scholarly journals First record of Eucoilinae (Hymenoptera: Figitidae), parasitoids of African fig fly Zaprionus indianus Gupta (Diptera: Drosophilidae), in the Caatinga biome

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 3055
Author(s):  
Wigna Gabriela Nunes Santos ◽  
Elania Clementino Fernandes ◽  
Mariana Macedo Souza ◽  
Jorge Anderson Guimarães ◽  
Elton Lucio Araujo
Keyword(s):  
Mangifera Indica ◽  
First Record ◽  
Psidium Guajava ◽  
Zaprionus Indianus ◽  
Leptopilina Boulardi ◽  
Caatinga Biome ◽  
Semi Arid

This study records the occurrence of eucoilines (Hymenoptera: Figitidae), parasitoids of the African fig fly Zaprionus indianus Gupta (Diptera: Drosophilidae), in the Brazilian semi-arid Caatinga biome. We obtained from mango (Mangifera indica L.) and guava (Psidium guajava L.) fruits Drosophilidae pupae, which developed into Z. indianus and two species of Eucoilinae parasitoids, Dicerataspis grenadensis Ashmead and Leptopilina boulardi (Barbotin, Carlton & Kelner-Pillaut). This is the first record of the parasitoids D. grenadensis and L. boulardi in the Caatinga biome.

scholarly journals AGRONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF THE INTERCROPPING OF ARUGULA WITH CARROT UNDER DIFFERENT POPULATION COMBINATIONS

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
THAÍZA MABELLE DE VASCONCELOS BATISTA ◽  
FRANCISCO BEZERRA NETO ◽  
ÍTALO NUNES SILVA ◽  
MAIELE LEANDRO DA SILVA ◽  
ELIANE QUEIROGA DE OLIVEIRA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Design ◽  
Maximum Yield ◽  
Population Densities ◽  
Agronomic Efficiency ◽  
Green Mass ◽  
Sole Crop ◽  
Arid Conditions ◽  
Caatinga Biome ◽  
Brazilian Northeast ◽  
Semi Arid

ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to evaluate the agronomic efficiency of intercropping combinations of carrot and arugula at different population densities in bicropping in the semi-arid conditions of the Brazilian Northeast. The study was conducted at the "Rafael Fernandes" Experimental Farm of the Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido (UFERSA) during the period September 2011 to February 2012. The experimental design was of randomized complete blocks with treatments arranged in a 4 x 4 factorial scheme with four replications. The combinations were four population densities of carrot (40, 60, 80 and 100% of the recommended population in sole crop - RPSC) with four population densities of arugula (40, 60, 80 and 100% of the RPSC). The recommended population densities for sole crops of carrot and arugula are 500,000 and 1,000,000 plants per hectare, respectively. All treatments were fertilized with hairy woodrose (Merremia aegyptia L.), a spontaneous species of the Caatinga biome. The highest agronomic efficiency of carrot intercropped with arugula in bicropping was achieved in the combination of 40% of RPSC for the carrot and 100% of RPSC for the arugula. The commercial maximum yield (33.74 t ha-1) of carrot roots and the maximum yields of arugula green mass (8.06 and 2.67 t ha-1) in both cultivations were also obtained in the combination of population densities of 40% of RPSC for carrot and 100% of RPSC for arugula.

scholarly journals First record of headless mutant in Zaprionus indianus (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seema Ramniwas ◽  
Divya Singh
Keyword(s):  
First Record ◽  
Zaprionus Indianus ◽  
First Time

Abstract In this work, we are reporting headless mutant in Zaprionus indianus in month of February from (Punjab), India in 2021 for the first time.

scholarly journals Primeiro registro de Zaprionus indianus Gupta (Diptera: Drosophilidae) no Estado do Acre

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana da Silva Vasconcelos ◽  
Tatyane da Silva Azevedo ◽  
Rodrigo Souza Santos
Keyword(s):  
First Record ◽  
The State ◽  
Averrhoa Carambola ◽  
Zaprionus Indianus

Resumo. Este trabalho faz menção ao primeiro registro de Zaprionus indianus Gupta (Diptera: Drosophilidae) associado a frutos de carambola (Averrhoa carambola L) em quintal residencial urbano, localizado no município de Rio Branco, AC. As moscas emergidas foram preservadas em frascos contendo álcool a 70% e identificados a partir de características da perna anterior esquerda e da genitália do macho.First record of Zaprionus indianus (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in the state of Acre, BrazilAbstract. This work makes reference to the first record of Zaprionus indianus Gupta (Diptera: Drosophilidae) found in carambola fruits (Averrhoa carambola L.) in a residential yard located in the county of Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil. The emerged flies were preserved in flasks containing 70% alcohol and identified by the characteristics of the anterior left leg and the male’s genitalia.

