Ação alelopática de sementes de Canavalia ensiformis contra Cyperus rotundus.

Ação alelopática da leguminosa Canavalia ensiformis (feijão de porco) já é praticada em campo semeado com essa leguminosa. Tentativa de esclarecer o modo de ação, levou a testar as partes, raízes, caules, folhas moídas misturadas a terra, plantando-se em seguida os tubérculos de Cyperus rotundus L. em ambiente de laboratório ou em casa de vegetação. Utilizando copos plásticos com capacidade de 160ml, terra argilosa misturada com quantidades diferentes das partes acima citadas, não revelaram qualquer ação sobre a capacidade de brotação dos tubérculos do Cyperus. Utilizando o mesmo método com vagens secas do feijão de porco, e separadamente com sementes, foi possível observar pequena ação da vagem seca, e pronunciada ação das sementes moídas, observou que quantidades menores que 10g pouco afetavam a brotação. Todavia a partir de 15 g de sementes moídas, misturadas em copo plástico contendo 160 de terra argilosa demonstraram a ação inibitória de brotação dos tubérculos de Cyperus. Foram conduzidos 7 ensaios nos quais procurou-se adicionar a terra argilosa diferentes quantidades da semente moída, encontrando-se os resultados: nas doses de 5 a 7,5g houve redução de 47% de brotação; de 10 a 15g a redução dos tubérculos; com a aplicação de maior dose houve total inibição da brotação dos tubérculos do C. rotundus. O trabalho visa esclarecer qual o elemento contido na planta do feijão de porco que provoca redução sensível da populacao da invasora.

Fertilizers with coated urea in upland rice production and nitrogen apparent recovery.

Urea is the most used N fertilizer for upland rice, however, a great percentage of N loss can occur with the use of this fertilizer. The use of products that provide reduction of N loss for urea fertilizers can contribute to increase N use efficiency. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of N rates applied in the form of coated urea in the content and accumulation of N in dry biomass, apparent recovery of nitrogen and grain yield of upland rice. The experimental design was a randomized complete blocks arranged in a 4 x 3 + 1 factorial scheme. The treatments consisted of four sources of N fertilizer [1. Common urea; 2. Polymer-coated urea for slow release of N (PCU); 3. urea with the urease inhibitor N-(n-Butyl) thiophosphoric triamide (NBPT); and 4. urea coated with copper sulfate and boric acid as urease inhibitors (UCCB)], with three fertilization rates (30, 60 and 90 kg ha-1 of N). In addition, we included a control treatment without N application. Coated urea did not provide increases in rice grain yield in relation to common urea. The increasing amount of N resulted in significant increases in rice grain yield (from 3217 to 5548 kg ha-1, 2010/11, and from 3392 to 4560 kg ha-1, 2011/12). The apparent nitrogen recovery rate decreased with the increase in N applied doses.

Expression of rice genes homologous of Arabidopsis genes previously related to drought tolerance.

The identification and validation of candidate genes related to traits of interest is a time consuming and expensive process and the homology among genes from different species can facilitate the identification of genes of the target species from the genomic information of a model species. This study aimed to quantify the expression of homologous rice genes previously related to drought tolerance in Arabidopsis. Five genes (CPK6, PLDa, GluR2, CesA8, and EIN2) were identified in rice by the homology of the amino acid sequence between rice and Arabidopsis. The genotypes Douradão (drought tolerant) and Primavera (drought susceptible) were subjected to a water deficit experiment, and subsequently evaluated for gene expression by qPCR for the five homologous and Lsi1 genes. The qPCR analysis clearly showed that the five homologous genes were expressed in rice, which is an indication that these genes could preserve their function in rice as a response to drought. In Douradão, of the five homologous genes, all but OsGluR2 displayed an increase in the average expression in drought treatment when compared to the control, while in Primavera, the average expression of the five genes did not differ between the control and drought treatment. In Douradão, the OsPLDa1, which showed the higher expression level in drought in relation to the control (10.82), significantly increased the gene expression in the leaf and root tissues as a response to drought, in both vegetative and reproductive stages, whereas in Primavera, this gene was suppressed in both tissues and stages under drought. Therefore, the OsPLDa1 gene was the most important in relation to drought response and is an interesting candidate for further studies in developing rice cultivars that are more tolerant to this stress.

