Peletização de sementes de milheto

The pearl millet seed is small and its size varies, making sowing more difficult. The pelleting technique increases and homogenizes seed size, but it is essential to determine the physical and physiological characteristics of pelleted seeds. The physiological analysis consisted of: first germination count, final germination, speed emergence index, and seedling emergence. Physical analysis consisted of determining the 1000-seed weight, 1000-seed volume and fragmentation. The control treatment did not receive any coating, and the other 36 treatments combined four binders: bentonite, polyvinyl acetate (PVA), polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and methyl cellulose (Methocel®), and nine powder coating products: microcellulose, plaster, vermiculite, magnesium thermophosphate (Yoorin®), phytic acid, dicalcium phosphate, super simple phosphate (SS), monoamonic phosphate (MAP) and reactive phosphate. Among the materials used to form the pearl millet pellet, the most efficient binders were the polyvinyl acetate and the methyl cellulose, and as coaters, the vermiculite and the microcellulose.As sementes de milheto são pequenas e têm tamanho variado, vindo a dificultar a semeadura. A técnica de peletização aumenta e uniformiza a forma das sementes. No entanto, é necessário determinar as características físicas e fisiológicas das sementes peletizadas. Logo, as análises fisiológicas consistiram do teste de germinação, primeira contagem de germinação, índice de velocidade de emergência e emergência final. As análises físicas consistiram do teste de peso de mil sementes, volume de mil sementes e fragmentação. A testemunha foi o tratamento de sementes sem peletização, os demais 36 tratamentos combinaram quatro adesivos: bentonita, acetato de polvinilina (PVA), polivinilpirrolidona (PVP) e metil celulose (Methocel®), e nove produtos de enchimento em pó: microcelulose, gesso, vermiculita, termofosfato magnesiano (Yoorin®), fitina, fosfato bicálcico, fosfato super simples (SS), fosfato monoamônico (MAP) e fosfato natural reativo. Dentre os materiais testados para formar a pelota de semente de milheto nesta pesquisa, os adesivos mais eficientes foram o acetato de polvinilina e a metil celulose. Já os materiais de enchimento em pó mais eficientes foram a vermiculita e a microcelulose.CNP

A half-century of studies on a chromosomal hybrid zone of the house mouse

The first natural chromosomal variation in the house mouse was described nearly 50 years ago in Val Poschiavo on the Swiss side of the Swiss–Italian border in the Central Eastern Alps. Studies have extended into neighboring Valtellina, and the house mice of the Poschiavo-Valtellina area have been subject to detailed analysis, reviewed here. The maximum extent of this area is 70 km, yet it has 4 metacentric races and the standard 40-chromosome telocentric race distributed in a patchwork fashion. The metacentric races are characterized by highly reduced diploid numbers (2n = 22–26) resulting from Robertsonian fusions, perhaps modified by whole-arm reciprocal translocations. The races hybridize and the whole Poschiavo-Valtellina area can be considered a “hybrid zone.” The studies of this area have provided insights into origin of races within hybrid zones, gene flow within hybrid zones and the possibility of speciation in hybrid zones. This provides a case study of how chromosomal rearrangements may impact the genetic structure of populations and their diversification.Fil: Giménez, Mabel Dionisia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Instituto de Biología Subtropical. Instituto de Biología Subtropical - Nodo Posadas | Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Instituto de Biología Subtropical. Instituto de Biología Subtropical - Nodo Posadas; Argentina. University of York; Reino UnidoFil: Förster, Daniel W.. Leibniz-institute For Zoo And Wildlife Research; Alemania. University of York; Reino UnidoFil: Jones, Eleanor P.. University of York; Reino Unido. Fera Science; Reino UnidoFil: Jóhannesdóttir, Fríđa. University of York; Reino Unido. Cornell University; Estados UnidosFil: Gabriel, Sofia I.. Universidade de Lisboa; Portugal. University of York; Reino UnidoFil: Panithanarak, Thadsin. Burapha University; Tailandia. University of York; Reino UnidoFil: Scascitelli, Moira. University of York; Reino UnidoFil: Merico, Valeria. Universita Di Pavia; ItaliaFil: Garagna, Silvia. Universita Di Pavia; ItaliaFil: Searle, Jeremy B.. University of York; Reino Unido. Cornell University; Estados UnidosFil: Hauffe, Heidi C.. Instituto Agrario San Michele All'adige Fondazione Edmund Mach. Centro Ricerca E Innovazione; Italia. University of York; Reino Unid