scholarly journals Occurrence of Amblyomma rotundatum Koch, 1844 on Epicrates assisi Machado, 1945 in João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 335-338
Author(s):  
Aksa Ingrid Vieira Batista ◽  
Gabriel Vinicius Carvalho de Lucena ◽  
Kleber Silva de Oliveira Filho ◽  
Thiago Ferreira Lopes Nery ◽  
Thiago Fernandes Martins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Host Species ◽  
Tick Species ◽  
Wide Distribution ◽  
Dorsal Region ◽  
Taxonomic Key ◽  
Caatinga Biome ◽  
First Occurrence ◽  
First Time ◽  
Semi Arid

The Caatinga rainbow boa (Epicrates assisi Machado, 1945) is a snake belonging to the order Squamata, family Boidae, and subfamily Boinae. It has a wide distribution in Brazil and can be found in the Caatinga biome. The present study aims to report the first occurrence of Amblyomma rotundatum on E. assisi in the municipality of João Pessoa, Paraíba State (PB). On March 3, 2020, a tick collection was performed on the dorsal region of the head of an E. assisi, which was captive at the Arruda Câmara Zoobotanical Park, João Pessoa-PB. After collecting the tick, it was transferred to a flask containing 70º alcohol and sent to the Laboratory of Animal Parasitology of the Federal Rural University of the Semi-Arid (UFERSA) for analysis. Identification was done with the aid of a stereomicroscope using a taxonomic key. The result identified this specimen as a nymph of A. rotundatum. The occurrence of this tick species on E. assisi is reported for the first time and constitutes new data applicable to the ectoparasites that occur in this host species in Brazil.

scholarly journals Geographic review on the specimens of the Caatinga Biome in the Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro (RB) herbarium

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulises Magdalena ◽  
Luís Alexandre Silva ◽  
Felipe Oliveira ◽  
Rafael Lima ◽  
Ernani Bellon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
South America ◽  
Species Distribution ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Quantitative Description ◽  
Conservation Units ◽  
Caatinga Biome ◽  
Management And Conservation ◽  
Semi Arid

This article provides a quantitative description of flora specimens stored in the Jardim Botânico of Rio de Janeiro Herbarium that belongs to the Federal Conservation Units of Caatinga’s phytogeography domain. The Caatinga represents 11% of Brazilian territory and is, in South America, the largest and most biodiverse semi-arid tropical ecoregion, yet only 5% of its territory is covered by Federal Conservation Units, with few collections of flora samples. Thus, providing a georeferenced inventory of existing collections is essential for purposes of species distribution, environmental management and conservation. The aim of this data paper is to gauge, by means of geographic coordinates correction and retrieval of the flora specimens present in the RB Herbarium, the amount of specimen gatherings performed in the Federal Conservation Units belonging to the Caatinga domain. Currently, the RB data is publicly available online at several biodiversity portals, such as our institutional database JABOT, the Reflora Virtual Herbarium, the SiBBr and the GBIF portal (Lanna et al. 2019). However, a description of the dataset that belongs to the Federal Conservation Units of Caatinga’s phytogeography domain as a whole is not yet available in the literature.

scholarly journals First record of Sylvilagus brasiliensis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lagomorpha: Leporidae) in Rio Grande do Norte state, Northeast Brazil

Check List ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 1856 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Raquel Carvalho Dantas ◽  
Fernando Heberson Menezes ◽  
Kalyl Silvino Serra ◽  
Edja Daise Oliveira Barbosa ◽  
Hugo Fernandes-Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Rio Grande ◽  
First Record ◽  
Northeast Brazil ◽  
Important Data ◽  
Adult Individual ◽  
Caatinga Biome ◽  
Mammal Diversity

We document the first record of Sylvilagus brasiliensis (Linnaeus, 1758) in Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil. An adult individual was photographed in October 2015 in the municipality of João Câmara. This is the northernmost report of this species for the Caatinga biome. This article also represents important data for the Rio Grande do Norte, since the mammal diversity of this state is practically unknown.

