Efeito de algumas características dos solos sobre a disponibilidade do P nativo e a solubilização da apatita de Araxá

In a pot experiment, samples of 17 São Paulo State soils, were fertilized with 0 and 400 kg of total P(2)0(5) /ha by the addition of Araxa apatite and triple superphosphate. Rice was grown and the aerial part was cut after 40 days and used as a biological index. The dry matter weight was correlated to soil available P, determined by H2SO4 and by ionic exchange resins. It was not possible to determine which soils properties influenced the apatite solubilization, but seems that pH and native soil P, can indicate some aspects of the process.Vasos contendo amostras de 17 solos do Estado de São Paulo receberam superfosfato triplo como tratamento comparativo e apatita de araxá, nas doses correspondentes a 0 e 400 kg de P2O2 total/ha. Um mês apôs, semeou-se arroz nos mesmos, sendo a parte aérea das plantas colhidas no início da formação da panícula. A produção de matéria seca, usa da como índice biológico, mostrou que os teores de P disponível dos solos, determinados pelos métodos do H2SO4 e da resina de troca iônica evidencia bem a capacidade de suprimento do elemento nas amostras estudadas. Por outro lado, não foi possível identificar as características dos solos que são responsáveis pela solubilização da apatita de araxá, porém o pH e o teor de de P nativo do solo parecem esclarecer alguns aspectos do processo

Avaliação do crescimento e da utilização de nutrientes pelo amendoim

Avaliaram-se os padrões de crescimento e de absorção de macro e de micronutrientes de quatro cultivares de amendoim, sendo três de lançamento recente, IAC-Oirã, lAC-Poitara e IAC-Tupã, todos de porte ereto e um mais antigo, Penápolis, de hábito rasteiro. Os resultados obtidos mostraram que os cultivares recentes apresentaram o mesmo padrão de crescimento e de acúmulo dos nutrientes e o cultivar a rasteiro, de ciclo mais longo, apresentou um padrão ligeiramente diferente. Dentre os cultivares estudados, IAC-Tupã e IAC-Oirã apresentaram certa superioridade na eficiência de aproveitamento da matéria seca total produzida e do total de nutrientes translocados para a semente, órgão alvo da cultura do amendoim.Plant growth and mineral absorption of four peanut cultivare were evaluated, three of them being new erect cultivars, IAC-Oirã, IAC-Poitara and IAC-Tupã, and the fourth, Penápolis an old creeper cultivar. The new cultivars had the same growth and nutrient absorption patterns. The cultivar Penápolis showed small differences specially due to cicle size. The new cultivars, IAC-Tupã and IAC-Oirã showed better efficiency in transporting to seeds the produced dry matter and nutrients, the target organ in a peanut crop

Genetic insights into resting heart rate and its role in cardiovascular disease.

Resting heart rate is associated with cardiovascular diseases and mortality in observational and Mendelian randomization studies. The aims of this study are to extend the number of resting heart rate associated genetic variants and to obtain further insights in resting heart rate biology and its clinical consequences. A genome-wide meta-analysis of 100 studies in up to 835,465 individuals reveals 493 independent genetic variants in 352 loci, including 68 genetic variants outside previously identified resting heart rate associated loci. We prioritize 670 genes and in silico annotations point to their enrichment in cardiomyocytes and provide insights in their ECG signature. Two-sample Mendelian randomization analyses indicate that higher genetically predicted resting heart rate increases risk of dilated cardiomyopathy, but decreases risk of developing atrial fibrillation, ischemic stroke, and cardio-embolic stroke. We do not find evidence for a linear or non-linear genetic association between resting heart rate and all-cause mortality in contrast to our previous Mendelian randomization study. Systematic alteration of key differences between the current and previous Mendelian randomization study indicates that the most likely cause of the discrepancy between these studies arises from false positive findings in previous one-sample MR analyses caused by weak-instrument bias at lower P-value thresholds. The results extend our understanding of resting heart rate biology and give additional insights in its role in cardiovascular disease development

Novel Loci for Adiponectin Levels and Their Influence on Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Traits : A Multi-Ethnic Meta-Analysis of 45,891 Individuals

J. Kaprio, S. Ripatti ja M.-L. Lokki työryhmien jäseniä.Peer reviewe

Reef fish foraging associations: "nuclear-follower" behavior or an ephemeral interaction?

A widespread feeding association among reef fishes involves nuclear and attendant species. The former causes a bottom disturbance attracting several species known as followers, which feed on items exposed by this activity. Herein we propose a novel classification for foraging associations namely "ephemeral foraging association" formerly grouped together as nuclear-follower behavior. For this classification, the interaction between the goldspotted eel Myrichthys ocellatus and other six reef fish species was taken as a study case. The present study was conducted in the Tamandaré Reef Complex, Pernambuco State, Northeastern Brazil (8°44'26"S and 35°05'11"W). Observations were performed during daylight periods while snorkeling with a total of 55 hours of direct observation. We recorded 18 occurrences of the "ephemeral foraging association", while 42 individuals were observed. Interactions lasted from 30 seconds to 5 minutes and total fish lengths (TL) ranged from four to ten centimeters. Most ephemeral foraging species were carnivores and territorial omnivores. Based on factors such as the way the associations are triggered, time spent in the association, cognitive reactions and territoriality of attendants the recorded interactions may be separated into a different category

Efeito da tosquia na temperatura corpórea e outros parâmetros clínicos em ovinos

The aim of this study was to determine the variation of the temperature after shearing in sheep under dry and hot environment conditions and to compare the temperature changes with variation in cardiac and respiratory frequencies, ruminal movements and hydration status. Twenty Suffolk unshorn ewes were studied. Physical examination was performed in all animals three times a day at 7:00 AM, 1:00 PM and 7:00 PM, during 42 days (22 days before shearing and 20 days after shearing). The skin temperature was measured by infrared thermometer over several surfaces of the body. Data were submitted to analysis of variance, for comparisons between groups (shorn versus unshorn) at each time, and the significant difference was evaluated at level of P<0.05 by Tukey test. The respiratory frequency was statistically significant at all times. When air humidity was high, the respiratory frequencies were low. The thermal stress was clear in sheep of this study, reflecting marked changes in cardiac and respiratory frequencies and rectal temperature. The respiratory frequency was the parameter more reliable to establish a framework of thermal stress in the unshorn sheep, with values on average three times higher than those reported in the literature. The heart rate monitors the thermal variation of the environment and is also an indicator of heat stress. This variation shows the Suffolk breed is well adapted to hot climates. The correlation between the body surface temperatures with environment temperature and air humidity was negative, as explained by the effect of wool insulation, i.e. even with an increase in environment temperature and humidity, the body temperature tends to maintain a compensating balance. In the shorn animals, the correlation between skin temperature with environment temperature and air humidity showed that the skin temperature increases when the environment temperature increases. The increase in the environment temperature does not affect the body temperature of unshorn animals due the insulating effect of the wool. However, when environment temperature rises, the presence of the wool starts to affect the thermal comfort as the heat absorption is larger than the capacity of heat loss. In this study, the best thermal stress indicators were the respiratory frequency and rectal and skin temperatures. The temperatures of the skin measured at the perineum, axillae and inner thigh were considered the most reliable