scholarly journals ARBORIZAÇÃO URBANA NA CIDADE DE SÃO JOSÉ DO CERRITO, SC: DIAGNÓSTICO E PROPOSTA PARA ÁREAS DE MAIOR TRÂNSITO

Author(s):  
Renato Pinheiro ◽  
Eduardo Franchin ◽  
Roberta Sabatino Ribeiro ◽  
Wagner Wolff ◽  
Ana Carolina da Silva ◽  
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As árvores que compõem a arborização urbana exercem importantes funções ecológicas e melhoram a harmonia estética das cidades. Este trabalho teve como objetivos diagnosticar a arborização urbana das áreas de maior trânsito na cidade de São José do Cerrito, SC, detectar possíveis problemas na arborização atual, identificar locais não arborizados e propor soluções para melhorar a arborização existente. Para isso, foram avaliadas as ruas da cidade com maior fluxo de pedestres e de veículos e as praças centrais, onde as árvores foram identificadas, mensuradas e avaliadas quanto a sua ocupação no espaço, presença de injúrias e condições fitossanitárias. Foi encontrada baixa riqueza de espécies, com a predominância de Ligustrum japonicum Thunb., espécie exótica plantada e conduzida de forma inadequada, devida a interferência nas calçadas e na fiação elétrica. A sugestão é que se faça a retirada de grande parte das árvores existentes, mantendo somente as nativas e algumas exóticas com valor histórico. A substituição deve ser feita por espécies nativas adaptadas à região que, além de fornecer melhorias estéticas à cidade, irão auxiliar na manutenção da biodiversidade florística da Floresta Ombrófila Mista e na atração da fauna local, fornecendo alimento e habitat.

Weed Science ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph C. Neal ◽  
Walter A. Skroch ◽  
Thomas J. Monaco

Carbon-14-labeled glyphosate [N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine] was foliarly applied to ligustrum (Ligustrum japonicumThunb.) and blue pacific juniper (Juniperus confertaParl. ‘Blue Pacific’) at the following growth stages: cold acclimation, winter dormancy, budbreak, shoot elongation, and termination of the first flush of growth (shoot termination). At shoot elongation juniper plants absorbed 2% of applied14C by 14 days after treatment (DAT). Applications at other growth stages resulted in no significant absorption of14C by junipers. Within 7 DAT the amounts of radioactivity absorbed by ligustrum were significant and depended upon growth stage in the following order: budbreak < shoot termination < shoot elongation. Absorption by overwintered leaves occurred at budbreak but not at elongation or termination. Transport of absorbed14C in ligustrum was primarily acropetal and occurred only in budbreak and flowering treatments. Differences in tolerance to glyphosate between juniper and ligustrum appear to be related to differential absorption. Seasonal differences in ligustrum tolerance also appear to be associated with differences in absorption. Although growth stage affected transport in ligustrum, differential transport does not appear to play a major role in seasonal influences on long-term glyphosate phytotoxicity.


2009 ◽  
Vol 100 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
F.G. Lacerda ◽  
T.M.C. Della Lucia ◽  
O.L. Pereira ◽  
L.A. Peternelli ◽  
M.R. Tótola

AbstractThe objective of this work was to study the effect of colony waste on the mortality of workers of Atta sexdens rubropilosa Forel colonies fed with different plant substrates. Eight nests were used; two colonies each were fed with Acalypha wilkesiana Müller.Arg, Ligustrum japonicum Thunb, Eucalyptus urophylla S.T. Blake or a mixture of the three substrates in equal proportions. Irrespective of diet, being kept with waste led to higher mortality. However, workers that were kept in contact with waste produced by colonies fed Acalypha had higher average survival rate and later death when compared with workers from the other treatments. Workers from the Eucalyptus-fed colonies had the lowest survival rate and 50% of them died within four days of exposure to Eucalyptus waste. Trichoderma viride Pers. ex Gray, a fungus garden antagonist, and the entomopathogen Aspergillus flavus Link. ex Gray were present in the colonies supplied with all plants. The largest fungus diversity was verified in the waste of colonies fed Acalypha and the mixture of Acalypha, Ligustrum and Eucalyptus. Therefore, antibiotic properties of Acalypha did not reduce contaminant diversity but apparently minimized effects of pathogenic microorganisms present in the waste such as Asp. flavus. This may explain the highest survival rate of workers in this treatment.


Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 604
Author(s):  
Hojun Kim ◽  
Fatih Karadeniz ◽  
Chang-Suk Kong ◽  
Youngwan Seo

The current study investigated the ability of two secoiridoids, GL-3 (1) and oleonuezhenide (2), isolated from the fruits of Ligustrum japonicum to inhibit MMP-2 and -9 activity in phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA)-induced HT-1080 human fibrosarcoma cells. Both compounds 1 and 2 were able to exert lowered gelatin digestion activity for MMP-2 and -9 tested by gelatin zymography via suppressing the release of MMPs to culture medium according to ELISA results. Treatment with compounds was also able to suppress the expression of both mRNA and protein levels of MMP-2 and -9. Action mechanism behind the MMP inhibitory effect of the compounds was suggested to be via MAPK pathway indicated by decreased levels of phosphorylated p38, ERK and JNK proteins evaluated employing immunoblotting. Compound 1 was shown to be slightly more active to inhibit MMP-2 and -9, however, compound 2 showed more regular dose-dependency during inhibition. In conclusion, this study suggested that GL-3 and oleonuezhenide were notable natural origin potent MMP inhibitors and could serve as lead compounds for development of anti-invasive MMP inhibitors against tumor metastasis.


1981 ◽  
Vol 101 (6) ◽  
pp. 575-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
MASAO KIKUCHI ◽  
HIDEO KATAOKA ◽  
TOZABURO KURIHARA
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1990 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 128-132
Author(s):  
T.H. Yeager ◽  
C.R. Johnson ◽  
N.C. Schenck

Abstract Container-grown Podocarpus macrophyllus (Thunb.) D. Don and Ligustrum japonicum Thunb. inoculated or noninoculated with the mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices Schenck & Smith were fertilized with Lesco 20N-2.6P-10K (20-6-12) at either 0, 4.3, 8.6, 17.3 or 34.6 g (0, 0.15, 0.30, 0.60 or 1.20 oz) per 6-l (#2) container. Plants were fertilized at potting and again 3.5 months later for each of 2 consecutive applications. Seven months after potting, P. macrophyllus shoot dry weights were greater for noninoculated than inoculated plants when fertilized with the manufacturer's recommended fertilizer rate of 17.3 g per container. L. japonicum shoot dry weights were not different due to inoculation at the 17.3 g fertilizer rate. Mean heights for P. macrophyllus were greater for the inoculated than noninoculated plants and plants fertilized with one-half the recommended fertlizer rate (8.6 g) were ranked superior to noninoculated P. macrophyllus receiving the manufacturer's recommended rate (17.3 g). One year after plants were transplanted to a simulated landscape, P. macrophyllus and L. japonicum shoot dry weights were not different due to inoculation.


1997 ◽  
Vol 122 (5) ◽  
pp. 634-641 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeff S. Kuehny ◽  
William B. Miller ◽  
Dennis R. Decoteau

Rooted cuttings of Ligustrum japonicum Thunb., an episodically growing species, were grown hydroponically in a controlled-environment growth chamber to determine allocation of glucose, mannitol, total soluble sugars, and total protein in mature leaves, flush leaves, stems, and roots. During the 65 days of episodic growth, 43% of the total soluble sugars was glucose and 33% mannitol. Glucose concentrations of mature leaves decreased during the first root growth episode, increased in almost all plant tissue during a shoot growth episode and decreased in all plant tissue at initiation of a second root growth episode. Mannitol concentrations in the roots and stems decreased during episodes of root growth and increased during a shoot growth episode when leaf flush mannitol concentrations increased. Radiolabeled C applied to leaves before the initiation of the first period of shoot elongation was translocated to the roots. After shoot elongation, just before a root growth episode, most labeled C was translocated to new shoots and roots. Autoradiographs indicated that subsequent episodes of shoot growth were supported by photosynthate from the previous shoot flush. Protein concentrations decreased in all plant tissues during shoot growth but increased in roots and mature leaves during root growth. Concentrations of 15N in leaf and stem tissue indicated retranslocated N supported each episode of shoot growth. Changes in endogenous C and N concentrations and allocation patterns in ligustrum were linked to the control of episodic shoot and root growth.


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