Relação entre características bioquímicas e agronômicas e o enfezamento pálido em milho.

Foram avaliadas, em plântulas de milho, características bioquímicas, como possíveis marcadores para seleção de genótipos resistentes ao enfezamento pálido, causado por Spiroplasma kunkelii, bem como o efeito dessa doença sobre o crescimento e a produção de genótipos de milho. Para isto, espiroplasma foi inoculado nas plântulas das linhagens parentais susceptíveis, P1, e resistente, P2, e nas gerações F1, F2 e F3. Essas linhagens parentais, utilizadas também em intercruzamentos para obtenção das demais gerações, são oriundas do programa de melhoramento da Embrapa Milho e Sorgo. A altura das plantas (AP), a altura de espiga (AE) e a produção de grãos (PG) foram as características afetadas pela infecção por espiroplasma, que causou reduções médias de, respectivamente, 9,60%, 12,83% e 42% nesses parâmetros. Elevados valores, acima de 0,80, foram obtidos em correlações fenotípica e genotípica entre nota da espiga (NE) e severidade da doença enfezamento pálido (SEV), entre SEV e PG e entre NE e PG, mostrando que essas características podem ser utilizadas como critério para seleção de genótipos resistentes ao enfezamento pálido. Dentre as características bioquímicas avaliadas, verificou-se tendência de as plantas resistentes apresentarem maiores valores de teor de proteínas solúveis e menores valores de atividade específica da peroxidase (PODesp). As correlações fenotípicas entre os teores de ácido ferúlico (FA) e 5,5`-di-ferúlico (DFA) e SEV não foram significativas e os zimogramas da peroxidase não apresentaram isoformas que estivessem associadas especificamente à resistência ou à susceptibilidade ao enfezamento pálido

Avaliação física e físico-química de 25 genótipos de maracujázeiro-azedo cultivados no Distrito Federal.

O trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar o desempenho agronômico de 25 genótipos de maracujazeiro azedo no Distrito Federal, bem como estimar parâmetros genéticos para serem utilizados em programas de melhoramento genético dessa cultura

Data on yields, sugars and glycosidic-linkage analyses of coffee arabinogalactan and galactomannan mixtures and optimization of their microwave assisted extraction from spent coffee grounds

The data presented here are related to the research paper entitled "Structural features of spent coffee grounds water-soluble polysaccharides: towards tailor-made microwave assisted extractions" [1]. Microwave assisted extraction conditions were applied to spent coffee grounds for recovery of polysaccharides, namely arabinogalactans and galactomannans. Following an experimental design testing temperature, time, and alkali conditions as influence factors during microwave assisted extraction, this article reports the response data for the total extracted mass, sugars yield (including arabinogalactans and galactomannans total content, and mass ratio), and structural features (including degree of polymerization and degree of branching) for each set of operating conditions. In addition, it provides gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) chromatograms (and respective GC-MS spectra) of arabinogalactan and galactomannan mixtures with different structural features corresponding to representative microwave treatment conditions.publishe

Extra dimensions in CERN LHC via mini-black holes: effective Kerr-Newman brane-world effects

We solve Einstein equations on the brane to derive the exact form of the braneworld-corrected perturbations in Kerr-Newman singularities, using Randall-Sundrum and Arkani-Hamed-Dimopoulos-Dvali (ADD) models. It is a consequence of such models the possibility that Kerr-Newman mini-black holes can be produced in LHC. We use this approach to derive a normalized correction for the Schwarzschild Myers-Perry radius of a static $(4+n)$-dimensional mini-black hole, using more realistic approaches arising from Kerr-Newman mini-black hole analysis. Besides, we prove that there are four Kerr-Newman black hole horizons in braneworld scenario we use, although only the outer horizon is relevant in the physical measurable processes. Parton cross sections in LHC and Hawking temperature are also investigated as functions of Planck mass (in the LHC range 1-10 TeV), mini-black hole mass and the number of large extra dimensions in braneworld large extra-dimensional scenarios. In this case a more realistic brane effect-corrected formalism can achieve more precisely the effective extra-dimensional Planck mass and the number of large extra dimensions -- in Arkani-Hamed-Dimopoulos-Dvali model -- or the size of the warped extra dimension -- in Randall-Sundrum formalism.Comment: 11 pages, 23 figures, citations update

Vascular and Metabolic Response to Statin in the Mildly Hypertensive Hypercholesterolemic Elderly

INTRODUCTION: Much evidence indicates the importance of the endothelium and hypercholesterolemia in atherosclerosis, as well as the decline in endothelial function with aging. However, it is unclear if treating dyslipidemia in elderly patients improves endothelial function and reduces C-reactive protein levels. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate vasomotor function, lipids and C-reactive protein in mildly hypertensive and hypercholesterolemic elderly patients treated with atorvastatin. METHODS: Forty-seven elderly Brazilian subjects (> 65 years old) with LDL cholesterol (LDL-c) > 130 mg/dL were randomly assigned, in a double-blinded manner, to receive either placebo (n = 23) or 20 mg/day of atorvastatin (n = 24) for 4 weeks. Exclusion criteria included diabetes, serious hypertension, obesity, steroid use, hormone replacement, and statin use within the previous six months. All patients underwent clinical examinations, laboratory tests (glucose, lipids, liver enzymes, creatine phosphokinase and high sensitivity C-reactive protein) and assessment of vasomotor function by high-resolution ultrasound examination of the brachial artery (flow-mediated dilation and sublingual nitrate), both before and after treatment. RESULTS: The patients were 65 to 91 years old; there was no significant difference between basal flow-mediated dilation of placebo (7.3 ± 6.1%) and atorvastatin (4.5 ± 5.1%; p = 0.20). The same was observed after treatment (6.6 ± 6.2 vs. 5.0 ± 5.6; p = 0.55). The initial nitrate dilatation (8.1 ± 5.4% vs. 10.8 ± 7.5%; p = 0.24) and that after 4 week treatment (7.1 ± 4.7% vs. 8.6 ± 5.0%; p = 0.37) were similar. Atorvastatin produced a reduction of 20% of the C-reactive protein and 42% in the LDL-c; however, there were no changes in the flow-mediated dilation. CONCLUSIONS: Atorvastatin produced a significant change of lipids and C-reactive protein; however, there were no changes in vasomotor function, suggesting the existence of intrinsic age-related vessel alterations