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Crescimento e produtividade da batateira, em função do modo de aplicação do fertilizante e dos fungicidas contendo Zn
(Horticultura Brasileira, 2000-01-20) Moreira, Marialva A.; Fontes, Paulo C. R.; Fontes, Renildes L. F.; Cardoso, Antônio A.
O presente trabalho teve por objetivo avaliar os efeitos do modo de aplicação do fertilizante contendo Zn e de fungicidas contendo ou não Zn sobre o crescimento, a produtividade e o conteúdo de nutrientes dos tubérculos de batata. O experimento foi conduzido na Horta Nova, da Universidade Federal de Viçosa, com a cultivar Monalisa, em solo Podzólico Vermelho - Amarelo Câmbico, contendo 6,9 mg dm-3 de Zn+2, extraído por Mehlich-1. O delineamento experimental foi o de blocos casualizados em parcelas subdivididas, com quatro repetições. Nas parcelas avaliou-se os efeitos da aplicação de fungicidas (contendo ou não Zn) e nas subparcelas o modo de aplicação do fertilizante contendo Zn (testemunha, Zn aplicado no solo, Zn pulverizado na parte aérea da planta e Zn no solo + parte aérea). O crescimento da planta, representado pelo comprimento e número de caules, peso da matéria seca da parte aérea e número de tubérculos, foi caraterizado aos 20 e 45 dias após a sua emergência. Após a senescência natural das plantas, os tubérculos foram colhidos, classificados e pesados. Em ambas as épocas de amostragens, os tratamentos não influenciaram o crescimento da batateira. A produtividade de tubérculos comerciais (44,2 t/ha) foi maior na parcela em que as plantas foram pulverizadas com fungicidas contendo zinco e não foi influenciada pelo modo de fertilização. Os tratamentos não apresentaram efeito sobre os conteúdos de P, Ca, Mg, Cu e Fe nos tubérculos; porém, os conteúdos de Mn e Zn foram maiores quando as plantas foram pulverizadas com fungicidas contendo Zn.
Effects of composted urban solid waste addition on yield and metal contents of lettuce
(Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, 2007) Jordão, Cláudio P.; Nascentes, Clésia C.; Fontes, Renildes L. F.; Cecon, Paulo R.; Pereira, José L.
A study was performed to evaluate Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, Ni and Zn accumulations in lettuce grown in an oxisol amended with composted urban solid wastes collected in Brazil from a big city (Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro State) and from a small city (Coimbra, Minas Gerais State). The compost samples were applied to the soil at increasing doses and different times of contact between compost and soil. The influence of the metals on the fresh and dry matter yield of leaves was also examined. Lettuce yield enhanced when the doses of the composts were increased and maximum yield was achieved in the cropping time between 15 and 20 days. The metal concentrations in the leaves augmented with the increase of the applied compost and with the increase of the time of contact between compost and soil. However, metal concentrations in the plant were below the maximum limits allowable by the food Brazilian legislation. The application of the compost from the smaller city resulted in increased lettuce productivity and lowest metal concentrations in the plants as compared to the results of the application of the compost from the bigger city.
Geminivirus data warehouse: a database enriched with machine learning approaches
(BioMed Central Bioinformatics, 2017-05-05) Silva, Jose Cleydson F.; Carvalho, Thales F. M.; Basso, Marcos F.; Deguchi, Michihito; Pereira, Welison A.; Vidigal, Pedro M. P.; Brustolini, Otávio J. B.; Silva, Fabyano F.; Dal-Bianco, Maximiller; Fontes, Renildes L. F.; Santos, Anésia A.; Zerbini, Francisco Murilo; Cerqueira, Fabio R.; Fontes, Elizabeth P. B.; R. Sobrinho, Roberto
The Geminiviridae family encompasses a group of single-stranded DNA viruses with twinned and quasi-isometric virions, which infect a wide range of dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous plants and are responsible for significant economic losses worldwide. Geminiviruses are divided into nine genera, according to their insect vector, host range, genome organization, and phylogeny reconstruction. Using rolling-circle amplification approaches along with high-throughput sequencing technologies, thousands of full-length geminivirus and satellite genome sequences were amplified and have become available in public databases. As a consequence, many important challenges have emerged, namely, how to classify, store, and analyze massive datasets as well as how to extract information or new knowledge. Data mining approaches, mainly supported by machine learning (ML) techniques, are a natural means for high-throughput data analysis in the context of genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics. Here, we describe the development of a data warehouse enriched with ML approaches, designated geminivirus.org. We implemented search modules, bioinformatics tools, and ML methods to retrieve high precision information, demarcate species, and create classifiers for genera and open reading frames (ORFs) of geminivirus genomes. The use of data mining techniques such as ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) to feed our database, as well as algorithms based on machine learning for knowledge extraction, allowed us to obtain a database with quality data and suitable tools for bioinformatics analysis. The Geminivirus Data Warehouse (geminivirus.org) offers a simple and user-friendly environment for information retrieval and knowledge discovery related to geminiviruses.
Potential of sunflower, castor bean, common buckwheat and vetiver as lead phytoaccumulators
(Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental, 2016-03) Fontes, Renildes L. F.; Alves, Jailson do C.; Souza, Adailson P. de; Pôrto, Mônica L. A.; Arruda, Jandeilson; Marques, Luciano F.
Studies concerning the tolerance, absorption and distribution of heavy metals in plants are essential for the success of phytoremediation programs. The present study was carried out in order to evaluate the potential of the sunflower, castor bean, common buckwheat and vetiver as lead phytoaccumulators. The species were grown in nutrient solution containing increasing doses of Pb (0, 50, 100, 200 and 400 mg L-1) during a 30-day exposure period. A completely randomized split-plot design was used, with a 4 x 5 factorial and three replicates. Significant reductions of dry matter of the root, shoot and whole plant were found in the all species under study as a function of the increased Pb doses. Vetiver showed higher tolerance to Pb contamination; sunflower and castor bean had intermediate tolerance and the common buckwheat proved to be the most sensitive species. The concentration and total content of Pb in plant compartments were significantly affected by the increased Pb doses in solution, and higher accumulation of this element was observed, in general, in the roots of the studied species. Common buckwheat proved to be not much promising for Pb-phytoremediation programs; sunflower showed potential for Pb phytoextraction and castor bean and vetiver were the most appropriate for Pb phytostabilization.
Uptake and translocation of Cd and Zn in two lettuce cultivars
(Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2014-06) Fontes, Renildes L. F.; Pereira, Juliana M. N.; Neves, Julio C. L.
Excess of heavy metals in agricultural soils is a matter of concern since it may decrease economic yield as a result of toxicity and lower product quality as a result of metal accumulation in edible plant parts. Among plant species and among cultivars within species a natural variation in uptake, translocation and distribution of trace elements occur. The transference of Cd and Zn, from soil to two lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) cultivars grown in greenhouse, was evaluated in separate experiments for Cd and Zn.Plant dry and fresh matter yield and plant Cd and Zn concentrations were determined. Cultivar CRV showed greater potential for yield than CMM in both experiments. Cadmium and Zn translocation from roots to shoots increased with the increase of soil Cd or Zn, for both cultivars. There was Cd translocation from young to old leaves in CMM but not in CRV whereas for Zn it occurred in both cultivars, being higher in CRV. In both cultivars, old leaves had higher Cd and Zn concentrations (and lower dry matter yield) than young leaves. The CRV and CMM cultivars accumulate Cd differently in the leaves and the higher accumulation occurs in the former. Cultivar CRV also accumulates more Zn compared to CMM.