Hortic. bras., v. 22, n. 2, abr.-jun. 2004 C potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is one of the most important vegetable crop of Brazil and the world’s fourth most important crop (Solomon-Blackbourn & Barker, 2001). In 2002, Brazil produced 3,126,411 t of potato with an average yield of 19,4 kg/ ha (IBGE, 2002). Potato is a tetraploid species and the use of its botanical seeds in commercial cultivatio...

to enhance germplasms of bread wheat, a gene, encoding the smallest y-type high molecular weight glutenin subunit (hmw gs) gene (12.4t) from the d-genome using synthetic hexaploid approach was introgressed into bread wheat. tetraploid wheat (t. turgidum cv. langdon) was crossed with t. tauschii accession aus24092. immature embryos were rescued and placed onto b5 regeneration media. hybrid f1 pl...

The induction and control of in vitro somatic embryogenesis is dependent of a number of factors. The genotype of the mother plant donor of explants and the kind of auxin play essential roles in conferring embryogenic competence. Once obtained somatic embryos may be encapsulated in alginate originating synthetic seeds that can be stored at low temperatures. Considering this the present work aime...

Seed-caching rodents have long been seen as important actors in dispersal ecology. Here, we focus on the interactions with plants in a fire-disturbance community, specifically Arctostaphylos species (Ericaceae) in California chaparral. Although mutualistic relationships between caching rodents and plants are well studied, little is known how this type of relationship functions in a disturbance-...

Embryogenic callus culture of carrot (Daucus carota L.) was induced from the hypocotyl explants in MS medium supplemented with Casein hydrolysate, 2,4-D and BAP for somatic embryogenesis In vitro cell suspension cultures for high multiplication rate. Embryogenic callus was transferred to liquid basal Murashige and Skoog medium The mature somatic embryos were encapsulated in a Sodium alginate mi...

To study the influence of rhizobium inoculation on growth and yield of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) cultivars, an experiment was conducted at Kurram Agency, Pakistan during 2007. The rhizobium inoculation significantly enhanced the growth and yield parameters of groundnut cultivars. However, the maximum plant height (88.43 cm), number of shoots (19.9 plant), number of leaves (173.27 plant), num...

In complex networks it is common for each node to belong to several communities, implying a highly overlapping community structure. Recent advances in benchmarking indicate that the existing community assignment algorithms that are capable of detecting overlapping communities perform well only when the extent of community overlap is kept to modest levels. To overcome this limitation, we introdu...

The early age-hydration of tricalcium silicate, the main chemical compound in Portland cement, was studied in the presence of synthetic calcium silicate hydrate (C–S–H) addition having C/S ratios 1⁄4 0.8 and 1.2. Isothermal conduction calorimetry, scanning electron microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry and Si MAS NMR were employed in order to investigate events occurring during various ...