La tela antigranizo en la maduración de ciruelas japonesas : : Prunus salicina Lindl

Se evaluó el efecto de la tela antigranizo sobre la evolución de la maduración de las cv. Linda Rosa y Larry Ann de ciruelo japonés. Periódicamente se cosechó fruta de plantas uniformes: ambas situaciones bajo tela y sin protección. Los parámetros de madurez y calidad evaluados fueron: peso, diámetros, color de piel, firmeza de pulpa, contenido de sólidos solubles (CSS), acidez titulable (AT) y la relación CSS/AT. La tela afectó la calidad de los frutos. El contenido de solubles y el color piel de la cv. Linda Rosa y el tamaño de frutos de la cv. Larry Ann, atributos de calidad muy valorados, fueron menores en las plantas bajo tela.

Guimarães Rosa à luz de uma transposição cinematográfica

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Tradução e relações intertextuais em Historias ocultas en la Recoleta, de María Rosa Lojo

The aim is to analyze some aspects of the strategy of intertextual Maria Rosa Lojo and her importance to the translation of two tales Historias Ocultas en la Recoleta. Then, the theory by Umberto Eco about the intertextual irony and its implications in the act of tranlation were used to the understanding. The theories and considerations by Linda Hutcheon on intertextuality, parody and discourses of history also contributed.

Grammar’s journey: Teacherly reflections from Linda-Dianne Willis & Beryl Exley

As we come to celebrate the twentieth year of ALEA’s practically orientated journal, we offer teacherly reflections on grammar’s journey, both in terms of content and pedagogical practice. Having both been educated in Queensland across a comparable time period, our teaching careers have been influenced by similar curricula and policy documents. It is perhaps not surprising that our careers have taken similar, even intersecting, paths. Through metalogue (written conversation), our individual and common experiences are revealed which may resonate with the experiences of some readers or, in contrast, serve to explain why readers’ experiences may be somewhat different. Yet, it is hoped that our exchange may generate fertile professional discussions about the affordances and challenges of grammar teaching and learning to successfully negotiate the journey ahead.

Family portrait of siblings Wladimir, Rosa, Lena and Georg Eliasberg; New York Portraits Family

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Family portrait of siblings Wladimir, Rosa, Lena and Georg Eliasberg; New York Portraits Family

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Adolf and Rosa Steinharter on their plant covered balcony; Munich Portraits; Couples

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Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas

The rapid disruption of tropical forests probably imperils global biodiversity more than any other contemporary phenomenon(1-3). With deforestation advancing quickly, protected areas are increasingly becoming final refuges for threatened species and natural ecosystem processes. However, many protected areas in the tropics are themselves vulnerable to human encroachment and other environmental stresses(4-9). As pressures mount, it is vital to know whether existing reserves can sustain their biodiversity. A critical constraint in addressing this question has been that data describing a broad array of biodiversity groups have been unavailable for a sufficiently large and representative sample of reserves. Here we present a uniquely comprehensive data set on changes over the past 20 to 30 years in 31 functional groups of species and 21 potential drivers of environmental change, for 60 protected areas stratified across the world's major tropical regions. Our analysis reveals great variation in reserve `health': about half of all reserves have been effective or performed passably, but the rest are experiencing an erosion of biodiversity that is often alarmingly widespread taxonomically and functionally. Habitat disruption, hunting and forest-product exploitation were the strongest predictors of declining reserve health. Crucially, environmental changes immediately outside reserves seemed nearly as important as those inside in determining their ecological fate, with changes inside reserves strongly mirroring those occurring around them. These findings suggest that tropical protected areas are often intimately linked ecologically to their surrounding habitats, and that a failure to stem broad-scale loss and degradation of such habitats could sharply increase the likelihood of serious biodiversity declines.

Evaluación del establecimiento de Moringa oleífera Lam. (Marango) en un sistema de cercas viva en la Finca Santa Rosa - UNA, Managua, Nicaragua

Con el objetivo de evaluar el establecimiento de Moringa oleífera en un sistema de cercas viva, se llevo a cabo un experimento, se realizó en la Finca Santa Rosa perteneciente a la Universidad Nacional Agraria. El estudio se realizo entre Octubre del 2012 y Mayo del 2013. Dos distancias de siembra (1.5 y 2 m) plantadas bajo un diseño de Bloques Completos al Azar fueron evaluadas como tratamientos; a los cuales se les determinaron los siguientes variables: número de yemas y rebrotes, longitud de rebrotes y sobrevivencia de la especie. No se encontraron diferencias significativas entre los tratamientos, para la sobrevivencia al final del estudio; los valores correspondieron al 25.78% para la distancia 2m y 29.69% para la distancia 1.5m. La producción de yemas en la especie mantuvo una tendencia positiva durante el periodo de estudio. No se encontraron diferencias estadísticas para la variable número de rebrotes; demostrando que la producción de rebrotes en la plantación fue relativamente pobre con valores de 3 rebrotes en promedio. Valores medios de 6.27 cm de crecimiento en la longitud de rebrotes, y no determinándose diferencias significativas entre las distancias comparadas. Se concluye que se pueden utilizar las dos distancias de siembra con M. oleífera como postes vivo en cercas perimetrales de áreas de pastoreo; siempre y cuando el establecimiento coincida con la época lluviosa y el manejo sea eficiente.