Oomycetes are eukaryotic microorganisms morphologically similar to but phylogenetically distant from true fungi. Most species in the genus Phytophthora of oomycetes are devastating plant pathogens, causing damages to both agricultural production and natural ecosystems. Tremendous progress has been achieved in recent years in diversity, evolution and lifestyles of oomycete plant pathogens, as we...

O arroz é uma importante atividade agropecuária do Rio Grande Sul, sendo produzido, até recentemente, em monocultivo nas áreas de várzeas, principalmente da metade sul estado. Atualmente, a soja vem se tornando alternativa à diversificação produtiva dessas áreas, motivada pelos ganhos produtivos. Além disso, neste artigo entende-se que introdução rotação com o gera na comercialização. A hipótes...

Restriction fragment length polymorphism mapping data from nine populations (Glycine max x G. soja and G. max x G. max) of the Glycine subgenus soja genome led to the identification of many duplicated segments of the genome. Linkage groups contained up to 33 markers that were duplicated on other linkage groups. The size of homoeologous regions ranged from 1.5 to 106.4 cM, with an average size o...

RESUMO: O trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar o potencial antioxidante do extrato de Curcuma longa L. na estabilidade oxidativa óleo soja. Para isso, os tratamentos Controle (óleo soja), TBHQ100 soja com 100 mg TBHQ/kg), Extrato100 β-caroteno extrato/kg) e TBHQ50+Extrato50 50 TBHQ/kg + foram submetidos ao teste acelerado em estufa (60 ºC/20 dias). apresentou 51,17% atividade pelo método DPPH• 9...

The oomycetes form a distinct phylogenetic lineage of fungus-like eukaryotic microorganisms that are relatively closely related to photosynthetic algae such as brown algae and diatoms. Plant pathogenic species, notably those of the genus Phytophthora, are the best-studied oomycetes. The genomes of four Phytophthora and one downy mildew species were recently sequenced resulting in novel insights...

Review article] Botanists have likened the impact of Phytophthora cinnamomi in Australian plant communities to that of the last ice age, which affected a large number of plant families, genera and species within these families. Phytophthora cinnamomi affects the floristics and structure of many unique plant communities. We discuss the impact of this pathogen and our current knowledge of its bio...

A unique chlorinated macrocyclic lactone, termed oocydin A, was isolated from a strain of Serratia marcescens growing as an epiphyte on Rhyncholacis pedicillata, an aquatic plant native to the Carrao river of the Venezuelan-Guyanan region of South America. The lactone has a molecular mass of 470 Da, and contains one atom of chlorine, a carboxyl group and a tetrahydrofuran ring internal to a lar...

The Phytophthora genus comprises of some of the most destructive plant pathogens and attack a wide range of hosts including economically valuable tree species, both angiosperm and gymnosperm. Many known species of Phytophthora are invasive and have been introduced through nursery and agricultural trade. As part of a larger project aimed at utilizing genomic data for forest disease diagnostics, ...

The objectives were to promote farmer adoption of reduced and modified tillage (RT) systems and to investigate the efficacy of deep zone tillage systems to reduce the disease severity in crops affected by Phytophthora capcisi. It was our intent to evaluate the ability of reduced tillage (RT) systems to ameliorate large fluctuations in water supply, which may result from climate change and, in p...

The database summarization system coined SEQ provides multi-level summaries of tabular data stored into a centralized database. Summaries are computedonlinewith a conceptual hierarchical clustering algorithm. However, in many companies, data are distributed among several sites, either homogeneously (i.e. , sites contain data for a common set of features) or heterogeneously (i.e. , sites c...