Characterization of biodiesel and bio-oil from Sterculia striata (chicha) oil     

M.B.P. Mangas  F.N. Rocha  P.A.Z. Suarez  S.M.P. Meneghetti  D.C. Barbosa  R.B. dos SantosS.H.V. Carvalho  J.I. Soletti 《Industrial Crops and Products》2012,36(1):349-354

This work describes the mechanical and solvent extraction of Sterculia striata seed oil. It was determined that the seeds contain up to 41% in oil, which has an unusual composition. Indeed, up to 50% of the fatty acid contain cyclopropenoid ring. The oil was used as raw material to produce bio-oil and biodiesel and their physical-chemical properties were evaluated. Some of the studied physical-chemical properties of the S. striata biodiesel are in acceptable range for use as biodiesel in diesel engines, showing a promising economic exploitation of this raw material in semi-arid regions. It was also observed that the cyclopropenoid ring remains after transesterification and is decomposed during pyrolysis.  相似文献   

Path analysis for selection of drought tolerant sugarcane genotypes through physiological components     

Paulo Pedro da Silva  Lailton SoaresJoão Gomes da Costa  Luciana da Silva VianaJúlio César Farias de Andrade  Eduardo Rebelo GonçalvesJoão Messias dos Santos  Geraldo Veríssimo de Souza BarbosaVelber Xavier Nascimento  Adriana Reis TodaroAlessandro Riffel  Maria Fatima Grossi-de-SaMárcio Henrique Pereira Barbosa  Antônio Euzébio Goulart Sant’AnaCícero Eduardo Ramalho Neto 《Industrial Crops and Products》2012,37(1):11-19

Water deficit is among the main environmental factors limiting agricultural productivity of sugarcane in Northeast Brazil by affecting virtually every aspect of plant growth, with consequent reduction of the agro-industrial productivity of this crop. This study aimed to use path analysis to evaluate the physiological components of sugarcane under two water conditions, with photosynthesis as the basic variable, in order to obtain subsidies that can help the genetic breeding of this crop by selection of superior clones with drought tolerance. The experiment was carried out in a greenhouse with a completely randomized experimental design, 4 × 2 factorial arrangements (four sugarcane genotypes × two soil moisture regimes: control, with 80-100% available water and stressed, with 0-20% water available) and with four replications. Each plot consisted of one pot with 12 kg of substrate containing one plant. Treatments were maintained at a humidity close to field capacity with daily replacement of the evapotranspired water with a water supply for 66 days of cultivation for treatments under stress. Evaluations were conducted on the fourth day after severe water stress at 70 days of cultivation. Data from nine physiological variables were considered, with six of these being used in the model after exclusion of those that were contributing to multicollinearity. Variables used in path analysis were enough to explain the variation found in photosynthesis under both water conditions. Stomatal conductance, transpiration and the SPAD index should be considered as a priority in breeding programs for sugarcane aiming to get more productive and tolerant genotypes to water stress, and selection indexes should be used with due consideration of these variables to promote gains in photosynthesis.  相似文献   

Economic feasibility for producing Imperial Zebra pleco (Hypancistrus zebra) in recirculating aquaculture systems: An alternative for a critically endangered ornamental fish     

Danilo Araujo Soares Pereira  Marcelo Barbosa Henriques 《Aquaculture Economics & Management (Blackwell Science)》2013,17(4):428-448

Abstract

The L46 (Hypancistrus zebra) stands out as one of the most valuable Amazonian species in the international market for ornamental fish and faces a notable problem: the risk of extinction versus the demand for new specimens for aquariums. Considering that breeding in captivity can be a conservational tool for aquatic species and an alternative source for generating income, the objective of the present paper was to verify the economic feasibility of producing H. zebra in recirculation aquaculture systems (RAS), in different scenarios of rearing: residential breeding (S1), mid-size store production (S2) and large-scale production as a supplier (S3). The main profitability indicators used were: net present value (NPV), internal rate of return (IRR) and payback period (PP). The selling price per unit was fixed in US$260.15 (S1/S2) and US$156.09 (S3). The largest investments were made with the acquisition of broodstocks (S1/S2) and property (S3), while the highest costs were with labor (S2/S3) and taxes (S1). Only S1 demonstrated economic profitability (NPV 8.50%?=?US$28,187.85; IRR?=?74.71%; PP?=?1.80?years). Conclusion: the production in this study appeared to be profitable on smaller scales, however the profitability of large-scale production depends upon reducing expenses and increasing the selling price.  相似文献   

Wheat yield and tillage-straw management system × year interaction explained by climatic co-variables for an irrigated bed planting system in northwestern Mexico     

Nele Verhulst  Ken D. SayreMateo Vargas  Jose CrossaJozef Deckers  Dirk RaesBram Govaerts 《Field Crops Research》2011,124(3):347-356

