Características biométricas e indicadores tecnológicos da castanha em quatro clones de cajueiro anão precoce.

Neste trabalho, as caracteristicas biometricas incluiram peso, comprimento e diametro; e os indicadores tecnologicos compreenderam relacao peso da amendoa/peso da castanha, facilidade de abertura, mdida pela percentagem de amendoas inteiras apos o corte; facilidade de remocao da pelicula, medida pela percentagem de amendoas duras e quebradas apos a despeliculagem; estado de sanidade; e um perfil de classificacao das amendoas.bitstream/CNPAT-2010/2253/1/Pa-012.pd

Índice multiefeitos e estimativas de parâmetros genéticos em aceroleira.

A seleção pelo Índice Multiefeitos baseia-se em um sistema que considera, simultaneamente, o comportamento do indivíduo e sua família, bem como o efeito da parcela em que o indivíduo foi plantado. O presente trabalho teve por objetivo estimar os parâmetros genéticos em uma população de aceroleira e comparar os ganhos genéticos obtidos por meio de seis métodos de seleção. O experimento foi instalado sob delineamento experimental de blocos casualizados com 62 progênies, três repetições e quatro plantas por parcelas. A altura da planta e o diâmetro do caule foram avaliados no primeiro, segundo e terceiro ano de idade das plantas; diâmetro da copa, avaliado no segundo e terceiro ano; e a produção total de frutos, avaliada no período de um ano, por meio de colheitas semanais. Os parâmetros genéticos populacionais estimados indicaram condições favoráveis à seleção, tendo em vista o fato de as herdabilidades serem de moderadas magnitudes. A seleção baseada no Índice Multiefeitos foi eficiente, pois fornece maior ganho genético e alta acurácia, em relação à seleção entre e dentro de progênies, seleção de genitores com base no comportamento da progênie e seleção individua

Molecular genotyping of sugarcane clones with microsatellite DNA markers

Molecular genotypes of 27 sugarcane clones (Saccharum hybrids) were produced with nine sugarcane microsatellites. A total of 52 alleles were identified using a capillary electrophoresis system with 41 alleles displaying varying degrees of polymorphism and the remaining 11 being monomorphic. There were eight alleles for sugarcane microsatellite SMC286CS, five for SMC334BS, eight for SMC336BS, four for SMC713BS, five for mSSCIR5, five for mSSCIR33, five for MCSA042E08, four for MCSA053C10, and eight for MCSA068G08. Presence or absence of these 52 alleles from a clone allowed the assignment of its arbitrary microsatellite genotype. The genetic relatedness among these clones was assessed using the CLUSTAL W algorithm with DNAMAN(R) software based on their arbitrary genotypes. With the exception of four clones, CP 70-321, HoCP 91-555, L 97-137 and Q124, six groups of clones were identified that shared at least 76% homology between their microsatellite genotypes. The software program also produced a bootstrapped phylogenetic tree with branch patterns that in general coincided with the putative pedigrees of these clones. The derivation of molecular genotypes such as these has enable sugarcane geneticists and breeders to verify the genetic pedigrees and purity of their sugarcane populations. These microsatellite genotypes can also aid in progeny selection and facilitate studies on allele transmission in this aneu-polyploidy crop

Cultivares de arroz de sequeiro para o Território Federal de Roraima.

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Soil organic matter fractions as a short-term indicator of carbon turnover under agricultural systems.

Integrated crop-livestock-forest (ICLF) systems has been considered as an important strategy to enhance C sequestration. However, changes in soil C due to agricultural management practices, in general, are observed in long-term experiments. Our objective was to investigate short-term impacts on soil organic matter under different management systems in the Cerrado/Amazonia region. Treatments corresponded to ICLF, No-tillage, Pasture and Eucalyptus plantation. Soil was sampled in 2014, in the 0-5, 5-10 and 10-30 cm layers for quantification of light- and heavy-fraction C stocks as well as their C isotopic composition (DELTA 13C). After three years established, all evaluated treatments showed similar values of light- and heavy-fraction C stocks to those observed under Native Forest in the 0-30 cm layer. Under Pasture and ILCF treatments, we observed that most of C of the light-fraction was substituted by pasturederived C in the uppermost soil layer (0-5 cm). Despite no differences in heavyand light-fraction C, the application of 13C stable isotope technique seems to be an important tool to evaluate short-term C turnover under agricultural systems

The new class of Kummer beta generalized distributions

Ng and Kotz (1995) introduced a distribution that provides greater flexibility to extremes.We define and study a new class of distributions called the Kummer beta generalized family to extend the normal, Weibull, gamma and Gumbel distributions, among several other well-known distributions. Some special models are discussed. The ordinary moments of any distribution in the new family can be expressed as linear functions of probability weighted moments of the baseline distribution. We examine the asymptotic distributions of the extreme values. We derive the density function of the order statistics, mean absolute deviations and entropies. We use maximum likelihood estimation to fit the distributions in the new class and illustrate its potentiality with an application to a real data set

Soil organic matter fractions as a short-term indicator of carbon turnover under agricultural systems.

Integrated crop-livestock-forest (ICLF) systems has been considered as an important strategy to enhance C sequestration. However, changes in soil C due to agricultural management practices, in general, are observed in long-term experiments. Our objective was to investigate short-term impacts on soil organic matter under different management systems in the Cerrado/Amazonia region. Treatments corresponded to ICLF, No-tillage, Pasture and Eucalyptus plantation. Soil was sampled in 2014, in the 0-5, 5-10 and 10-30 cm layers for quantification of light- and heavy-fraction C stocks as well as their C isotopic composition (DELTA 13C). After three years established, all evaluated treatments showed similar values of light- and heavy-fraction C stocks to those observed under Native Forest in the 0-30 cm layer. Under Pasture and ILCF treatments, we observed that most of C of the light-fraction was substituted by pasturederived C in the uppermost soil layer (0-5 cm). Despite no differences in heavyand light-fraction C, the application of 13C stable isotope technique seems to be an important tool to evaluate short-term C turnover under agricultural systems

Parâmetros genéticos para produção de borracha em clones de copa de seringueira na Amazônia Brasileira.

O trabalho teve por objetivos estimar os parâmetros genéticos de borracha durante seis anos de produção em análise conjunta de clones de copa de seringueira resistentes ao Microcyclus ulei nas condições edafoclimáticas da Amazônia Tropical Úmida. O experimento foi instalado em abril de 1999, no Campo Experimental da Embrapa Amazônia Ocidental, em Manaus ? AM, com a avaliação de 11 clones de copa de seringueira, em ensaio de blocos ao acaso com seis plantas por parcela e três repetições durante seis anos de produção, de 2005 a 2010

Evidence for sharper than expected transition between metastable and unstable states

In mean-field theory, i.e. infinite-range interactions, the transition between metastable and unstable states of a thermodynamic system is sharp. The metastable and the unstable states are separated by a spinodal curve. For systems with short-range interaction the transition between metastable and unstable states has been thought of as gradual. We show evidence, that one can define a sharp border between the two regions. We have analysed the lifetimes of states by considering the relaxation trajectories following a quench. The average lifetimes, as a function of the quench depth into the two-phase region, shows a very sharp drop defining a limit of stability for metastable states. Using the limit of stability we define a line similar to a spinodal in the two-phase region