Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology - 54 (6), 2011

Contents:

Agriculture, Agribusiness and Biotechnology
    
 Formulated products containing a new phytase from Schyzophyllum sp. phytase for application in feed and food processing
Salmon, Denise Naomi; Piva, Luíza Cesca; Binati, Renato Leal; Vandenberghe, Luciana Porto de Souza; Soccol, Vanete Thomaz; Soccol, Carlos Ricardo; Spier, Michele Rigon

 Galactans: an overview of their most important sourcing and applications as natural polysaccharides
Delattre, Cedric; Fenoradosoa, Taratra Andrée; Michaud, Philippe

 In Vitro antifungal potency of plant extracts against five phytopathogens
Tapwal, Ashwani; Nisha; Garg, Shipra; Gautam, Nandini; Kumar, Rajesh

 Molecular Analysis in the differentiation of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides isolates from the cashew and mango trees
Serra, Ilka Márcia Ribeiro de Souza; Menezes, Maria; Coelho, Rildo Sartori Barbosa; Ferraz, Gabriela Moraes Guerra; Montarroyos, Angélica Virginia Valois; Martins, Luiza Suely Semem

 Molecular and phylogenetic analysis of the partial tams1 gene sequence of a vaccine strain of Theileria annulata
Esmaelizad, Majid; Niaraki, Saber Jelokhani; Fesharaki, Reza Hashemi

 Optimization of Fermentation Medium for Enhanced Glucansucrase and Glucan Production from Weissella confusa
Shukla, Shraddha; Goyal, Arun

 Scale up of dextran production from a mutant of Pediococcus pentosaceus (SPAm) using optimized medium in a bioreactor
Patel, Seema; Kothari, Damini; Shukla, Rishikesh; Das, Debasish; Goyal, Arun

Human and Animal Health
    
 A Reassessment of the in vitro total protein content determination (TPC) with SIRC and 3T3 cells for the evaluation of the ocular irritation potential of shampoos: comparison with the in vivo Draize rabbit test
Costa, Rodrigo Netto; Abreu, Clarice Lima do Canto; Presgrave, Rosaura Farias; Alves, Eloisa Nunes; Presgrave, Octavio Augusto França; Delgado, Isabella Fernandes

 Embryo transfer in no cycling Crioula and Quarter horse breeds treated with estradiol cipionate and long-acting progesterone
Kaercher, Fernanda; Siqueira, Marlon; Mercadante, Alessandro; Figueiredo, Tatiana; Weiss, Romildo Romualdo; Siqueira, Felipe; Kozicki, Luiz Ernandes

 Prevalence of estrogen receptor alpha PvuII (c454-397T>C) and XbaI (c454A>G) polymorphisms in a population of Brazilian women
Araújo, Karine Lourenzone; Rezende, Lucas Cunha Dias de; Souza, Letícia Soncini; Daltoé, Renata Dalmaschio; Madeira, Klesia Pirola; Paes, Marcela Ferreira; Herkenhoff, Fernando Luiz; Rangel, Letícia Batista Azevedo; Silva, Ian Victor

 The cytogenetic effects of black tea and green tea on cultured human lymphocytes
Eroglu, Halil Erhan

 Biological and Applied Sciences
    
 Antioxidant activity of the extracts from Pycnoporus sanguineus mycelium
Borderes, Josiane; Costa, Alessandra; Guedes, Alessandro; Tavares, Lorena Benathar Ballod

 A practical culture technique for enhanced production of manganese peroxidase by Anthracophyllum discolor Sp4
Acevedo, Francisca; Pizzul, Leticia; Castillo, María del Pilar; Rubilar, Olga; Lienqueo, María Elena; Tortella, Gonzalo; Diez, María Cristina

 Alkaline phosphatase activity in plasma and liver of rats submitted to chronic exposure to fluoride
Fernandes, Mileni da Silva; Iano, Flávia Godoy; Rocia, Vivian; Yanai, Marcela Mitsuko; Leite, Aline de Lima; Furlani, Tatiana Almeida; Buzalaf, Marília Afonso Rabelo; Oliveira, Rodrigo Cardoso de

