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    Insect damage and powdery mildew severity in soybean cultivars and lines

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    The use of soybean cultivars resistant to insects and diseases reduces the application of pesticides, decreasing production costs and promoting a sustainable agriculture. The damage of stink bugs and defoliators and the severity of powdery mildew (Microsphaera diffusa) in soybean of three maturity groups were evaluated under field conditions, at Tarumã and Ribeirão Preto, State of São Paulo, Brazil. Three experiments, one for each group, were carried out in the 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 growing seasons. In 1999/2000, the disease occurred in Tarumã; in that year, infestation of chrysomelids (Cerotoma sp. and Colaspis sp.) was observed in Ribeirão Preto. Low infestations of stink bugs occurred in both years and locations, but in Tarumã, at the stage of plant maturation, the insect population exceeded the economic injury level. The severity of powdery mildew was evaluated using a scale varying from 1 (no symptom) to 5 (more than 50% of leaves with symptoms). Chrysomelid injuries were estimated by the percentage of leaf area removed, and stink bug damage was evaluated by the percentage of leaf retention (LRP) and yield. Within the early maturity group (110 days), IAC 94-2675 showed good yield levels, low LRP, and resistance to powdery mildew. In the genotypes of the 120-day maturity group, IAC 94-5, IAC 94-1172, IAC 94-1017, IAC 94-133, and IAC 94-745 presented good yield; the last two behaved as resistant to the disease. With regard to the genotypes of the 135-day maturity group, IAC 93-1564 and IAC 94-2939 showed good yield, low LRP, and resistance to powdery mildew.A utilização de cultivares de soja resistentes a pragas e doenças reduz a aplicação de pesticidas, diminuindo custos de produção e favorecendo uma agricultura sustentável. Assim, avaliaram-se os danos causados por percevejos e coleópteros crisomelídeos e a severidade de oídio (Microsphaera diffusa) em cultivares e linhagens de soja de ciclos precoce, semiprecoce e médio, em experimentos de campo instalados em Tarumã e Ribeirão Preto (SP), em 1999/2000 e 2000/2001. Em 1999/2000, essa doença atingiu a área experimental de Tarumã; ainda nesse ano, houve infestação de coleópteros crisomelídeos (Cerotoma sp. e Colaspis sp.) em Ribeirão Preto. Percevejos ocorreram nas duas localidades em baixas infestações, ultrapassando o nível de dano econômico em Tarumã, nos dois anos, apenas na fase de maturação. A severidade da doença foi avaliada mediante escala de notas, variando de 1 a 5. As injúrias de coleópteros foram avaliadas estimando-se a porcentagem de área foliar cortada (PAFC) e os danos de percevejos através da porcentagem de retenção foliar (PRF) e da produtividade. Baseando-se em todos os experimentos, infere-se que, entre o germoplasma de ciclo precoce, a linhagem IAC 94-2675 apresenta níveis de produtividade comparáveis aos de material comercial, baixos índices de PRF, além de resistência a oídio. No grupo semiprecoce, as linhagens IAC 94-5, IAC 94-1172, IAC 94-1017, IAC 94-133 e IAC 94-745 exibem boa produtividade, sendo as duas últimas resistentes a oídio. Entre os genótipos de ciclo médio, destacam-se as linhagens IAC 93-1564 e IAC 94-2939, resistentes a oídio, com baixos índices de PRF e boa produtividade

    Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

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    Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

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    Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time,1,2 and attempts to address it require a clear un derstanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space.3,4 While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes,5–7 vast areas of the tropics remain understudied.8–11 In the American tropics, Amazonia stands out as the world’s most diverse rainforest and the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity,12 but it remains among the least known forests in America and is often underrepre sented in biodiversity databases.13–15 To worsen this situation, human-induced modifications16,17 may elim inate pieces of the Amazon’s biodiversity puzzle before we can use them to understand how ecological com munities are responding. To increase generalization and applicability of biodiversity knowledge,18,19 it is thus crucial to reduce biases in ecological research, particularly in regions projected to face the most pronounced environmental changes. We integrate ecological community metadata of 7,694 sampling sites for multiple or ganism groups in a machine learning model framework to map the research probability across the Brazilian Amazonia, while identifying the region’s vulnerability to environmental change. 15%–18% of the most ne glected areas in ecological research are expected to experience severe climate or land use changes by 2050. This means that unless we take immediate action, we will not be able to establish their current status, much less monitor how it is changing and what is being lostinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

    Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

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    Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time,1,2 and attempts to address it require a clear understanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space.3,4 While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes,5,6,7 vast areas of the tropics remain understudied.8,9,10,11 In the American tropics, Amazonia stands out as the world's most diverse rainforest and the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity,12 but it remains among the least known forests in America and is often underrepresented in biodiversity databases.13,14,15 To worsen this situation, human-induced modifications16,17 may eliminate pieces of the Amazon's biodiversity puzzle before we can use them to understand how ecological communities are responding. To increase generalization and applicability of biodiversity knowledge,18,19 it is thus crucial to reduce biases in ecological research, particularly in regions projected to face the most pronounced environmental changes. We integrate ecological community metadata of 7,694 sampling sites for multiple organism groups in a machine learning model framework to map the research probability across the Brazilian Amazonia, while identifying the region's vulnerability to environmental change. 15%–18% of the most neglected areas in ecological research are expected to experience severe climate or land use changes by 2050. This means that unless we take immediate action, we will not be able to establish their current status, much less monitor how it is changing and what is being lost

    Comportamento de cultivares de grão-de-bico (Cicer arietinum L.) Na microrregião de Viçosa, Minas Gerais

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    A cultura do grão-de-bico (Cícer arietinum L.) é desconhecida em Minas Gerais, sendo o produto importado para atender à demanda do Estado. Para verificar a viabilidade do seu cultivo na microrregião de -4 Viçosa, na Zona da Mata de Minas Gerais, conduziram-se em Coimbra quatro ensaios de competição envolvendo, no total, 36 cultivares, maioria procedente do México e da Índia, com plantio em abril e emprego da irrigação. Verificou-se que a maioria dos cultivares apresentou um ciclo de vida de 120 a 130 dias. A altura do dossel não se correlacionou com o rendimento de grãos e tendeu a correlacionar-se negativamente com o índice de colheita. Em apenas um ensaio houve correlação positiva e significativa entre rendimento biológico e rendimento de grãos. Esta última característica correlacionou-se com o índice de colheita. Não ocorreram problemas sérios com pragas e doenças. Os ensaios comprovaram que a cultura do grão-de-bico é perfeitamente viável na microrregião de Viçosa, com produções de 2.000 kg/ha ou mais. Enquanto os estudos prosseguem, indicam-se para cultivo na microrregião os cultivares ICCV-3 (procedente da Índia) e CNH-2 (oriundo do México), ambos do grupo Kabuli.Chickpea is an unknown crop in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, being imported to attend the local demand. In order to verify the viability of its cultivation at the Microregion of Viçosa, four yield trials, involving total of 36 chickpea cultivars, were carried out in Coimbra. The cultivars were introduced principally from Mexico and India. Plantings were made in April, about one month before the beginning of the cool, dry midyear period, when irrigation is obligatory. Most cultivars took from 120 to 130 days to reach maturity. No correlation was found between plant canopy height and yield, but canºpy height showed a tendency to a negative correlation with harvest index. Significant, positive correlation between yield and biological yield was found in only one trial. Yield and harvest index were correlated; No serious problems with diseases and insect posts occurred. The trials demonstrated that chickpca is a viable crop at the Microregion of Viçosa, yielding 2,000 kg/ha or more. Cultivars ICCV-3 (introduced from India) and CNH-2 (from Mexico), both of the Kabuli group, are recommended for commercial planting, as this study continues

    Características de crescimento de cordeiros F1 para abate no semi-árido do Nordeste do Brasil

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    O objetivo deste trabalho foi determinar a influência do reprodutor nas características de crescimento de 303 cordeiros para abate, dos grupos genéticos &frac12; sangue Somalis Brasileira x Sem Raça Definida (SRD) e &frac12; sangue Santa Inês x SRD. Os animais foram pesados a intervalos de 14 dias, até o desmame na época seca, e até 140 dias de idade na época chuvosa. O grupo genético e o ano de nascimento não influenciaram (P>0,05) nenhuma das características avaliadas. O mês de nascimento influenciou (P<0,05) os pesos ao nascer, aos 56 dias de idade e ao desmame, e o ganho em peso até o desmame. Fevereiro foi o melhor mês para nascimento de cordeiros. Animais de nascimentos simples pesaram mais e ganharam mais peso (P<0,05) que os de nascimentos múltiplos, em todas as idades e intervalos de ganhos estudados, exceto no período compreendido entre o desmame e a idade de 140 dias. Os machos pesaram mais e ganharam mais peso que as fêmeas, tanto no período de cria como no pós-desmame. Os dois grupos genéticos avaliados são semelhantes quanto ao peso corporal e ao ganho em peso, tanto no período pré-desmame como no pós-desmame
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