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Estimating Parasitism of Colorado Potato Beetle Eggs, \u3ci\u3eLeptinotarsa Decemlineata\u3c/i\u3e (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), by \u3ci\u3eEdovum Puttleri\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)
A computer simulation was used to evaluate methods for estimating parasitism of Colorado potato beetle egg mass populations by Edovum puttleri. The algorithm incorporated the specific attack behavior of E. puttleri, and a development time for parasitized egg masses of ca. 2.9 times that of healthy egg masses. Of the methods compared, a modification of Southwood\u27s graphical technique was found to be most accurate in relation to the true parasitism derived from the algorithm. A regression equation is presented to correct the error in this method at high levels of parasitism. A second simulation was used to test the accuracy of this correcter where in a jacknife procedure was used to generate a mean and variance for estimates of parasitism
Testing Asteroseismic Radii of Dwarfs and Subgiants with Kepler and Gaia
We test asteroseismic radii of Kepler main-sequence and subgiant stars by
deriving their parallaxes which are compared with those of the first Gaia data
release. We compute radii based on the asteroseismic scaling relations as well
as by fitting observed oscillation frequencies to stellar models for a subset
of the sample, and test the impact of using effective temperatures from either
spectroscopy or the infrared flux method. An offset of 3%, showing no
dependency on any stellar parameters, is found between seismic parallaxes
derived from frequency modelling and those from Gaia. For parallaxes based on
radii from the scaling relations, a smaller offset is found on average;
however, the offset becomes temperature dependent which we interpret as
problems with the scaling relations at high stellar temperatures. Using the
hotter infrared flux method temperature scale, there is no indication that
radii from the scaling relations are inaccurate by more than about 5%. Taking
the radii and masses from the modelling of individual frequencies as reference
values, we seek to correct the scaling relations for the observed temperature
trend. This analysis indicates that the scaling relations systematically
overestimate radii and masses at high temperatures, and that they are accurate
to within 5% in radius and 13% in mass for main-sequence stars with
temperatures below 6400 K. However, further analysis is required to test the
validity of the corrections on a star-by-star basis and for more evolved stars.Comment: 12 pages, 9 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRA
Percepção de agricultores do entorno do parque estadual Fritz Plaumann sobre o código florestal.
Projeto/Plano de Ação: 06.09.06.001
Semiclassical model for calculating fully differential ionization cross sections of the H molecule
Fully differential cross sections are calculated for the ionization of H
by fast charged projectiles using a semiclassical model developed previously
for the ionization of atoms. The method is tested in case of 4 keV electron and
6 MeV proton projectiles. The obtained results show good agreement with the
available experimental data. Interference effects due to the two-center
character of the target are also observed and analyzed.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figure
Propagação de mirtilo do tipo Rabbiteye por estaquia e alporquia.
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Relações entre momento de colheita, composição química e potencial de armazenamento de sementes de soja
Soybeans IAC-8 were harvested in the growth stages R7 and R8 commercial harvesting time and at two other subsequent times to compare their physiological and technological characteristics. Seeds were stored at two moisture levels, 12% and 15%, for 6 months. Germination and vigor (acelerated aging, electrical conductivity), oil and free fatty acids, peroxide and iodine values were evaluated periodically. As expected, the time of harvesting and seed moisture content affected seed performance, while oil content did not correlate to physiological quality as did acidity, peroxide value and iodine number.Um campo de produção de soja IAC-8 foi colhido nos estádios R7 e R8 "pontos de colheita comercial" e em duas épocas subsequentes; as sementes foram estudadas sob os pontos de vista fisiológico e tecnológico, logo após as colheitas e durante o armazenamento de 6 meses (graus de umidade inicial de 12% e 15%). O comportamento das sementes foi avaliado através de testes de germinação, vigor (envelhecimento acelerado, condutividade elétrica), teores de óleo e de ácidos graxos livres, indices de peróxidos e de iodo. O momento de colheita e o grau de umidade afetaram o desempenho das sementes mas o teor de óleo não se relacionou à qualidade fisiológica, o que ocorreu com os índices de peróxidos e de iodo
Asteroseismic properties of solar-type stars observed with the NASA K2 mission: results from Campaigns 1-3 and prospects for future observations
We present an asteroseismic analysis of 33 solar-type stars observed in short
cadence during Campaigns (C) 1-3 of the NASA K2 mission. We were able to
extract both average seismic parameters and individual mode frequencies for
stars with dominant frequencies up to ~3300{\mu}Hz, and we find that data for
some targets are good enough to allow for a measurement of the rotational
splitting. Modelling of the extracted parameters is performed by using
grid-based methods using average parameters and individual frequencies together
with spectroscopic parameters. For the target selection in C3, stars were
chosen as in C1 and C2 to cover a wide range in parameter space to better
understand the performance and noise characteristics. For C3 we still detected
oscillations in 73% of the observed stars that we proposed. Future K2 campaigns
hold great promise for the study of nearby clusters and the chemical evolution
and age-metallicity relation of nearby field stars in the solar neighbourhood.
We expect oscillations to be detected in ~388 short-cadence targets if the K2
mission continues until C18, which will greatly complement the ~500 detections
of solar-like oscillations made for short-cadence targets during the nominal
Kepler mission. For ~30-40 of these, including several members of the Hyades
open cluster, we furthermore expect that inference from interferometry should
be possible.Comment: 17 pages, 15 figures, 4 tables; accepted for publication in PAS
Seismic evidence for a rapidly rotating core in a lower-giant-branch star observed with Kepler
Rotation is expected to have an important influence on the structure and the
evolution of stars. However, the mechanisms of angular momentum transport in
stars remain theoretically uncertain and very complex to take into account in
stellar models. To achieve a better understanding of these processes, we
desperately need observational constraints on the internal rotation of stars,
which until very recently were restricted to the Sun. In this paper, we report
the detection of mixed modes - i.e. modes that behave both as g modes in the
core and as p modes in the envelope - in the spectrum of the early red giant
KIC7341231, which was observed during one year with the Kepler spacecraft. By
performing an analysis of the oscillation spectrum of the star, we show that
its non-radial modes are clearly split by stellar rotation and we are able to
determine precisely the rotational splittings of 18 modes. We then find a
stellar model that reproduces very well the observed atmospheric and seismic
properties of the star. We use this model to perform inversions of the internal
rotation profile of the star, which enables us to show that the core of the
star is rotating at least five times faster than the envelope. This will shed
new light on the processes of transport of angular momentum in stars. In
particular, this result can be used to place constraints on the angular
momentum coupling between the core and the envelope of early red giants, which
could help us discriminate between the theories that have been proposed over
the last decades.Comment: Accepted in ApJ, 39 pages, 16 figure
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