 Macroinvertebrates inhabiting the tank leaf terrestrial and epiphyte bromeliads at Reserva Adolpho Ducke, Manaus, Amazonas
Torreias, Sharlene Roberta da Silva; Ferreira-Keppler, Ruth Leila

 The effect of phosphoethanolamine intake on mortality and macrophage activity in mice with solid ehrlich tumors
Arruda, Maria Sueli Parreira de; Correa, Mara Adriana; Venturini, James; Félix, Maira Camila; Rosis, Ana Maria Bormio De; Galhiane, Mário Sérgio; Chierice, Gilberto Orivaldo; Costa, Maria Renata Sales Nogueira

 Xylitol inhibits J774A.1 macrophage adhesion in vitro
Ferreira, Aline Siqueira; Souza, Maria Aparecida de; Raposo, Nádia Rezende Barbosa; Ferreira, Ana Paula; Silva, Silvio Silvério da

 Engineering, Technology and Techniques
    
 A Biosensor Using Poly(4-Aminophenol)/acetylcholinesterase modified graphite electrode for the detection of dichlorvos
Melo, Edmar Isaías; Franco, Diego Leoni; Afonso, André Santiago; Rezende, Hélen Cristine; Brito-Madurro, Ana Graci; Madurro, Joao Marcos; Coelho, Nívia Maria Melo

 Properties of extruded xanthan-starch-clay nanocomposite films
Melo, Cristina de; Garcia, Patrícia Salomao; Grossmann, Maria Victória Eiras; Yamashita, Fábio; Dall'Antônia, Luiz Henrique; Mali, Suzana

 Food/Feed Science and Technology
    
 Beer Clarification with polysulfone membrane and study on fouling mechanism
Oliveira, Ricardo Cardoso de; Barros, Sueli Teresa Davantel de

 Effect of gamma radiation on lipids by the TBARS and NMR
Silva, Adriana Cristina de Oliveira; Mársico, Eliane Teixeira; Jesus, Edgar Francisco Oliveira de; Guimaraes, Carlos Frederico; Cortez, Marco Antonio Sloboda

 Evaluation of red cabbage anthocyanins after partial purification on clay
Lopes, Toni Jefferson; Yaginuma, Sandra Regina; Quadri, Mara Gabriela Novy; Quadri, Marintho Bastos

 Growth characteristics modeling of Bifidobacterium bifidum using RSM and ANN
Meena, Ganga S.; Gupta, Suneel; Majumdar, Gautam C.; Banerjee, Rintu

 Environmental Sciences
    
 Biodegradation of blend films PVA/PVC, PVA/PCL in soil and soil with landfill leachate
Campos, Adriana de; Marconato, José Carlos; Martins-Franchetti, Sandra Mara

 Effect of soil contaminated by diesel oil on the germination of seeds and the growth of Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi (Anacardiaceae) Seedlings
Bona, Cleusa; Rezende, Igor Mendonça de; Santos, Gedir de Oliveira; Souza, Luiz Antônio de

 
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Australasian Plant Disease Notes - 6, 2011

Contents:


First report of Alternaria alternata causing discoloration on Amaranthus seeds in Argentina

María Cristina Noelting, Marina Noemí Sisterna, Gladys Lori, María Cristina Sandoval and María del Cármen Molina, et al.

    
Cladosporium oxysporum on Prunus nepalensis in India

P. Baiswar, S. Chandra, T. K. Bag, R. K. Patel and S. V. Ngachan, et al.

 
Gossypium robinsonii, an Australian wild cotton species is an asymptomatic host of the cotton leaf curl disease pathogen complex

M. T. Azhar, I. Amin, Z. I. Anjum and S. Mansoor

  
First report of a newly detected potyvirus, Commelina mild mosaic virus, infecting Commelina spp. in Australia

Linda Zheng, Mark Gibbs, Adrian Gibbs and Brendan Rodoni

  
First report of Panicum mosaic virus in buffalo grass (Stenotaphrum secundatum) from Australia

John E. Thomas and Visnja Steele

   
First report of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides causing anthracnose on Blepharocalyx salicifolius in Argentina

Silvina Larran, José Vera Bahima and Gustavo Dal Bello

  
Detection of Cucumber mosaic virus on Clematis paniculata in lowland forest in New Zealand

