Summa Phytopathol., Botucatu, v. 40, n. 2, p. 134-140, 2014 The purple passionfruit plant, Passiflora edulis Sims, ranks second in fruit exportation in Colombia, and its main destination is the European market. However, its production is affected by several diseases, including fusariosis. This paper presents the histopathological features of different tissues affected by the pathogens Fusarium ...

* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: Prof. Grace Gosmann. E-mail: [email protected]. Fax: +5551 3316 5313 Pharmacochemical Study of Aqueous Extracts of Passiflora alata Dryander and Passiflora edulis Sims Fernanda de-PARIS 2,3, Raquel D. PETRY 1, Flávio H. REGINATTO 1, Grace GOSMANN 1*, João QUEVEDO 2,3, Jennifer B. SALGUEIRO 3, Flávio KAPCZINSKI 2, George GONZÁLEZ ORTEGA...

Passiflora contracta Vitta (Passifloraceae) is an endemic species of the Atlantic Rainforest, one of the most species-rich ecoregions in the world, although extremely endangered. We have developed an enriched microsatellite library in order to fine-scale studies of the genetic structure of P. contracta. Twelve pairs of microsatellite primers were designed, and seven loci were successfully ampli...

Background Leaf shape among Passiflora species is spectacularly diverse. Underlying this diversity in leaf shape are profound changes in the patterning of the primary vasculature and laminar outgrowth. Each of these aspects of leaf morphology-vasculature and blade-provides different insights into leaf patterning. Results Here, we morphometrically analyze >3300 leaves from 40 different Passifl...

Male, female, pupa, larva and egg of a new genus and species of Gracillariidae (Gracillariinae), Spinivalva gaucha Moreira and Vargas from southern Brazil are described and illustrated with the aid of optical and scanning electron microscopy. A preliminary analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequences including members of related lineages is also provided. The immature stages are associated with Pass...

Çalışmada, ülkemiz piyasasına son yıllarda meyveleriyle de giren, park ve bahçe kenarlarında sarılıcı tırmanıcı bitki olarak yetiştirilen tıbbi değeri olan, Passifloraceae familyasında yer alan, ekonomik değere sahip Passiflora incarnata, P. alata, edulis cearulea türlerinin geleneksel kullanılışı, kimyasal bileşimi biyolojik etkilerinin yapılan çalışmaları derlenmiştir. Çalışmanın deneysel kıs...

One of the long-standing paradoxes in genomic evolution is the observation that much of the genome is composed of repetitive DNA which has been typically regarded as superfluous to the function of the genome in generating phenotypes. In this work, we used comparative phylogenetic approaches to investigate if the variations in genome sizes (GS) should be considered as adaptive or neutral process...

The objective of this study was to determine the effect of a Melissa officinalis and Passiflora caerulea infusion on the severity of physiological chronic stress induced by movement restriction in CF-1 mice. 40 CF-1 male mice, six weeks of age, were divided into 4 groups (n = 10 for each group): (1) Group RS/MP received two treatments, induced stress through movement restriction and a infusion ...

An increased yield of the crude material with antibacterial and antifungal activity produced by Passiflora species was obtained by aerated bathing of cut rinds of banana passion fruit in water in rotating cylindrical bottles. The crude material was separated into several fractions by thin-layer chromatography with the use of silica gel and ethyl acetate-chloroform (2: 1). The fractions showing ...