The genus Celoporthe was first described when C. dispersa was discovered in South Africa associated with dieback and cankers on trees in the Myrtales. Four additional species were recently described from Eucalyptus and Syzygium cumini in China as well as S. aromaticum and Eucalyptus in Indonesia. Inoculation trials have shown that all Celoporthe species, including those that have not been found...

Growth of fruits which form an important part of human diet has been jeopardized by the many fungal diseases that are present today. This study was conceived to isolate the most common fungal pathogens in passion fruits. Fungi were isolated using potato dextrose agar in addition to characterization using morphological, cultural, and biochemical means. Extraction of essential oils from rosemary ...

MATERIALS AND METHODS Materials Reagent-grade chemicals were used as received unless specified otherwise. βNicotinamide [U-C]adenine dinucleotide (50 μCi) was purchased from Amersham Pharmacia (specific radioactivity >220 mCi/mmol), and Congo Red was obtained from Aldrich. Alcohol dehydrogenase from Thermoanaerobium brockii (tbADH), and 2propanold8 were purchased from Sigma. 7,8-Dihydrofolate (...

This work aims to establish a relationship between volume and biomass with interferometric and radiometric SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) response from planted Eucalyptus saligna forest stands, using multi-variable regression techniques. X and P band SAR images from the airborne OrbiSAR-1 sensor, were acquired at the study area in the southeast region of Brazil. The interferometric height (Hint...

The effects of saprobe and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi on growth, chlorophyll and N, P and K content of Eucalyptus globulus Labill. growing in soil contaminated by heavy metals in the presence or absence of Glycine max were investigated. Glomus mosseae and Glomus deserticola increased dry weight, shoot length, total N, P and K concentration and the quantity of chlorophyll in E. globulus s...

Study of the dynamics and distribution of lepidopteran defoliators is important because some of them are major pests of eucalyptus. More than 3,000,000 ha of eucalyptus are now planted in Brazil even though the genus is not native there. The goal of this study was to document the frequency and constancy indexes of lepidopteran pests of Eucalyptus grandis Hill ex Maiden (Myrtaceae) collected wit...

Fanestil, Darrell D., Duke A. Vaughn, Ronald H. Hyde, and Patricia Blakely. Genetic control of renal thiazide receptor response to dietary NaCl and hypertension. Am. J. Physiol. 276 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 45): R901–R904, 1999.—Excess NaCl increases blood pressure in some strains of animals but not others. An 8% NaCl diet did not change renal thiazide receptor (TZR) density in tw...

Eucalyptus oil (EO) is an essential oil that is widely used across the globe as an over-the-counter remedy for common ailments. EO-induced seizure (EOIS) has not been recognized as an entity, and physicians rarely ask the history of exposure to eucalyptus oil when seeing a patient with first episode of seizure. Here we report 10 cases of EO inhalation-induced seizures seen over the past 2 years...