Biología, morfología y hábitos de Lagocheirus araneiformis Linne (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) barrenador de la yuca en Palmira (Valle del Cauca).

En el cultivo de la lyuca (Manihot esculenta) se presentan plagas que causan severos daños como los barrenadores del tallo como el L. araneiformis, debido a la poca información existente se realizó el presente estudio para estudiar su cilco de vida, comportamiento sexual, alimenticio y morfología de cada estado. El cilco de vida bajo condiciones de laboratorio (20.4 grados centígrados, 65 por ciento hr) fue de 3.13, 53.79, 87.60 y 7.6 días para los estados de huevo, larva y pupa respectivamente. La hembra vivió 45.85 días y el macho 71.85. El número de instares larvales fluctuó entre 4-9. En condiciones de campo, la duración de huevo a adulto fue de 128.18 días, la duración de la hembra 91.62 días y la del macho 89.72 días. Las hembras ovopositaron en promedio de 150 huevos en 28.8 días. En el campo L. araneiformes pueden atacar estacas recién sembradas, plantas desarrolladas y estacas almacenadas. En plantas ya desarrolladas el daño se localiza generalmente en la base del tallo principal produciendo volcamiento. Las plantas atacadas se conocen por un aserrín que se localiza en la base de la plantaYuca-Mandioca - Manihot esculent

Risk profiles and one-year outcomes of patients with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation in India: Insights from the GARFIELD-AF Registry.

BACKGROUND: The Global Anticoagulant Registry in the FIELD-Atrial Fibrillation (GARFIELD-AF) is an ongoing prospective noninterventional registry, which is providing important information on the baseline characteristics, treatment patterns, and 1-year outcomes in patients with newly diagnosed non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). This report describes data from Indian patients recruited in this registry. METHODS AND RESULTS: A total of 52,014 patients with newly diagnosed AF were enrolled globally; of these, 1388 patients were recruited from 26 sites within India (2012-2016). In India, the mean age was 65.8 years at diagnosis of NVAF. Hypertension was the most prevalent risk factor for AF, present in 68.5% of patients from India and in 76.3% of patients globally (P < 0.001). Diabetes and coronary artery disease (CAD) were prevalent in 36.2% and 28.1% of patients as compared with global prevalence of 22.2% and 21.6%, respectively (P < 0.001 for both). Antiplatelet therapy was the most common antithrombotic treatment in India. With increasing stroke risk, however, patients were more likely to receive oral anticoagulant therapy [mainly vitamin K antagonist (VKA)], but average international normalized ratio (INR) was lower among Indian patients [median INR value 1.6 (interquartile range {IQR}: 1.3-2.3) versus 2.3 (IQR 1.8-2.8) (P < 0.001)]. Compared with other countries, patients from India had markedly higher rates of all-cause mortality [7.68 per 100 person-years (95% confidence interval 6.32-9.35) vs 4.34 (4.16-4.53), P < 0.0001], while rates of stroke/systemic embolism and major bleeding were lower after 1 year of follow-up. CONCLUSION: Compared to previously published registries from India, the GARFIELD-AF registry describes clinical profiles and outcomes in Indian patients with AF of a different etiology. The registry data show that compared to the rest of the world, Indian AF patients are younger in age and have more diabetes and CAD. Patients with a higher stroke risk are more likely to receive anticoagulation therapy with VKA but are underdosed compared with the global average in the GARFIELD-AF. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION-URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT01090362

World distribution, identification, and control of cassava pests

Meeting: International Society for Tropical Root Crops Symposium, 4th, 1-7 Aug. 1976, Cali, COIn IDL-133