Wheat is an important food and income source and estimated demand for wheat in the developing world is projected to increase substantially. The objectives of this study were to gain insight into (i) the effect of tillage-straw system on yield and yield components (number of grains per m² and thousand kernel weight), (ii) the relation between climatic conditions and yield and yield components, (iii) the explanation of tillage-straw system × year interaction for yield and yield components by climatic co-variables. Wheat grain yield and yield components were measured in a long-term trial established in 1992 under irrigated, arid conditions in northwestern Mexico. Five tillage-straw management systems (conventionally tilled raised beds [CTB] with straw incorporated and permanent raised beds [PB] with straw burned, removed, partly retained or fully retained) were compared for a wheat-maize rotation. Daily climatic data were averaged over six periods corresponding approximately to advancing wheat growth stages. The PB-straw retained and PB-straw removed had the highest yields (average yield of 7.31 and 7.24 t ha⁻¹, respectively) and grains per m². The PB-straw burned had the lowest yield (average yield of 6.65 t ha⁻¹) and grains per m², but the highest thousand kernel weight. Maximum temperature was positively correlated to final grain yield during tillering and head differentiation, but was negatively correlated to thousand kernel weight during grain-filling. For the tillage-straw system year interaction, three groups of management systems were distinguished for yield and grains per m²: PB-straw burned, CTB-straw incorporated and PB where straw is not burned. The CTB-straw incorporated had a positive interaction with year in favorable years with high radiation and evapotranspiration. The PB-straw burned was relatively more affected by excess water conditions and showed positive interactions in years with high relative humidity. The PB-straw retained was the most stable in different climatic conditions, indicating that this management system could contribute to maintaining wheat yield in a changing climate scenario.  相似文献   

Evaluation of Magnetic Coagulant (α-Fe<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>3</Subscript>-MO) and its Reuse in Textile Wastewater Treatment     

Tássia Rhuna Tonial dos Santos  Gustavo Affonso Pisano Mateus  Marcela Fernandes Silva  Carolina Sayury Miyashiro  Leticia Nishi  Murilo Barbosa de Andrade  Márcia Regina Fagundes-Klen  Raquel Guttieres Gomes  Rosângela Bergamasco 《Water, air, and soil pollution》2018,229(3):92

The textile industries are characterized as one of the biggest consumers of potable water and chemical products throughout its process, being responsible for the elevated wastewater generation with intense coloration and wide polluting potential. In this context, the present study proposes the development and application of a new coagulant material for textile wastewater treatment. The proposed coagulant (α-Fe₂O₃-MO) was composed by hematite nanoparticles (α-Fe₂O₃) obtained by a simple non-pollutant methodology, associated with Moringa oleifera (MO) seeds saline extract compounds. Coagulation/flocculation (CF) efficiency was evaluated by removal of physicochemical parameters such as apparent color, turbidity, and compounds with absorption at UV_254nm (UV_254nm) through CF tests carried out on Jar test equipment and sedimentation carried out in the presence and absence of external magnetic field (600 k Am^?1). Kinetics sedimentation was from 0 to 90 min. The use of this new coagulant allowed the removal of 92.37% for apparent color, 91.43% for turbidity, and 46.09% for UV_254nm, indicating that the proposed coagulant association was efficient in the treatment of this type of wastewater under external magnetic field with only 10 min of sedimentation. In addition, the resulting sludge from CF process was tested as base material for a new coagulant synthesis, demonstrating great reuse potential. Therefore, the new proposed coagulant, composed of α-Fe₂O₃ and the compounds present in the seed extract of MO, has applicability for textile wastewater treatment demonstrating high removal rate for all evaluated parameters with cost reduction in the proposed treatment for this wastewater.  相似文献   

Lentil (Lens culinaris L.) growth promoting rhizobacteria and their effect on nodulation in coinoculation with rhizobia     

Maurine Sepúlveda-Caamaño  Marisol Vargas  Ernesto Moya-Elizondo  Pía Oyarzúa  Jorge Campos 《Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science》2018,64(2):244-256

Lentil is cultivated in Chilean Mediterranean drylands, in areas with soils that are nutrient depleted and eroded. Inoculation of lentil with rhizobia in co-inoculation with growth promoting rhizobacteria would allow higher biomass and an opportunity for early nodulation and increased nitrogen fixation. The objective of this research was to select rhizosferic bacteria (PGPR) from lentils and to evaluate their effect on lentil nodulation in co-inoculation with rhizobia. Sixty three lentil rhizobacteria isolates where obtained from nine soils in the mediterranean area. These were fingerprinted through BOX-PCR reducing the number to 57 distinct strains. The strains were evaluated for ACCdeaminase activity, IAA production and compatibility with rhizobia. Seventeen strains showed ACC-deaminase activity, all of them synthesized IAA and 38 were compatible with the rhizobia. Ten selected strains were identified as Pseudomonas spp. through 16S rRNA sequencing. The strains were inoculated in lentil seedlings growing on seed germination pouches, to evaluate nodule formation. The strain LY50a increased early nodulation in 85% in comparison to the control inoculated with rhizobia (AG-84) only. In conclusion, bacteria from the rhizosphere from Mediterranean soils of Chile can be used as nodulation promoters in lentils.  相似文献   

