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Brasilocaenis atawallpa was recently described based on male imago from Colombian Amazon. The original description does not contain a designation of type specimens or locality, and it just states that the type series was studied in order to perform the cladistic analysis. In this context, we herein designate the lectotype and paralectotypes of B. atawallpa and describe its nymphal stage. The nymphs were associated to B. atawallpa by the male genitalia extracted from mature nymphs. The nymphal stage of B. atawallpa can be differentiated from others known nymphs of the genus by absence of pointed microspines on opercular gill, fore coxa without projection, middle coxa with well-developed and semicircular projection, hind coxa with finger-like projection, fore and middle tarsal claws without denticles and hind margin of the ninth sternite almost straight.

Organic extracts of 36 species of marine algae (sixteen species of Rhodophyta, eight species of Ochrophyta and twelve species of Chlorophyta) from seven locations on the Brazilian coast were evaluated for their anti-HSV-1 and anti-HSV-2 activity resistant to Acyclovir (ACV). Activity tests in crude extracts, followed by the identification of the major compounds present, were performed for all species. The chemical profiles of all crude extracts were obtained by ¹H-NMR and 13C-NMR spectroscopy. The percentage of extracts with antiviral activity was higher for HSV-1 (86.1%) than for HSV-2 (55.5%). The green algae Ulva fasciata and Codium decorticatum both showed the highest activity (99.9%) against HSV-1, with triacylglycerols and fatty acids as the major components. The red alga Laurencia dendroidea showed good activity against HSV-1 (97.5%) and the halogenated sesquiterpenes obtusol and (-)-elatol were identified as the major components in the extract. Against HSV-2, the green alga Penicillus capitatus (Chlorophyta) and Stypopodium zonale (Ochrophyta) were the most active (96.0 and 95.8%). Atomaric acid, a meroditerpene, was identified as the major secondary metabolite in the S. zonale extract. These results reinforce the role of seaweeds as important sources of compounds with the potential to enter into the pipeline for development of new drugs against herpes simplex.

Strains CIAT 899 and PRF81-81 were grown on YEM media and transferred to sterilized peat. Strains were inoculated on bean seeds at the recommended dose of 600 g/50 kg seeds. Before inoculation, seeds were treated with fungicides and immediately after inoculation, the number of viable cell was counted by dilution method in Petri dishes. The following fungicides were used (g/50 kg seeds): benomyl (50g), captan (l00g) and thiabendazole (50g). The number of cells for untreated seeds was: and for CIAT 899 and PRF-81, respectively.

Thirty-five strains of the Bacteroides fragilis group were isolated from oral and intestinal samples from 5 wild caught, captive Callithrix penicillata. Nine oral strains of Bacteroides fragilis (7) and Bacteroides distasonis (2), and 26 intestinal strains of Bacteroides fragilis (14) and Bacteroides distasonis (12) were identified.

There has been interest in reducing the use of herbicides for weed control in order to decrease environmental degradation problems. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of gliricidia planting density sown by broadcasting and intercopping on green ear and corn grain yield as well as on weed control. A randomized block design with split-plots and five replicates were adopted. Cultivars AG 1051, BM 2022, and BM 3061, assigned to plots, were submitted to the following treatments: no hoeing, two hoeings (at 20 and 40 days after sowing), and intercropped with gliricidia sown at densities of 10 and 20 seeds m-2. Thirty weed species occurred in the experiment area, with Cucumis anguria as the most frequent ones. Cultivar BM 2022 was the best for the total number of ears (TNE) and number (NMHE) and weight of marketable husked ears. Together with cultivar AG 1051, this cultivar had the highest total weight and marketable unhusked ear weight (MUEW). However, the cultivars did not differ with respect to grain yield (GY). The highest green ear and corn grain yield and weed control percentages were obtained with two hoeings; in MUEW, NMHE and GY, intercropping provided intermediate means in comparison with those obtained in hoed and non-hoed plots, indicating that gliricidia was partially beneficial to corn. Increased gliricidia seeding density heightened the benefits to corn (TNE and MUEW). The lack of hoeing produced the poorest green ear and grain yields. Existe interesse na redução do uso de herbicidas, visando-se a diminuição de problemas de degradação ambiental. O objetivo do trabalho foi avaliar os efeitos da densidade da gliricídia, semeada a lanço e em consorciação, sobre os rendimentos de espigas verdes e de grãos do milho e sobre o controle de plantas daninhas. Utilizou-se o delineamento de blocos ao acaso com parcelas subdivididas e cinco repetições. As cultivares AG 1051, BM 2022 e BM 3061, plantadas nas parcelas, foram submetidas aos seguintes tratamentos: sem capinas, duas capinas (aos 20 e 40 dias após a semeadura) e consorciação com a gliricídia, semeada nas densidades de 10 e 20 sementes m² . Trinta espécies de plantas daninhas ocorreram na área experimental, sendo Cucumis anguria a mais frequente. A cultivar BM 2022 foi a melhor quanto ao número total de espigas (NTE) e número (NEDC) e peso de espigas despalhadas comercializáveis. Essa cultivar apresentou, juntamente com a cultivar AG 1051, os maiores pesos total e de espigas empalhadas comercializáveis (PEEC). Todavia, as cultivares não diferiram quanto ao rendimento de grãos (RG). Os maiores rendimentos de milho verde e de grãos e de controle das plantas daninhas foram obtidos com duas capinas; a consorciação propiciou em PEEC, NEDC e RG médias intermediárias às obtidas nas parcelas capinadas e nãocapinadas, indicando que a gliricídia foi parcialmente benéfica ao milho. O aumento da densidade de semeadura da gliricidia aumentou os benefícios para o milho (NTE e PEEC). A ausência de capinas propiciou os piores rendimentos de espigas verdes e de grãos.