Progresso da brusone nas folhas e panículas de genótipos de arroz de terras altas Progress of leaf and panicle blast in upland rice genotypes

Foram avaliados dezesseis genótipos de arroz quanto ao seu nível de resistência parcial à brusone (Pyricularia grisea). A reação dos genótipos à doença foi avaliada durante dois anos, em condições de cultivo de terras altas, no município de Capão Bonito, SP. A severidade da doença nas folhas e panículas foi determinada periodicamente, e os dados foram utilizados para traçar a curva de progresso da doença e cálculo da área sob a curva de progresso da doença para cada genótipo (ASCPD). Os resultados evidenciaram que, considerando os dois anos de avaliação, menores valores de ASCPD foram apresentados nas folhas pelas linhagens IAC 1711, IAC 1774 e IAC 1781 e pelas cultivares BRS Bonança e BRS Liderança; nas panículas, pelas linhagens IAC 1738, IAC 1774 e IAC 1781 e pelas cultivares BRS Bonança, BRS Liderança e Carisma.<br>Partial resistance of sixteen rice genotypes to blast (Pyricularia grisea) was evaluated during two years under upland conditions (Capão Bonito, SP). Blast severity on leaves and panicles was periodically determined and the data were used to obtain the disease progress curve for each genotype and to estimate the area under disease progress curve (AUDPC). Smaller AUDPC values were presented, considering leaf blast, by IAC 1711, IAC 1774 and IAC 1781 lines and BRS Bonança and BRS Liderança cultivars; considering panicle blast, by IAC 1738, IAC 1774 and IAC 1781 lines and BRS Bonança, BRS Liderança and Carisma cultivars

Myosin Va is developmentally regulated and expressed in the human cerebellum from birth to old age

Myosin Va functions as a processive, actin-based motor molecule highly enriched in the nervous system, which transports and/or tethers organelles, vesicles, and mRNA and protein translation machinery. Mutation of myosin Va leads to Griscelli disease that is associated with severe neurological deficits and a short life span. Despite playing a critical role in development, the expression of myosin Va in the central nervous system throughout the human life span has not been reported. To address this issue, the cerebellar expression of myosin Va from newborns to elderly humans was studied by immunohistochemistry using an affinity-purified anti-myosin Va antibody. Myosin Va was expressed at all ages from the 10th postnatal day to the 98th year of life, in molecular, Purkinje and granular cerebellar layers. Cerebellar myosin Va expression did not differ essentially in localization or intensity from childhood to old age, except during the postnatal developmental period. Structures resembling granules and climbing fibers in Purkinje cells were deeply stained. In dentate neurons, long processes were deeply stained by anti-myosin Va, as were punctate nuclear structures. During the first postnatal year, myosin Va was differentially expressed in the external granular layer (EGL). In the EGL, proliferating prospective granule cells were not stained by anti-myosin Va antibody. In contrast, premigratory granule cells in the EGL stained moderately. Granule cells exhibiting a migratory profile in the molecular layer were also moderately stained. In conclusion, neuronal myosin Va is developmentally regulated, and appears to be required for cerebellar function from early postnatal life to senescence