Propagação vegetativa e produção de mudas de Bauhinia spp

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Comparative analysis by protocol and key of seed storage behaviour of sixty Vietnamese tree species

Seed storage behaviour of 5 1 native and 9 introduced tree species in Vietnam was investigated using a brief protocol developed to aid biodiversity conservation in circumstances where little is known about the seeds. Of the 60 species, 34 appeared to show orthodox (Acacia auriculaeformis, Adenanthera pavonina, Afzelia xylocarpa, Bauhinia purpurea, Callistemon lanceolatus, Cananga odorata, Canarium nigrum, Cassia fistula, Cassia javanica, Cassia splendida, Chukrasia tabularis, Dalbergia bariaensis, Dialium cochinchinensis, Diospyros mollis, Diospyros mun, Dracuntomelon duperreanum, Erythrophleum fordii, Khaya senegalensis, Lagerstroemia speciosa, Leucaena leucocephala, Livistona cochinchinensis, Markhamia stipulata, Melaleuca cajuputi, Millettia ichthyotona, Peltophorum pterocarpum, Peltophorum tonkinensis, Pinus khasya, Pinus massoniana, Pinus merkusii, Pterocarpus macrocarpus, Sindora siamensis, Sophora tonkinense, Sterculia foetida, Swietenia macrophylla), 13 recalcitrant (Avicennia alba, Beilschmiedia roxburghiana, Caryota mitis, Dimocarpus sp., Diospyros malabarica, Dipterocarpus chartaceus, Dypsis pinnatifrons, Hopea odorata, Lithocarpus gigantophylla, Machilus odoratissimus, Melanorrhoea laccifera, Melanorrhea usitata, Syzygium cinereum) and 13 intermediate (Anisoptera cochinchinensis, Aphanamixis polystachya, Averrhoa carambola, Carissa carandas, Chrysopylum cainito, Cinnamomum camphora, Citrofortunella microcarpa, Citrus grandis var. grandis, Elaeis guineensis, Hydnocarpus anthelmintica, Madhuca floribunda, Manilkara achras, Mimusops elengi) seed storage behaviour. A double-criteria key to estimate likely seed storage behaviour showed good agreement with the above: the key can reduce the workload of seed storage behaviour identification considerably.

Vegetative propagation of bauhinia x blakeana, an ornamental sterile tree

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Identification of pathotypes of the sorghum rust pathogen, Puccinia purpurea, in Australia

This study aimed to determine if pathotypic diversity of the sorghum rust pathogen, P. purpurea, exists in eastern Australia. A differential set of 10 Sorghum bicolor genotypes was used to identify four putative pathotypes from the 28 P. purpurea isolates that were tested. Pathotypes 1 and 3 were the most common, together comprising 85.7 % of the isolates tested, while pathotype 2 comprised 10.7 % of isolates, and pathotype 4 the remainder. Based on the limited number of isolates that were tested, there was evidence of geographic specialization amongst the pathotypes, with pathotype 1 not being found in north Queensland. This work has provided conclusive evidence that pathotypes of P. purpurea exist in the sorghum growing regions of Australia and has resulted in the development of a protocol for identifying pathotypes and screening breeding and experimental lines for resistance to these pathotypes. However, further investigations on the pathotypic diversity of P. purpurea and on the temporal and geographic distribution of these four as well as any additional undiscovered pathotypes are needed.

Determinación de la concentración de pH en hojas de cultivares clonales Spondias purpurea L, en el arboretum Alain Meyrat de la Universidad Nacional Agraria, Managua, Nicaragua

La presente investigación tiene como objetivo determinar la concentración de pH en las hojas de 17 cultivares clónales de Spondias purpurea L, ubicado en el Arboretum Alain Meyrat de la Universidad Nacional Agraria, la metodología utilizada consistió en la recolección del material vegetativo de las cuales se seleccionaron 20 hojas de cada cultivar clonal en buen estado (sanas, verdes y completas). Se procedió medir con ayuda de una balanza el peso verde de las hojas separando los foliolos y el raquis la cuales se rotularon con el nombre de cada cultivar clonal. Para determinar la concentración pH de cada cultivar se recortó los foliolos y el raquis utilizando 3 g de cada muestra, se macera con un mortero hasta obtener materia molida. Una vez macerado los 3 g de cada muestra se determina la solubilidad de las hojas, haciendo uso de solventes como el agua (H₂0), benceno (C₆H₆), etanol (CH₃-CH₂-0H), y tetracloruro de carbono (CCL₄), para ello se utilizó 3 ml de cada solvente. Se empleó el uso de un pHmetro para determinar la concentración de pH de las muestras combinadas con los solventes y pH de la muestra sin solvente. Se obtuvo que el pH del cultivar San franciscano posee mayor contenido de acidez empleando los solventes químicos y el raquis seco para elaborar infusiones, por el contrario las infusiones con los foliolos secos del cultivar Cocer se obtuvo la mayor concentración de acidez