Agricultural incentives, growth and poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean: cross-country evidence for the period 1960-2005. Did trade liberalization increase the incomes of the poorest?

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Trade, poverty and complementary policies in Latin America

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Poverty impacts of trade integration with the European Union: lessons for Ecuador

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The rise in global demand for ethanol and poverty in Brazil

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Public-private partnerships in renewable energy in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Inflation and the variability of relative prices in the Caribbean: evidence from panel threshold models

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Latin America and the Caribbean: projections 2006-2007

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La economía cubana desde el siglo XVI al XX: del colonialismo al socialismo con mercado

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Socio-economic vulnerability to natural disasters in Mexico: rural poor, trade and public response

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Preliminary overview of the economies of the Caribbean 2012-2013

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Estimating the effects of United States food safety and agricultural health standards on agro-food exports from Latin America and the Caribbean

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From hard-peg to hard landing?: recent experiences of Argentina and Ecuador

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The evolution of world income inequality: assessing the impact of globalization

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Bacillus Thuringiensis mutant increase activity against Apodoptera Frugiperda larvae

Bacillus thuringiensis is a Gram-positive bacterium which main characteristic is the production of Cry proteins, that is toxic to some insects. These proteins, when ingested by susceptible insects, become active causing their death. In nature, it is possible to found B. thuringiensis strains which produce these proteins, but they differ in productivity (some of these isolates are more productive then others), and as to the toxicity levels of the produced proteins. Two B. thuringiensis strains that were highly effective against Spodoptera frugiperda larvae were chosen to verifying genetic mutation implication on Cry proteins productivity. One strain with a prolific spores production, while the other one only produced small amounts of spores. A genomic mutant library of these two isolates was, separately, constructed by genome Tn-5 transposon random insertion. Data analysis showed that mutation had a direct effect on the spores production, inducing an increase as well as a decrease in the production, according to the different strain observed. These results indicate, for the first time, that it is possible to use the described technique with B. thuringiensis, as well as the possibility to genetically breeding this bacteria. Another possibility introduced here is the possibility to do functional genetic studies mediated by mutagenesis in this bacterium.

Prices, property and markets in water allocation

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