro de esta cavidad a partir de la misma hoja, sin afectar la epidermis inferior. Sus poblaciones han aumentado considerablemente, llegando a 20 larvas/m2 en verano. La especies Helcystogramma sp., se cita por primera vez para Cuba y además se registra como una nueva especie de insecto que se alimenta del boniato. ABSTRACT. Primer registro de Helcystogramma sp. (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) en Cuba. Helcystogramma sp. is a new species of microlepidoptera affecting from planting to sweet potato (I. batatas L. Lam.) harvest crop in Cuba. Due to the lack of knowledgze and limited literature relate with the Helcystogramma genus in our country, the goal of this study was to know the bioecological aspects of such microlepidoptera, in order to provide new insights for future management of this pest. The study was conducted from September 2013 to September 2014 at the Research Institute of Tropical Root and Tuber Crops, Bananas and Plantains (INIVIT), Santo Domingo, Villa Clara, Cuba. Insects were studied by direct observation in sweet potato (I. batatas) fields. The microlepidoptera larvae is very agile, folds the sheet which sticks with silk threads, creating a protection for its development to the pupal stage. The larvae will feed in the cavity from the same leaf without affecting the lower epidermis. Their populations have increased significantly, reaching 20 larvae / m2 in summer. The species Helcystogramma sp., is cited for the first time in Cuba and it is reported as a new species of insect that feeds on sweet potato leaves.
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The fruit fly Ceratitis capitata is considered the most destructive pest of the world fruitculture. Many pest management practices, mainly based on agrochemicals, have been developed to allow the world-wide commerce of fruit. Solutions to decrease the use of synthetic insecticides in agriculture are based on the development of new target-specific compounds which cause less damage to the environment, especially vegetal proteins with insecticidal effects. The aim of this work was to evaluate the deleterious effect of a purified vicilin of E. velutina (EvV) seeds to C. capitata larvae and adult insects and to investigate the mechanisms involved in these effects. EvV was purified, characterized and its deleterious effect was tested in bioassay systems. EvV mechanism of action was determined by immunodetection techniques and fluorescence localization in chitin structures that are present in C. capitata digestory system. EvV is a glycoprotein with affinity to chitin. Its molecular weight, of 216,57 kDa, was determined by gel filtration chromatography in FPLC system. Using SDS-PAGE, it was possible to observe EvV dissociation in two main subunits of 54,8 and 50,8 kDa. When it was submitted to eletrophoresis in native conditions, EvV presented only one band of acid characteristic. The WD50 and LD50 values found in the bioassays were 0,13% and 0,14% (w/w), respectively for the larvae. EvV deleterious effects were related to the binding to chitin structures presented in peritrophic membrane and gut epithelial cells, associated with its low digestibility in C. capitata digestive tract. The results described herein are the first demonstration of the larvicidal effects of plant protein on C. capitata larvae. EvV may be part of the pest management programs, in the toxic bait composition, or an alternative in plant improvement program
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One Kunitz-type trypsin inhibitors (PmTI) was purified from Piptadenia moniliformis seeds, a tree of the sub-family Mimosoideae, by TCA precipitation, affinity chromatography on immobilized trypsin-Sepharose, DEAE cellulose (ion exchange) and Superose 12 (molecular exclusion) column FPLC/AKTA. The inhibitor has Mr of 25 kDa by SDS-PAGE and chromatography molecular exclusion. The N-terminal sequence of this inhibitor showed high homology with other family Kunitz inhibitors. This also stable variations in temperature and pH and showed a small decrease in its activity when incubated with DDT in the concentration of 100mM for 120 minutes. The inhibition of trypsin by PmTI was competitive, with Ki of 1.57 x10-11 M. The activity of trypsin was effectively inhibited by percentage of inhibition of 100%, among enzymes tested, was not detected inhibition for the bromelain, was weak inhibitor of pancreatic elastase (3.17% of inhibition) and inhibited by 76.42% elastase of neutrophils, and inhibited in a moderate, chymotrypsin and papain with percentage of inhibition of 42.96% and 23.10% respectively. In vitro assays against digestive proteinases from Lepidoptera, Diptera and Coleoptera pests were carried out. Several degrees of inhibition were found. For Anthonomus grandis and Ceratitis capitata the inhibition was 89.93% and 70.52%, respectively, and the enzymes of Zabrotes subfasciatus and Callosobruchus maculatus were inhibited by 5.96% and 9.41%, respectively, and the enzymes of Plodia. interpunctella and Castnia licus were inhibited by 59.94% and 23.67, respectively. In vivo assays, was observed reduction in the development of larvae in 4rd instar of C. capitata, when PmTI was added to the artificial diet, getting WD50 and LD50 of 0.30% and 0.33%, respectively. These results suggest that this inhibitor could be a strong candidate to plant management programs cross transgenic
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Chitin is an important structural component of the cellular wall of fungi and exoskeleton of many invertebrate plagues, such as insects and nematodes. In digestory systems of insects it forms a named matrix of peritrophic membrane. One of the most studied interaction models protein-carbohydrate is the model that involves chitin-binding proteins. Among the involved characterized domains already in this interaction if they detach the hevein domain (HD), from of Hevea brasiliensis (Rubber tree), the R&R consensus domain (R&R), found in cuticular proteins of insects, and the motif called in this study as conglicinin motif (CD), found in the cristallography structure of the β-conglicinin bounded with GlcNac. These three chitin-binding domains had been used to determine which of them could be involved in silico in the interaction of Canavalia ensiformis and Vigna unguiculata vicilins with chitin, as well as associate these results with the WD50 of these vicilins for Callosobruchus maculatus larvae. The technique of comparative modeling was used for construction of the model 3D of the vicilin of V. unguiculata, that was not found in the data bases. Using the ClustalW program it was gotten localization of these domains in the vicilins primary structure. The domains R&R and CD had been found with bigger homology in the vicilins primary sequences and had been target of interaction studies. Through program GRAMM models of interaction ( dockings ) of the vicilins with GlcNac had been gotten. The results had shown that, through analysis in silico, HD is not part of the vicilins structures, proving the result gotten with the alignment of the primary sequences; the R&R domain, although not to have structural similarity in the vicilins, probably it has a participation in the activity of interaction of these with GlcNac; whereas the CD domain participates directly in the interaction of the vicilins with GlcNac. These results in silico show that the amino acid number, the types and the amount of binding made for the CD motif with GlcNac seem to be directly associates to the deleterious power that these vicilins show for C. maculatus larvae. This can give an initial step in the briefing of as the vicilins interact with alive chitin in and exert its toxic power for insects that possess peritrophic membrane