RNAi: uma estratégia a ser explorada para a indução de resistência a viroses em tomateiro.

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siRNA biogenesis and advances in topically applied dsRNA for controlling virus infections in tomato plants.

this study provides critical information for the development of novel tools against plant viruses; strengths and limitations inherent to the systems are discussed

Dinâmica populacional da mosca-branca, Bemisia tabaci Gennadius, 1889 (Hemiptera:Aleyrodidae), em tomate plantado sob sistema de cultivo orgânico e convencional.

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Magnetic properties of the S=1/2S=1/2 distorted diamond chain at T=0

We explore, at T=0, the magnetic properties of the $S=1/2$ antiferromagnetic distorted diamond chain described by the Hamiltonian {\cal H} = \sum_{j=1}^{N/3}{J_1 ({\bi S}_{3j-1} \cdot {\bi S}_{3j} + {\bi S}_{3j} \cdot {\bi S}_{3j+1}) + J_2 {\bi S}_{3j+1} \cdot {\bi S}_{3j+2} + J_3 ({\bi S}_{3j-2} \cdot {\bi S}_{3j} + {\bi S}_{3j} \cdot {\bi S}_{3j+2})} \allowbreak - H \sum_{l=1}^{N} S_l^z with $J_1, J_2, J_3\ge0$, which well models ${\rm A_3 Cu_3 (PO_4)_4}$ with ${\rm A = Ca, Sr}$, ${\rm Bi_4 Cu_3 V_2 O_{14}}$ and azurite $\rm Cu_3(OH)_2(CO_3)_2$. We employ the physical consideration, the degenerate perturbation theory, the level spectroscopy analysis of the numerical diagonalization data obtained by the Lanczos method and also the density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) method. We investigate the mechanisms of the magnetization plateaux at $M=M_s/3$ and $M=(2/3)M_s$, and also show the precise phase diagrams on the $(J_2/J_1, J_3/J_1)$ plane concerning with these magnetization plateaux, where $M=\sum_{l=1}^{N} S_l^z$ and $M_s$ is the saturation magnetization. We also calculate the magnetization curves and the magnetization phase diagrams by means of the DMRG method.Comment: 21 pages, 29 figure

Physicochemical and toxicity investigation of chitosan-based dsRNA nanocarrier formation.

Thus, the present study is focused on the chitosan-dsRNA interactions and the physicochemical properties of the dsRNA-loaded nanoparticles, including cytotoxicity and hemolysis assays. dsRNA molecules homologous to a partial genome of the phytopathogenic tomato mosaic virus (ToMV) were used as the model virus. The combination of chitosan's antimicrobial properties and its delivery capability provides a potential for ds-RNA-nanoparticles to deliver dsRNA as a tool for virus disease control in crops

Staggered dimer order in S=1/2 quantum spin ladder system with four spin exchange

We study the S=1/2 quantum spin ladder system with the four-spin exchange, using density matrix renormalization group method and an exact diagonalization method. Recently, the phase transition in this system and its universality class are studied. But there remain controversies whether the phase transition is second order type or the other type and the nature of order parameter. There are arguments that the massless phase appears. But this does not agree with our previous result. Analyzing DMRG data, we try a new approach in order to determine a phase which appears after the phase transition. We find that the edge state appears in the open boundary condition, investigating excitation energies of states with higher magnetizations.Comment: Submitted to Phys. Rev. B, (REVTeX4