scholarly journals Anaexserticlava caatingae, a new conidial fungus from the semi-arid Caatinga biome of Brazil

Mycotaxon ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 130 (2) ◽  
pp. 445-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tasciano dos Santos Santa Izabel ◽  
Davi Augusto Carneiro de Almeida ◽  
Josiane Santana Monteiro ◽  
Marcos Fábio Oliveira Marques ◽  
Luís Fernando Pascholati Gusmão ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Caatinga Biome ◽  
Semi Arid

scholarly journals Comparative account of vitamin C contents, antioxidant properties and iron contents of minor fruits in Sri Lanka

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hashini Imalsha Abeysuriya ◽  
Vajira P Bulugahapitiya ◽  
Loku Pullukkutige Jayatissa
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Vitamin C ◽  
Mangifera Indica ◽  
Antioxidant Properties ◽  
Dehydroascorbic Acid ◽  
Psidium Guajava ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
Antioxidant Power ◽  
Melastoma Malabathricum ◽  
Ic50 Values

Sri Lanka is a habitat of diverse fruit varieties; nevertheless 95% of them are underutilized by people due to unawareness of their nutritional values and health aspects, and hence become ‘minor fruits’. This study was aimed on revealing vitamin C, iron and antioxidant contents of 29 varieties of minor fruits (MFs) with the comparison of the same with three best commonly consumable fruits (CFs), namely Carica papaya, Mangifera indica and Psidium guajava. Ascorbic acid (Asc), dehydroascorbic acid (DAsc), vitamin C (TC), phenolic (TP), flavonoid (TF), iron (Fe) contents and antioxidant capacities (AOCs) of fruits were determined using standard methods. The results of mean Asc, DAsc, TC, TP, TF and Fe contents in 100 gm of MFs ranged from 3.1 to 121.5 mg, 1.2 to 70.7 mg, 6.6 to 136.1 mg, 24.9 to 1613.3 mg Gallic acid equivalent, 6.2 to 228.0 mg Quercetin equivalents and 0.2 to 4.9 mg respectively. DPPH and Ferric Reducing Antioxidant Power (FRAP) assays were used for AOCs and variation of IC50 values in a DPPH assay was 1.2 to 245.4 mg/ml whereas FRAP values ranged from 9.6 to 486.7 ?mol FeSO4/gm. Among the studied minor fruits, Melastoma malabathricum (Maha bovitiya/ Malabar melastome) is found as the best respect to all considered parameters. As a conclusion, it can be stated that, the Sri Lankan minor fruits are good alternatives to the common fruits as they are recognized as good source of vitamin C, iron and higher content of antioxidants. As an outcome, Sri Lankan minor fruits can be promoted as alternatives to common fruits and as source of revenue for national economy.

scholarly journals Medicinal Plants from Northeastern Brazil against Alzheimer’s Disease

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandre Batista Penido ◽  
Selene Maia De Morais ◽  
Alan Bezerra Ribeiro ◽  
Daniela Ribeiro Alves ◽  
Ana Livya Moreira Rodrigues ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Antioxidant Activity ◽  
Phenolic Compounds ◽  
Antioxidant Activities ◽  
Mangifera Indica ◽  
Psidium Guajava ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Acetylcholinesterase Inhibition ◽  
Copaifera Langsdorffii

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has been linked with oxidative stress, acetylcholine deficiency in the brain, and inflammatory processes. In the northeast region of Brazil, various plants are used to treat several diseases associated with these processes; then an antioxidant test was performed with those plants in a previous work and twelve species with higher antioxidant activity were selected for AChE inhibition evaluation. The phenolic compounds content was determined by Folin–Ciocalteu test and flavonoid content with AlCl3reagent using UV-visible spectrophotometry. The antioxidant activity was assessed analyzing the inhibitory activity against 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and 2,2-azinobis-3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonate (ABTS) and by theβ-carotene/linoleic acid system and acetylcholinesterase inhibition using qualitative and quantitative tests. The combination of better acetylcholinesterase inhibitory and antioxidant activities pointed out six species, in descending order, as the best potential sources of therapeutic agents against AD:Hancornia speciosa > Myracrodruon urundeuva > Copaifera langsdorffii > Stryphnodendron coriaceum > Psidium guajava > Mangifera indica. Besides, the phenolic compounds in the species probably contribute to these activities. However, further pharmacological studies to assess the specific applications of these plants against AD are required to confirm these results.

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