Considering the growing need to identify alternative bio-nutritional sources, 15 wild edible fruits consumed in deciduous forest zone of India were evaluated for their nutritive value in order to prioritize edible wild fruits suitable for domestication. The result showed significance of wild fruit species as important source of nutrient for rural poor. The nutritional value of many wild fruits ...

This study evaluated the use of hydrogel on development Rapanea ferruginea under water restriction through Vibrational Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR-UATR). Seedlings approximately 30 cm height were transferred in pots with 3 L soil. The group seedlings was separated into 5 different triplicate treatments according to amount hydrogel, as follows: H1 (25%), H2 (20%), H3 (15%), H4 ...

Densification is one method used to modify low-density woods make them achieve the hardness required for flooring application. The purpose of this study was investigate effect thermo-mechanical densification with pre-heating in wood Alnus acuminata, Vochysia ferruginea and guatemalensis from, seeking stabilize reduce spring-back densified evaluate its performance applications. results showed th...

Poeciloderrhis Stål (1874) was first described without reference to the included species and without morphological details. The genus was described in a key for the American Epilampra, which left only Asian-Australian species in the genus. Roth (1970) was the first to separate Poeciloderrhis from Epilampra with strong morphological characters. In this contribution, three species of Poeciloderrh...

A new genus and three new species of the picobiin quill mites (Cheyletoidea: Syringophilidae) are described from passeriform birds in Guyana, Phipicobia pygiptilae gen. nov. and sp. nov. parasitizing Pygiptila stellaris (Spix) (Thamnophilidae), Rafapicobia thamnophili sp. nov. from Thamnophilus insignis Salvin et Godman (type host), Myrmoborus leucophrys (Tschudi), Myrmeciza ferruginea (St. Mül...