Concentração de nutrientes minerais em acessos da Etiópia de Coffea arabica.

O sucesso do manejo nutricional em plantas depende de diversos fatores, como características químicas, biológicas e físicas do solo, além da influência do genótipo. Apesar do manejo agronômico visando à adequação do solo para a cultura do cafeeiro estar bem estabelecido, pouco se sabe sobre o efeito do genótipo na absorção e acúmulo de nutrientes minerais. Tradicionalmente, o melhoramento genético do cafeeiro foca-se em características morfológicas, resistência a doenças e na produtividade; dessa forma, a exigência nutricional foi deixada em plano secundário ao longo deste processo. Com a necessidade cada vez maior de variedades que apresentem boa produtividade com impactos menores ao meio ambiente, a introgressão de características de genótipos silvestres é uma relevante estratégia para incremento da eficiência nutricional. Neste contexto, o presente trabalho tem como objetivo caracterizar a concentração de nutrientes em 12 acessos silvestres de Coffea arabica provenientes da Etiópia, identificando genótipos de cafeeiro que apresentam acumulação diferencial de nutrientes minerais (N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Cu, Zn, B e Mn) com relação a três tecidos: folhas, caule e raiz. Entre os acessos da Etiópia, destacou-se a concentração diferencial de P em folhas do acesso CAF032, e o acúmulo em raiz de N (CAF009), Zn (CAF131) e Mn (CAF023). Bourbon teve acúmulo diferencialmente menor de P no caule e maior de Ca na raiz e Catuaí Vermelho apresentou concentração diferencial de Mg no caule. O presente trabalho é uma importante contribuição na definição de genótipos silvestres de Coffea arabica com potencial de introgressão de características relacionadas à eficiência nutricional

J/psi azimuthal anisotropy relative to the reaction plane in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV per nucleon

The J/$\psi$ azimuthal distribution relative to the reaction plane has been measured by the NA50 experiment in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV/nucleon. Various physical mechanisms related to charmonium dissociation in the medium created in the heavy ion collision are expected to introduce an anisotropy in the azimuthal distribution of the observed J/$\psi$ mesons at SPS energies. Hence, the measurement of J/$\psi$ elliptic anisotropy, quantified by the Fourier coefficient v$_2$ of the J/$\psi$ azimuthal distribution relative to the reaction plane, is an important tool to constrain theoretical models aimed at explaining the anomalous J/$\psi$ suppression observed in Pb-Pb collisions. We present the measured J/$\psi$ yields in different bins of azimuthal angle relative to the reaction plane, as well as the resulting values of the Fourier coefficient v$_{2}$ as a function of the collision centrality and of the J/$\psi$ transverse momentum. The reaction plane has been estimated from the azimuthal distribution of the neutral transverse energy detected in an electromagnetic calorimeter. The analysis has been performed on a data sample of about 100 000 events, distributed in five centrality or p$_{\rm T}$ sub-samples. The extracted v$_{2}$ values are significantly larger than zero for non-central collisions and are seen to increase with p$_{\rm T}$.Comment: proceedings of HP08 conference corrected a typo in one equatio

The dependence of the anomalous J/psi suppression on the number of participant nucleons

The observation of an anomalous J/psi suppression in Pb-Pb collisions by the NA50 Collaboration can be considered as the most striking indication for the deconfinement of quarks and gluons at SPS energies. In this Letter, we determine the J/psi suppression pattern as a function of the forward hadronic energy E-ZDC measured in a Zero Degree Calorimeter (ZDC). The direct connection between EZDC and the geometry of the collision allows us to calculate, within a Glauber approach, the precise relation between the number of participant nucleons N-part and E-ZDC. Then, we check if the experimental data can be better explained by a sudden or a smooth onset of the anomalous J/psi suppression as a function of the number of participants. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Impacto de diferentes tecnologias de aplicação na eficiência do inseticida clorantraniliprole no controle da lagarta-falsa-medideira, Chrysodeixis includens, em soja.

Esse estudo foi desenvolvido com o objetivo de avaliar o impacto e eficiência do inseticida químico clorantraniliprole, pulverizado com diferentes volumes de calda, tipos de emissores em aplicação aérea e terrestre, para o controle da lagarta-falsa-medideira, Chrysodeixis includens, em soja.(Embrapa Soja. Documentos, 373)

Centrality Behaviour of J/ψ\psi Production in Na50

The J/$\psi$ production in 158 A GeV Pb-Pb interactions is studied, in the dimuon decay channel, as a function of centrality, as measured with the electromagnetic or with the very forward calorimeters. After a first sharp variation at mid centrality, both patterns continue to fall down and exhibit a curvature change at high centrality values. This trend excludes any conventional hadronic model and is in agreement with a deconfined quark-gluon phase scenario. We report also preliminary results on the measured charged multiplicity, as given by a dedicated detector.Comment: 5 pages, 7 figures (in eps) talk given at XXXI International Symposium on Multiparticle Dynamics, Sep. 1-7, 2001, Datong China URL http://ismd31.ccnu.edu.cn

A new measurement of J/psi suppression in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV per nucleon

We present a new measurement of J/psi production in Pb-Pb collisions at 158 GeV/nucleon, from the data sample collected in year 2000 by the NA50 Collaboration, under improved experimental conditions with respect to previous years. With the target system placed in vacuum, the setup was better adapted to study, in particular, the most peripheral nuclear collisions with unprecedented accuracy. The analysis of this data sample shows that the (J/psi)/Drell-Yan cross-sections ratio measured in the most peripheral Pb-Pb interactions is in good agreement with the nuclear absorption pattern extrapolated from the studies of proton-nucleus collisions. Furthermore, this new measurement confirms our previous observation that the (J/psi)/Drell-Yan cross-sections ratio departs from the normal nuclear absorption pattern for semi-central Pb-Pb collisions and that this ratio persistently decreases up to the most central collisions.Comment: 19 pages, 10 figures. Submitted to Eur. Phys. J.

Bottomonium and Drell-Yan production in p-A collisions at 450 GeV

The NA50 Collaboration has measured heavy-quarkonium production in p-A collisions at 450 GeV incident energy (sqrt(s) = 29.1 GeV). We report here results on the production of the Upsilon states and of high-mass Drell-Yan muon pairs (m > 6 GeV). The cross-section at midrapidity and the A-dependence of the measured yields are determined and compared with the results of other fixed-target experiments and with the available theoretical estimates. Finally, we also address some issues concerning the transverse momentum distributions of the measured dimuons.Comment: 18 pages, 9 figures, to be published in Phys. Lett.