Paul Leslie Guy

  
Elucidation of the taxonomy and pathological status of Pyricularia associated with banana blast in Australia

Mike F. Male, Yu Pei Tan, Lynton L. Vawdrey and Roger G. Shivas

   
First report of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ associated with Citrus decumana (Beejapuraka) in South India

Charith Raj Adkar-Purushothama, P. K. Maheshwar and G. R. Janardhana

 
A bacterial disease of hellebore caused by Pseudomonas viridiflava in New Zealand

Robert K. Taylor, Megan K. Romberg and Brett J. R. Alexander

  
First report of Groundnut Bud Necrosis Virus infecting Taro (Colocasia esculenta)

Y. Sivaprasad, B. V. Bhaskara Reddy, C. V. M. Naresh Kumar, K. Raja Reddy and D. V. R. Sai Gopal

  
First report of Alternaria sp. causing blight on Incarvillea emodi

V. Shanmugam, D. Dhyani and D. Ananthapadmanaban

  
First record of powdery mildew of castor- oil plant (Ricinus communis) caused by the anamorphic stage of Leveillula taurica in Iran

M. R. Mirzaee, S. A. Khodaparast, M. Mohseni, S. H. R. Ramazani and M. Soltani-Najafabadi

  
First report of Nectria haematococca causing root rot disease of physic nut (Jatropha curcas) in China

Yue-kai Wu, Guo-teng Ou and Jin-yong Yu

   
Meloidogyne paranaensis attacking coffee trees in Espirito Santo State, Brazil

A. F. Barros, R. D. L. Oliveira, L. Zambolim, A. O. Ferreira and R. R. Coutinho

 
First record of Pyricularia grisea causing leaf blight of Costus spiralis in Brazil

Eduardo A. Santana, Eduardo Guatimosim, Cicero A. G. Fuga, Chirlei Glienke and Robert Weingart Barreto


Powdery mildews observed on Onobrychis spp. in Turkey

Arzu Çelik, Aziz Karakaya, Süleyman Avci, Cengiz Sancak and Sebahattin Özcan

   
First report of Strawberry necrotic shock virus infecting strawberry (Fragaria vesca) from Australia

Murray Sharman, Fiona Constable, Ruvinda Perera and John E. Thomas

   
First report of Neofusicoccum parvum causing canker and die-back of Eucalyptus in Spain

Eugenia Iturritxa, Bernard Slippers, Nebai Mesanza and Michael J. Wingfield

   
First record of Colletotrichum sansevieriae on Sansevieria sp. (mother-in-law’s tongue) in Australia

R. Aldaoud, S. DeAlwis, S. Salib, J. H. Cunnington and S. Doughty

   
New races of Bremia lactucae on lettuce in Australia

D. S. Trimboli and Jacqueline Nieuwenhuis

   
Alternaria alternata causes pre-harvest discolouration in Backhousia myrtifolia leaf

Sarana Sommano, Daryl C. Joyce, Son Quang Dinh and Bruce D’Arcy

  
First report of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae causing kiwifruit bacterial canker in New Zealand

Kerry R. Everett, Robert K. Taylor, Megan K. Romberg, Jonathan Rees-George and Robert A. Fullerton, et al.

 
First report of algal leaf spot associated with Cephaleuros virescens on greenhouse-grown Ficus benghalensis in Korea

Kyung-Sook Han, Mi-Jeong Park, Ji-Hyun Park and Hyeon-Dong Shin

   
Plant-hyphomycete interactions in lowland central Burma

M. M. Thaung

  
First report of the mycoparasite Verticillium epiphytum on Uromyces mucunae in India

P. Baiswar, S. Chandra, P. Chandra, K. P. Mohapatra and K. Bemkaireima, et al.

  
First report of Hemileia wrightiae on Wrightia spp. in Australia

J. R. Liberato and R. G. Shivas

  
Convolvulus arvensis, a new host for Alternaria solani causing early blight of Solanum lycopersicum in Pakistan

K. P. Akhtar, N. Sarwar, M. Y. Saleem and M. Asghar

   
First report of Phoma clematidina the cause of leaf spot-wilt disease of Clematis pubescens in Australia

H. Golzar, C. Wang and D. Willyams


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