Produção e valor nutritivo da parte aérea da mandioca, maniçoba e pornunça.

Este trabalho foi conduzido com o objetivo de avaliar o crescimento, a produtividade e a composição químico-bromatológica da mandioca (Manihot esculenta Crantz.), maniçoba (Manihot glaziowii Mull.) e do híbrido natural pornunça

Apparent digestibility of conventional and alternative feedstuffs by hybrid tambacu juveniles.

Abstract: The apparent digestibility coefficients (ADC's) of dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP), and gross energy (GE) of conventional feedstuffs (cottonseed meal-CSM, soybean meal-SBM, wheat bran-WHB, corn-COR) and regional alternative feedstuffs (common bean residue meal-CBR, mesquite meal-MES, pasta by-product meal-PBM) were determined for hybrid juvenile tambacu Colossoma macropomum × Piaractus mesopotamicus. The apparent DM and GE digestibility of feedstuffs decreased (p0.05) were found among ADC's of PBM and COR. The lowest CP ADC among energy sources was observed in MES; the lowest CP ADC among plant protein sources was observed in CBR. Information about the ADC's of conventional and alternative feedstuffs for tambacu is essential to formulate low-cost diets and can contribute to regional development

Valor nutritivo da parte aérea da mandioca, maniçoba e pornunça.

Este trabalho foi conduzido com o objetivo de avaliar a composição químico-bromatológica da mandioca (Manihot esculenta Crantz.), maniçoba (Manihot glaziowii Mull.) e do híbrido natural pornunça

Evaluation of potential ethanol production and nutrients for four varieties of sweet sorghum during maturation.

Sweet sorghum was investigated to an alternate feedstock for fuel ethanol production. juices from 4 sorghum varieties (BRS 506, BRS 508, BRS 509, BRS 511 and BRS); all developed by Embrapa (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation) Maize and Sorghum) were evaluated for sugar, starch and nutrient contents and theoretical ethanol yields. The levels of nitrogen, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, starchand sugars (glucose, fructose and sucrose) were measured weekly over a period of 70 days. Fermentations were performed using yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. BRS 508, BRS 509 and BRS 511 showed potential to be useful for industrial applications for maturities exceeding 30 days. BRS 511 showed the highest sugar production, with levels higher than 140 g/L during the majority of the experiment and reaching a maximum of 191 g/L. All varieties showed similar behaviors with respect to nutrient content, which was characterized by a decrease in nutrient concentrations over the period analyzed. Juice from BRS 508 was successfully fermented within 8 h with a productivity (9.0 g/L h) and yield (90.5% of theoretical) similar to those observed for sugar cane juice

Estudos de toxidez de alumínio em genótipos de soja e milho cultivados em bioensaios,

A soja (Glycine max) e o milho (Zea mayz) são culturas importantes para o desenvolvimento sócio-econômico do Rio Grande do Sul. Um fator que pode afetar a produtividade destas culturas é a presença de alumínio em níveis tóxicos que ocorre, principalmente, em solos ácidos. A utilização de genótipos adaptados é uma estratégia para o manejo integrado dos cultivos em solos ácidos. O presente estudo teve como objetivo determinar as concentrações de cálcio e aluminio adequadas a realização de bioensaios para a classificação de genótipos de soja e milho quanto a tolerância à toxidez de aluminio. Foram utilizados três genótipos de soja (6001, 8100 e AL 72.) e dois genótipos de milho (P3081 e TRAKTOR). Os genótipos foram cultivados, pela técnica de bioensaios, em diferentes concentrações de cálcio e alumínio. A concentração de 2,5 mmol dm-3 de cálcio foi adequada para a realização de estudos em bíoensaios nos genótipos de soja e milho, não promovendo restrições no crescimento da raiz principal. A concentração de 0,005 mmol dm-3 de alumínio para soja e 0,025 mmol dm-3 de alumínío para milho, combínadas com 2,5 mmol dm-3 de cálcio permitem diferenciar os genótipos de soja e milho em uma escala de tolerância ao alumini

GAME: Grb and All-sky Monitor Experiment

We describe the GRB and All-sky Monitor Experiment (GAME) mission submitted by a large international collaboration (Italy, Germany, Czech Repubblic, Slovenia, Brazil) in response to the 2012 ESA call for a small mission opportunity for a launch in 2017 and presently under further investigation for subsequent opportunities. The general scientific objective is to perform measurements of key importance for GRB science and to provide the wide astrophysical community of an advanced X-ray all-sky monitoring system. The proposed payload was based on silicon drift detectors (~1-50 keV), CdZnTe (CZT) detectors (~15-200 keV) and crystal scintillators in phoswich (NaI/CsI) configuration (~20 keV-20 MeV), three well established technologies, for a total weight of ~250 kg and a required power of ~240 W. Such instrumentation allows a unique, unprecedented and very powerful combination of large field of view (3-4 sr), a broad energy energy band extending from ~1 keV up to ~20 MeV, an energy resolution as good as ~300 eV in the 1-30 keV energy range, a source location accuracy of ~1 arcmin. The mission profile included a launch (e.g., by Vega) into a low Earth orbit, a baseline sky scanning mode plus pointed observations of regions of particular interest, data transmission to ground via X-band (4.8 Gb/orbit, Alcantara and Malindi ground stations), and prompt transmission of GRB / transient triggers.Comment: 13 pages, 8 figures, published in International Journal of Modern Physics