BRS Ártico: common bean cultivar with export-standard white grain.

BRS Ártico is a common bean cultivar with white grains with international standard size (62 g per 100 seeds), appropriate for cultivation in the Central region of Brazil and the state of Paraná. The cycle is semi-early, the yield potential 2677 kg ha-1 and BRS Ártico has moderate resistance to rust and curtobacterium wilt.

Creolo beans production systems in Juruá valley, Acre, Brazilian Amazon.

The Juruá valley mesoregion is recognized for its diversity of cultivars of common beans and cowpea and is an important center for on farm bean conservation in Brazil. However, there is little information about production systems of Creoles cultivars and, in this approach, the study aimed to identify the production centers and to gather information about beans production systems. Thirty eight farmers and five merchants were interviewed using semi-structured questionnaries. Juruá valley farmers use three beans production systems: "beach farming", "slash burn system" and "stuffy farming". The systems use family labor with low dependence on external inputs, two classified as itinerant. The study identified two beans production centers: Alto Juruá extractive reserve and Santa Luzia directed settlement project.

Análise da estratégia de melhoramento do arroz ciclo curto em função dos estresses hídricos para Goiás.

Esse trabalho tem como objetivos: Determinar as variações geográficas e inter anual dos padrões de seca para a cultura de arroz ciclo curto em Goiás; Determinar o impacto dos estresses hídricos no rendimento da cultura em Goiás; Proporcionar estratégias que podem melhorar a eficiência do programa de melhoramento

Análise da estratégia de melhoramento do milho safra em função dos estresses hídricos para Goiás.

Esse trabalho tem como objetivos: Determinar as variações geográficas e inter-anual dos padrões de seca para a cultura de milho em Goiás; Determinar o impacto dos estresses hídricos no rendimento da cultura em Goiás; Proporcionar estratégias que podem melhorar a eficiência do programa de melhoramento em Goiás.

The common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) demonstration unity system - sudf - applicability potential for family farming.

2016

Carcass traits of crossbred steers surgically castrated or immunocastrated

2016

Effect of sire breed on carcass and beef quality of crossbred cattle1

2016

Resposta fenotípica de arroz de terras altas ao estresse de fósforo no solo.

Avaliaram-se, neste trabalho, em condições de baixo e alto teor de fósforo (P) no solo, 51 linhagens de arroz provenientes do Banco Ativo de Germoplasma da Embrapa Arroz e Feijão, com o objetivo de identificar indicadores de eficiência no uso de P e linhagens com eficiência diferenciada no uso desse nutriente. O índice de eficiência do uso de fósforo mostrou ser mais adequado que a produtividade em baixo teor de fósforo no solo, na avaliação da eficiência diferenciada das linhagens no uso do P. Três linhagens, CNA 4634, CNA 4120 e CNA 3178, apresentam bom comportamento produtivo, tanto em alto como em baixo teor de P no solo e 22 mostraram bom comportamento produtivo em alto teor de P no solo; entretanto, não foram eficientes no aproveitamento de baixo P disponível no solo enquanto as demais foram desconsideradas em razão de indicarem baixo comportamento produtivo sob boa disponibilidade de P.

Golden mosaic of common beans in Brazil: management with a transgenic approach.

Common bean and its importance for the brazilian population. Golden mosaic of common beans (Bean golden mosaic virus). The BGMV whitefly vector: Bemisia tabaci. Breeding for BGMV resistant varieties. The development of a BGMV-Resistant common bean transgenic event. Other whitefly-transmitted viruses reported on common beans in Brazil. Whitefly-borne disease and insect management. Future perspectives.