Behavior of sorghum lines in relation to sugarcane borer Diatraea sacchardis (Fabricius, 1974).

Sorghum lines were evaluated for resistance to the sugarcane borer (Diatraea saccharalist) at the Afranio Research Field, Pernambuco in 1976. The infestations of the lines are given in Table 1. There was significant simple positive correlation between infestation percentage and infestation intensity (r= 0.86*). There was no correlation between infestation percentage and infestation intensity with plant height or with number and external diameter of internodes.E em Annual Plant Resistance Insects Newsletter, v.4, p.38-39, 1978

Selection strategies of segregant soybean populations for resistance to Asian rust.

The objective of this work was to identify the best selection strategies for the more promising parental combinations to obtain lines with good resistance to soybean Asian rust (Phakopsora pachyrhizi). Two experiments were carried out in the field during the 2006/2007 and 2007/2008 growing seasons, to determine the percentage of infected leaf area of individual plants offive parents and their segregant F2 and F3 populations. The data obtained indicates that additive genetic variance predominates in the control of soybean resistance to Asian rust, and that the year and time of assessment do not significantly inftuence the estimates of the genetic parameters obtained. The narrow-sense heritability (h~ ranged from 23.12 to 55.83%, and indicates the possibility of successful selection of resistant individuais in the early generations of the breeding programo Ali the procedures used to select the most promising populations to generate superior inbred lines for resistance to P pachyrhizi presented similar results and identified the BRO1-18437 x BRS 232 population as the best for inbred line selection

Identifying the Azobenzene/Aniline reaction intermediate on TiO2-(110) : a DFT Study

Density functional theory (DFT) calculations, both with and without dispersion corrections, have been performed to investigate the nature of the common surface reaction intermediate that has been shown to exist on TiO2(110) as a result of exposure to either azobenzene (C6H5N═NC6H5) or aniline (C6H5NH2). Our results confirm the results of a previous DFT study that dissociation of azobenzene into two adsorbed phenyl imide (C6H5N) fragments, as was originally proposed, is not energetically favorable. We also find that deprotonation of aniline to produce this surface species is even more strongly energetically disfavored. A range of alternative surface species has been considered, and while dissociation of azobenzene to form surface C6H4NH species is energetically favored, the same surface species cannot form from adsorbed aniline. On the contrary, adsorbed aniline is much the most stable surface species. Comparisons with experimental determinations of the local adsorption site, the Ti–N bond length, the molecular orientation, and the associated C 1s and N 1s photoelectron core level shifts are all consistent with the DFT results for adsorbed aniline and are inconsistent with other adsorbed species considered. Possible mechanisms for the hydrogenation of azobenzene required to produce this surface species are discussed

Progresso genético após oito ciclos de seleção recorrente para produtividade de grãos do feijoeiro.

O objetivo deste trabalho foi estimar o progresso genético após oito ciclos de seleção recorrente visando à obtenção de linhagens de feijão com alta produtividade

Magnetic carbon composites as recycling electron shuttles on anaerobic biotransformations

Book of Abstracts of CEB Annual Meeting 2017[Excerpt] The unique properties of magnetic nanoparticles (MNP), such as high surface area, magnetic, sorption and catalytic characteristics, make them very versatile for many applications in different areas including environmental remediation, as catalysts, adsorbents, immobilising agents for microorganisms and enzymes, and as supports for biofilm growth and water disinfectants. In order to improve their stability and to introduce additional surface properties and functionalities, MNP can be coated with carbon materials (CM) due to their chemical stability, biocompatibility and possibility of tailoring their textural and surface chemical properties for specific applications [1]. We have previously proved that various CM, including activated carbon, carbon xerogels and carbon nanotubes (CNT), can be used as redox mediators (RM) in anaerobic biotransformation, accelerating the electron transfer and, consequently, the reduction rates of organic compounds [1,2]. The combination of CM with MNP offers the possibility of creating magnetic carbon composites with synergistic properties: the adsorptive and catalytic properties of both and the magnetic character of MNP, improving the material performance and rendering it easier to be retained and recovered, by applying a magnetic field. [...]info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Maternal effect associated to cooking quality of common bean.

O tempo de cozimento dos grãos de feijão é um dos principais fatores envolvidos com a adoção de uma cultivar de feijão. Como o tegumento e os cotilédones estão em gerações diferentes quando da condução de populações segregantes, é indispensável identificar qual dessas estruturas afeta a cozimento e assim orientar os trabalhos de melhoramento. Foram avaliados os genitores, as gerações F1, F2, F3 e seus recíprocos dos cruzamentos: CI-107 x Carioca-80, CI-107 x Amarelinho e CI-107 x G2333 e seus respectivos recíprocos. Constatou-se efeito materno na expressão do caráter, isso porque o tegumento foi o principal constituinte do grão de feijão responsável pelo cozimento. As inferências obtidas por meio dos parâmetros genéticos e fenotípicos não sofreram alterações expressivas com o decorrer do armazenamento, embora o tempo de cozimento incrementasse com a idade dos grãos

Associação entre produtividade média de grãos e a herdabilidade em populações de feijoeiro oriundas do cruzamento entre linhagens elite.

O objetivo deste trabalho é verificar se no cruzamento de linhagens de alta performance é possível ter variabilidade genética suficiente para se ter sucesso com a seleção avaliando progênies após algumas gerações de autofecundação

Obteção de linhagens de feijoeiro com grãos tipo manteigão.

Esse trabalho tem por objetivo obter novas linhagens de feijões tipo manteigão, amarelos ou rajados, que possam substituir com vantagens aos existentes