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Age-age correlation for early selection of rubber tree genotypes in São Paulo State, Brazil
(2005-10-01)
In a field trial involving 68 rubber tree (Hevea spp.) clones calculation of genotypic correlation coefficients revealed significant age-age correlation from age 1 to 6 (immature period) for girth A and for age 7 to 12 ...
The effect of spatial context and plant characteristics on fruit removal
(Elsevier Masson, 2017-07-01)
Attracting frugivores for fruit removal is a crucial step in the reproductive success of those plants that depend on animals for seed dispersal. This mutualism involves many plant extrinsic and intrinsic factors that affect ...
Dry-aged and wet-aged beef: effects of aging time and temperature on microbiological profile, physicochemical characteristics, volatile compound profile and weight loss of meat from Nellore cattle (Bos indicus)
(Csiro Publishing, 2021-05-18)
Context Dry-aged beef is a value-added product with a unique flavour. The effects of the dry aging process, in terms of chamber temperature and aging time, have not been described previously for Bos indicus meat. Aims This ...
Urban ethnobotany: a case study in neighborhoods of different ages in Chapeco, Santa Catarina State
(Soc Botanica Brasil, 2017-04-01)
The study of urban home gardens is still a current gap in knowledge in Brazilian ethnobotany researches, especially in the south of Brazil. This study was carried out to survey the species composition of plants in urban ...
Soybean leaf age and plant stage influence expression of resistance to velvetbean caterpillar and fall armyworm
(2021-01-01)
Numerous species of herbivorous insects are associated with soybeans, including the specialist velvetbean caterpillar (VBC), Anticarsia gemmatalis, and the generalist fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda. Expression ...
Adventitious shoot induction from leaf segments in Anthurium andreanum is affected by age of explant, leaf orientation and plant growth regulator
(Korean Soc Horticultural Science, 2014-02-01)
Anthurium is one of the main potted plants on the flower market, and micropropagation is the most used technique for clonal and large scale propagation of this species. Calli, adventitious shoots and regenerated plantlets ...
Current use of wild plants with edible underground storage organs in a rural population of Patagonia: between tradition and change
(BioMed Central, 2015-09)
Edible plants with underground storage organs (USOs) are neglected resources. We studied the local ecological knowledge edible plants with (USOs) in rural populations of North-Patagonia in order to establish how people are ...
Age Structure and Feeding of the Neotropical Grasshopper Cornops aquaticum (Bruner) (Orthoptera: Acrididae) on Water Hyacinth.
(Entomological Soc Brasil, 2013-04-19)
We aimed to evaluate the variation in the age structure of Cornops aquaticum (Bruner) population and its relation to the host plant biomass and the feeding of the different age classes of this grasshopper on the Water ...