Evaluation of design recommendations for the development of wheelchair rugby sports-wear

Currently, wheelchair rugby athletes face the challenges of playing the sport without specifically designed sports-wear kit. A few designs and recommendations have already been proposed by researchers but none have made it to market yet. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a set of design recommendations for the development of wheelchair rugby sports-wear. This was done so that the products to be created are developed in collaboration with their potential users, responding to their particular needs and requirements. The evaluation was done through an online survey, where the athletes were presented with a visual representation of the design recommendations. The results indicate that the people questioned agree with the majority of the proposed designs and would be happy to have these improvements made to their current sports-wear. The most criticised recommendations were for the gloves, as they are the most important part of the kit, so it is important that they are adequate and allow for a good performance

Manejo alternativo do Mal-do-Panamá da bananeira.

A banana é uma das culturas mais importantes no cenário agrícola nacional, tendo cerca de 520 mil hectares de área plantada. Dentre as doenças que ocorre na cultura da bananeira, o mal-do-Panamá, causado pelo fungo Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc) é considerada a mais destrutiva

Endurecimento dos frutos causado por vírus: um dos principais problemas da cultura do maracujá.

O endurecimento dos frutos e a sua importância; Sintomas do endurecimento dos frutos; Manejo da doença

Estimation of genetic structure of a Mycosphaerella musicola population using inter-simple sequence repeat markers.

Among the diseases affecting banana (Musa sp), yellow Sigatoka, caused by the fungal pathogen Mycosphaerella musicola Leach, is considered one of the most important in Brazil, causing losses throughout the year. Understanding the genetic structure of pathogen populations will provide insight into the life history of pathogens, including the evolutionary processes occurring in agrosystems. Tools for estimating the possible emergence of pathogen variants with altered pathogenicity, virulence, or aggressiveness, as well as resistance to systemic fungicides, can also be developed from such data. The objective of this study was to analyze the genetic diversity and population genetics of M. musicola in the main banana-producing regions in Brazil. A total of 83 isolates collected from different banana cultivars in the Brazilian states of Bahia, Rio Grande do Norte, and Minas Gerais were evaluated using inter-simple sequence repeat markers. High variability was detected between the isolates, and 85.5% of the haplotypes were singletons in the populations. The highest source of genetic diversity Genetic structure of M. musicola population 8047 Genetics and Molecular Research 14 (3): 8046-8057 (2015) ©FUNPEC-RP www.funpecrp.com.br (97.22%) was attributed to variations within populations. Bayesian cluster analysis revealed the presence of 2 probable ancestral groups, however, showed no relationship to population structure in terms of collection site, state of origin, or cultivar. Similarly, we detected noevidence of genetic recombination between individuals within different states, indicating that asexual cycles play a major role in M. musicola reproduction and that long-distance dispersal of the pathogen is the main factor contributing to the lack of population structure in the fungus

Coleção biológica de Colletotrichum gloeosporioides sensu lato associados a antracnose em Manihot spp.

Colletotrichum gloeosporioides lato sensu é conhecido por causar antracnose, doença que afeta diversas culturas ao redor do mundo, inclusive a cultura da mandioca