New invasion of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Bemisia tabaci</Emphasis> Mediterranean species in Brazil associated to ornamental plants     

Letícia Aparecida de Moraes  Julio Massaharu Marubayashi  Valdir Atsushi Yuki  Murad Ghanim  Vinicius Henrique Bello  Bruno Rossitto De Marchi  Leonardo da Fonseca Barbosa  Laura M. Boykin  Renate Krause-Sakate  Marcelo Agenor Pavan 《Phytoparasitica》2017,45(4):517-525

In Brazil, the first major invasion event of Bemisia tabaci was that of Middle East–Asia Minor 1 (MEAM1) species, formerly termed as B biotype, which commenced in the 1990s mainly by ornamental plants in São Paulo State. More than two decades after this invasion, the presence of the Mediterranean (MED) species of B. tabaci, formerly Q biotype, was reported in Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost State of Brazil, and now in São Paulo and Paraná States, in southeastern Brazil. Specimens of whiteflies collected from commercial begonia, hydrangea, petunia and poinsettia greenhouses in São Paulo, and also from begonias and poinsettias collected in flower shops in Paraná, were all identified as belonging to MED species. Furthermore, the secondary endosymbionts Arsenophonus, Hamiltonella and Rickettsia of MED from São Paulo and Paraná were detected by PCR and their presence confirmed by sequencing and FISH analysis, and those results differed from MED detected in Rio Grande do Sul that harbored only Hamiltonella and Cardinium. Our results suggest a new MED invasion into Brazil and is associated with ornamental plants. The two MED populations are genetically different and suggest that they are separate invasions.  相似文献   

Impact of volunteer rice infestation on yield and grain quality of rice          下载免费PDF全文

Vijay Singh  Nilda R Burgos  Shilpa Singh  David R Gealy  Edward E Gbur  Ana L Caicedo 《Pest management science》2017,73(3):604-615

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Transport of fatty acids within plasma lipoproteins in lactating and non‐lactating cows fed on fish oil and hydrogenated palm oil          下载免费PDF全文

E. Vargas‐Bello‐Pérez  G. Íñiguez‐González  P. C. Garnsworthy  J. J. Loor 《Journal of animal physiology and animal nutrition》2017,101(2):369-377

The aim of this study was to elucidate the effect of dietary fish oil (FO) and a blend of FO and hydrogenated palm oil (FOPO) on transport of fatty acids (FA) within plasma lipoproteins in lactating and non‐lactating cows. Two trials were conducted (one with lactating and another with non‐lactating dairy cows) in two 3 × 3 Latin squares that included three periods of 21 days. Dietary treatments for lactating cows consisted of a basal diet (Control; no fat supplement), and fat‐supplemented diets containing FO (500 g/day/cow) and FOPO (250 FO + 250 g/day/cow hydrogenated palm oil). For non‐lactating cows, dietary treatments consisted of a basal diet (Control; no fat supplement), and fat‐supplemented diets containing FO (170 g/day/cow) and FOPO (85 FO + 85 hydrogenated palm oil g/day/cow). In lactating cows, compared with control and FOPO, FO increased C16:0, C18:3 cis‐9, 12, 15, C18:2 cis‐9, trans‐11 and total saturated and polyunsaturated FA in plasma and increased C16:0, C18:2 cis‐9, trans‐11, total polyunsaturated and total polyunsaturated n‐6 in high‐density lipoprotein (HDL), whereas in non‐lactating cows, compared with control and FOPO, FO increased C16:0, C18:1 trans‐11, C18:2 trans‐9, 12, C18:2 cis‐9, trans‐11, C20:5 n‐3 and total saturated and polyunsaturated FA in plasma; C16:0, C18:1 trans‐11, C18:1 cis‐9, C18:2 trans‐9, 12, C20:5 n‐3 and total monounsaturated FA in HDL; and C18:1 trans‐6‐8, C18:1 trans‐9, C18:1 trans‐10, C18:1 trans‐11, C18:3 cis‐9, 12, 15 and C20:5 n‐3 in low‐density lipoprotein (LDL). FO increased C20:5 n‐3 in plasma and lipoproteins in non‐lactating cows and increased C18:3 cis‐9, 12, 15 in plasma (in lactating cows) and LDL (in non‐lactating cows). We concluded from results of this study that in bovine plasma, the LDL fraction appears to be the main lipoprotein transporting C18:1 trans isomers and is more responsive than other lipoprotein fractions to variation in supply of dietary lipids.  相似文献   

Melanin granules melanophages and a fully‐melanized epidermis are common traits of odontocete and mysticete cetaceans          下载免费PDF全文

Blanca Morales‐Guerrero  Cecilia Barragán‐Vargas  German R. Silva‐Rosales  Christian D. Ortega‐Ortiz  Diane Gendron  Laura M. Martinez‐Levasseur  Karina Acevedo‐Whitehouse 《Veterinary dermatology》2017,28(2):213-e50

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