Aspectos fotomorfogenéticos de plantas jovens de erva-mate.

O objetivo deste experimento foi determinar as respostas fotomorfogenéticas de ervamate na fase juvenil em condições controladas, para o estudo de estratégias utilizadas pela espécie na sombra. O crescimento de mudas de erva-mate foi acompanhado na câmara climatizada (fitotron), com período diurno de 12 horas com fluxo de fótons de radiação fotossinteticamente ativa (PPFD) de 510µmol.m-2.-1, razão vermelho: vermelho extremo (V:VE) de 2,35, temperatura de 25°/18°C e umidade relativa de 80%. No fim do dia (tratamento EOD), durante 1 hora e 15 minutos, as plantas foram submetidas à radiação de intensidade reduzida - à sombra, simulando a radiação no nível de sub-bosque de V:VE = 0,31 com PPFD = 13 µmol.m-2s-1 e à sombra do sub-bosque profundo e denso de V:VE = 0,06 com PPFD = 7,2 µmol.m-2s-1. As observações foram realizadas a cada 10 dias. As plantas de erva-mate sob tratamento de sombra no fim de dia com V:VE = 0,31 alongaram o caule mais rápido que as plantas submetidas aos tratamentos V:VE = 0,06 e controle (V:VE = 2,35). As plantas mais sombreadas (EOD V:VE=0,06) mostraram menor emissão de folhas quando comparadas com as plantas controle. Tanto plantas na sombra menos severa (EOD V:VE = 0,31) quanto plantas mais sombreadas (EOD V:VE = 0,06), mostraram o aumento de área foliar total por planta, embora com o número total de folhas menor. Assim, as plantas jovens de erva-mate mostraram respostas de "shade - avoiding" ao gradiente de sombra, com estratégia de aumento de área foliar individual.Seção: Manejo e Extensão. Feira do Agronegócio da Erva-mate, 1., 2003, Chapecó. Integrar para promover o agronegócio da erva-mate

Efecto del suelo cultivado con espécies aromáticas en el desarrollo inicial de plantulas de lechuga.

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Crescimento de plântulas de tomate influjenciado por diferentes extratos de vermicomposto.

O presente trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar o crscimento de plantulas de tomate em diferentes concentrações de extratos de vermicomposto extraídas com água e do modo convencional (NaOH).Resumo expandido

Anomalous Flux Flow Resistivity in Two Gap Superconductor MgB_2

The flux flow resistivity associated with purely viscous motion of vortices in high-quality MgB_2 was measured by microwave surface impedance. Flux flow resistivity exhibits unusual field dependence with strong enhancement at low field, which is markedly different to conventional s-wave superconductors. A crossover field which separates two distinct flux flow regimes having different flux flow resistivity slopes was clearly observed in H//ab-plane. The unusual H-dependence indicates that two very differently sized superconducting gaps in MgB_2 manifest in the vortex dynamics and almost equally contribute to energy dissipation. The carrier scattering rate in two different bands is also discussed with the present results, compared to heat capacity and thermal conductivity results.Comment: 4 pages, 3figure

Spatial Current Patterns, Dephasing and Current Imaging in Graphene Nanoribbons

Using the non-equilibrium Keldysh Green's function formalism, we investigate the local, non-equilibrium charge transport in graphene nanoribbons (GNRs). In particular, we demonstrate that the spatial current patterns associated with discrete transmission resonances sensitively depend on the GNRs' geometry, size, and aspect ratio, the location and number of leads, and the presence of dephasing. We identify a relation between the spatial form of the current patterns, and the number of degenerate energy states participating in the charge transport. Furthermore, we demonstrate a principle of superposition for the conductance and spatial current patterns in multiple-lead configurations. We demonstrate that scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) can be employed to image spatial current paths in GNR with atomic resolution, providing important insight into the form of local charge transport. Finally, we investigate the effects of dephasing on the spatial current patterns, and show that with decreasing dephasing time, the current patterns evolve smoothly from those of a ballistic quantum network to those of classical resistor network.Comment: 25 pages, 12 figure

Production of heterologous cutinases by E. coli and improved enzyme formulation for application on plastic degradation

Background: The hydrolytic action of cutinases has been applied to the degradation of plastics. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) have long half-life which constitutes a major problem for their treatment as urban solid residues. The aim of this work was to characterize and to improve stable the enzyme to optimize the process of degradation using enzymatic hydrolysis of PET by recombinant cutinases. Results: The wild type form of cutinase from Fusarium solani pisi and its C-terminal fusion to cellulose binding domain N1 from Cellulomonas fimi were produced by genetically modified Escherichia coli. The maximum activity of cutinases produced in Lactose Broth in the presence of ampicillin and isopropyl β- D-1-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG) was 1.4 IU/mL. Both cutinases had an optimum pH around 7.0 and they were stable between 30 and 50ºC during 90 min. The addition of glycerol, PEG-200 and (NH4)2SO4 to the metabolic liquid, concentrated by ultra filtration, stabilized the activity during 60 days at 28ºC. The treatment of PET with cutinases during 48 hrs led to maxima weight loss of 0.90%. Conclusions: Recombinant microbial cutinases may present advantages in the treatment of poly(ethylene terephthalate) PET through enzymatic treatments.This research study was financially supported by CAPES (Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior), FACEPE (Fundacao de Amparo a Ciencia e Tecnologia do Estado de Pernambuco) and CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico)