Meiotic index in Myrtaceae native fruits trees from southern Brazil

Fruits and vegetables intake and characteristics associated among adolescents from Southern Brazil

BACKGROUND Increased body weight has been associated with an unhealthy diet, low consumption of fruits and vegetables. Our objective was to investigate whether adolescents had low intake of fruits and vegetables, and whether gender, age and education could affect the feeding patterns. METHODS A population-based sample of adolescents, aged 12-19 years, were randomly selected in southern Brazil...

New species of Mycosphaerella from Myrtaceae in plantations and native forests in eastern Australia.

The majority of Mycosphaerella species from eucalypts (Eucalyptus, Corymbia and Angophora) in Australia have been recorded only from trees growing in plantations. This illustrates a bias in research in the past two decades toward commercial enterprise, and it emphasises a lack of understanding of the occurrence of these important fungi under natural conditions. Surveys of foliar fungi in native...

New Sycoracinae (Diptera, Psychodidae) from southern Brazil.

Two new species of Sycorax from the Atlantic Rain Forest of Espírito Santo, Sycorax canaanensis Santos, Bravo & Falqueto sp. nov. and Sycorax tuberculata Santos, Bravo & Falqueto sp. nov. are described and illustrated. Male speci-mens were collected with CDC light traps in the Biological Reserve of Augusto Ruschi, municipality of Santa Teresa, state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. This finding raise...

Potassium Fertilization on Fruits Orchards: A Study Case from Brazil

Anthropic pollen indicators: poaceae pollen of non-native species in Southern Brazil

The identification of environmental changes by human action in the past is crucial for recovery plans and preservation of natural areas. Changes of the landscape (by human action) and natural shifts of vegetation can be showed by pollen records analysis. In this sense, pollen description of modern plants is important for use as a database for the identification of pollen samples of past. The in...