Measurement of the cross-section for b-jets produced in association with a Z boson at root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector ATLAS Collaboration

A measurement is presented of the inclusive cross-section for b-jet production in association with a Z boson in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of root s = 7 TeV. The analysis uses the data sample collected by the ATLAS experiment in 2010, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of approximately 36 pb(-1). The event selection requires a Z boson decaying into high P-T electrons or muons, and at least one b-jet, identified by its displaced vertex, with transverse momentum p(T) > 25 GeV and rapidity vertical bar y vertical bar < 2.1. After subtraction of background processes, the yield is extracted from the vertex mass distribution of the candidate b-jets. The ratio of this cross-section to the inclusive Z cross-section (the average number of b-jets per Z event) is also measured. Both results are found to be in good agreement with perturbative QCD predictions at next-to-leading order

Empirical demonstration of hybrid chromosomal races in house mice

Western house mice (Mus musculus domesticus) and common shrews (Sorex araneus) are important models for study of chromosomal speciation. Both had ancestral karyotypes consisting of telocentric chromosomes, and each is subdivided into numerous chromosomal races many of which have resulted from fixation of new mutations (Robertsonian fusions and whole-arm reciprocal translocations). However, some chromosomal races in both species may alternatively have originated through hybridization, with particular homozygous recombinant products reaching fixation. Here, we demonstrate the process of generation of hybrid chromosomal races for the first time in either species using molecular markers. Analysis of centromeric microsatellite markers show that the Mid Valtellina (IMVA) and Upper Valtellina (IUVA) chromosomal races of the house mouse are recombinant products of hybridization of the Lower Valtellina (ILVA) and Poschiavo (CHPO) chromosomal races, supporting earlier theoretical analysis. IMVA and IUVA occupy a small area of the Italian Alps where ILVA makes contact with CHPO. IUVA and CHPO have previously been shown to be reproductively isolated in one village, emphasizing that hybrid chromosomal races in small mammals, as in plants, have the potential to be part of the speciation process.Fil: Giménez, Mabel Dionisia. University of York; Reino Unido. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Instituto de Biología Subtropical. Instituto de Biología Subtropical - Nodo Posadas | Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Instituto de Biología Subtropical. Instituto de Biología Subtropical - Nodo Posadas; ArgentinaFil: Panithanarak, Thadsin. University of York; Reino Unido. Burapha University. Institute of Marine Science; TailandiaFil: Hauffe, Heidi C.. Instituto Agrario San Michele All'adige Fondazione Edmund Mach. Centro Ricerca E Innovazione; Italia. University of York; Reino UnidoFil: Searle, Jeremy B.. University of York; Reino Unido. Cornell University; Estados Unido

PROGETTO SISTEMA INFORMATIVO SOCIAL PER STABIAE INTELLIGENTE - SISSI

Il progetto SISSI intende sviluppare un Sistema Integrato di Conoscenze, Comunicazione, Valorizzazione e Fruizione Intelligente dedicato al patrimonio archeologico, ambientale e storico-monumentale del parco, nelle sue relazioni con il territorio. In particolare, gli interventi del progetto SISSI si focalizzeranno sui due luoghi di maggiore interesse del Parco, ovvero le villae romane S. Marco ed Arianna. Il piano della conoscenza che si intente mettere in campo, attraverso attività di catalogazione, inventariazione, digitalizzazione del patrimonio sarà compatibile con gli standard del Sistema Informativo Archeologico Nazionale (SITAN) e del SIGEC-WEB dell’ICCD del Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali. In particolare, il progetto SISSI intende creare e supportare una piattaforma tecnologica costruita partendo dalla piattaforma di gestione della conoscenza denominata DATABENC-Art, che il Distretto ad Alta TecnologiA per i BENi Culturali - DATABENC ha progettato e sviluppato in termini di raccolta e gestione di dati culturali certificati, regole, procedure, buone pratiche e tecnologie in aderenza con gli standard di catalogazione nazionali del MIBAC e rispondente al modello europeo di Smart City