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    Germinação e massa seca de plântulas de milho tratadas com estimulante, Cellerate e Azospirillum.

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    Edição dos resumos do 18º Congresso Brasileiro de Sementes, 2013, Florianópolis

    Validação da coleção núcleo de milho brasileira subgrupo endosperma dentado.

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    Este trabalho teve por objetivo validar a representatividade da varibilidade genética do subgrupo endosperma dentado da coleção núcleo de milho da Embrapa Milho e Sorgo. Foram avaliadas seis combinações de primers de AFLP, em amostras de 45 acessos de cada coleção, núcleo e base. Empregou-se o coeficiente de Jaccard para a similaridade genética e o método UPGMA para agrupamento dos acessos. A diversidade gênica para cada loco foi calculada pelo índice de Shannon e a diversidade total (HT), pelo índice de diversidade de Nei (dentro (HS) e entre populações (DST)). A proporção da diversidade genética devido à diferença entre coleções foi calculada pelo índice GST. As frequências alélicas foram estimadas admitindo-se o equilíbrio de Hardy-Weinberg. Considerando os 90 acessos de ambas coleções, foram obtidas 209 bandas, com média de 34,8 bandas polimórficas por combinação de primers. O número efetivo médio de alelos foi 1,5994 e a heterozigosidade (h) usada para avaliar índice de conteúdo polimórfico de cada loco foi 0,349. A proporção da diversidade (GST) entre coleções foi 20,52%. Esses resultados mostraram que 79,48% da varibilidade genética ocorre dentro das coleções de milho. A identidade genética de Nei foi alta (0,8061), mostrando frequências alélicas semelhantes entre as coleções. Por esses resultados, conclui-se que a coleção núcleo de milho subgrupo dentado é um subconjunto representativo da variabilidade genética da coleção total mantida pelo banco de germoplasma da Embrapa Milho e Sorgo

    Qualidade fisiologica de sementes de milho tratadas com Stimulate, Cellerate e Azozpirillum sp.

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    Edição dos resumos do 18º Congresso Brasileiro de Sementes, 2013, Florianópolis

    Vaccination with Leishmania infantum Acidic Ribosomal P0 but Not with Nucleosomal Histones Proteins Controls Leishmania infantum Infection in Hamsters

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    Several intracellular Leishmania antigens have been identified in order to find a potential vaccine capable of conferring long lasting protection against Leishmania infection. Histones and Acid Ribosomal proteins are already known to induce an effective immune response and have successfully been tested in the cutaneous leishmaniasis mouse model. Here, we investigate the protective ability of L. infantum nucleosomal histones (HIS) and ribosomal acidic protein P0 (LiP0) against L. infantum infection in the hamster model of visceral leishmaniasis using two different strategies: homologous (plasmid DNA only) or heterologous immunization (plasmid DNA plus recombinant protein and adjuvant). Immunization with both antigens using the heterologous strategy presented a high antibody production level while the homologous strategy immunized group showed predominantly a cellular immune response with parasite load reduction. The pcDNA-LiP0 immunized group showed increased expression ratio of IFN-γ/IL-10 and IFN-γ/TGF-β in the lymph nodes before challenge. Two months after infection hamsters immunized with the empty plasmid presented a pro-inflammatory immune response in the early stages of infection with increased expression ratio of IFN-γ/IL-10 and IFN-γ/TGF-β, whereas hamsters immunized with pcDNA-HIS presented an increase only in the ratio IFN-γ/ TGF-β. On the other hand, hamsters immunized with LiP0 did not present any increase in the IFN-γ/TGF-β and IFN-γ/IL-10 ratio independently of the immunization strategy used. Conversely, five months after infection, hamsters immunized with HIS maintained a pro-inflammatory immune response (ratio IFN-γ/ IL-10) while pcDNA-LiP0 immunized hamsters continued showing a balanced cytokine profile of pro and anti-inflammatory cytokines. Moreover we observed a significant reduction in parasite load in the spleen, liver and lymph node in this group compared with controls. Our results suggest that vaccination with L. infantum LiP0 antigen administered in a DNA formulation could be considered a potential component in a vaccine formulation against visceral leishmaniasisThis study was funded by CNPq and CYTED. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscrip

    Nitrogen-use efficiency of maize genotypes in contrasting environments.

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    The purpose ofthis study was to evaluate the nitrogen-use efficiency of 15 corn hybrids in different environments. The experiment was conducted at the research station Embrapa Milho e Sorgo, in environments with low (12 kg ha-l) and high (120 kg ha-J) nitrogen fertilization, in a randomized block design with three replications. The chlorophyll content, leaf nitrogen and nitrate reductase activity in the flag leaf were determined at flowering and the grain yield was evaluated at harvest. The chlorophyll content proved to be sensitive to nitrogen availability, although without discriminating genotypic differences efficiently. To use nitrate reductasefor this purposeJurther studies are needed on the reliability ofthis biochemical variable to diagnose genotypes efficient in N use precociously. The hybrid L2xL3 was considered promising for maize breeding programs aimed at gene introgression related to N-use efficiency
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