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Genetic Diversity of Nigerian Cashew Germplasm

VVorkl Bank Boosts Brazilian Science

Improving science and science education in Third World nations has long been a part of development programs initiated by multilateral agencies, such as the United Nations. But in recent years a new strategy-sciencejtw development—has emerged. Instead of being merely one among many areas targeted for the overall educationrd, social and cultural improvement of a developing country, science is beg...

Genetic diversity in a germplasm bank of Oenocarpus mapora (Arecaceae).

Oenocarpus mapora is an Amazonian palm species commonly used by native populations for food and in folk medicine. We measured genetic variability, using RAPD markers, of material kept in a germplasm bank composed of accessions sampled from the Brazilian Amazon. These included 74 individuals from 23 accessions sampled from 9 localities in three States of the Brazilian Amazon. Jaccard genet...

Brazilian Bank Check Handwritten Legal Amount Recognition

This paper presents a system that is being developed for the recognition of the handwritten legal amount in Brazilian bank checks. Our strategy used to approach the handwritten legal amount recognition problem puts on evidence the key-words: "mil", "reais/real", "centavos/centavo" which are almost always present in each amount. The recognizer, based on Hidden Markov Models, does a global word a...

Joint analysis of phenotypic and molecular diversity provides new insights on the genetic variability of the Brazilian physic nut germplasm bank

The genetic variability of the Brazilian physic nut (Jatropha curcas) germplasm bank (117 accessions) was assessed using a combination of phenotypic and molecular data. The joint dissimilarity matrix showed moderate correlation with the original matrices of phenotypic and molecular data. However, the correlation between the phenotypic dissimilarity matrix and the genotypic dissimilarity matrix ...