Nematodes can be associated with the soil ecological condition, thus being associated with this sustainability condition of agricultural production. Studies of their diversity can be applied with the purpose of using them as bioindicators of environmental changes and the productive impacts. However, these organisms have been neglected in the agroecosystems, only assuming status of pathogen when their population is very high, with considerable losses in productivity. It is estimated that approximately 10% of the nematodes cause damage to plants, 25% are nematodes grouped into trophic levels of fungivores or fungal feeders, bacterivorous, and omnivores, according to the type of their food. In many cases it is not known the ratio of population level of the nematode with the level of damage in plants. For this reason, the use of pesticides and fertilizers is still part of the most common practices by farmers, causing loss of soil organic matter, soil erosion and groundwater contamination, in addition to an imbalance in the microbiote. The objective of this work was to make a brief review about the diversity of nematodes in the soil in the agroecosystems that can be used in studies of sustainability, as soil quality bioindicators. Several species of nematodes have the potential to be used as biological indicators of soil quality. In this sense, the knowledge and use of bioindicators by rural producers are important, in order to encourage practices of sustainable management systems that do not cause the soil biodiversity imbalance.
O maracujá-amareloé uma das principais frutíferas cultivadas no Brasil. A conservação pós-colheita de frutos de maracujá tem merecido grande atenção visto que o fruto é perecível e está sujeito à rápida deterioração e incidência de micro-organismos patogênicos. Este trabalho teve por objetivo avaliar a atividade antifúngica in vitro de derivados de capim-limão (Cymbopogon citratus) sobre o crescimento micelial, esporulação, germinação de esporos e tamanho de tubos germinativos de Colletotrichum gloeosporioides e in vivo no controle da antracnose sobre frutos de maracujá-amarelo em pós-colheita. Os tratamentos para o ensaio in vitro foram óleo essencial (OE) (0,5, 1, 5, 10, 15, 25, 50 e 60 µL mL-1), extrato bruto aquoso autoclavado (EAA), extrato bruto aquoso filtrado (EAF), hidrolato e citral (1, 5, 10, 20 e 25%) e no ensaio in vivo, os frutos foram tratados com: OE (0,025; 0,05 e 0,1%), hidrolato (5 e 10%), EAA (10%) e citral (0,1%). Água destilada foi utilizada como testemunha. Foram avaliadas a incidência e a severidade da antracnose a cada três dias. Os quatro derivados de capim-limão inibiram o crescimento micelial, a esporulação e a germinação de esporos, sendo que maiores valores de inibição foram obtidos nas maiores concentrações testadas e, no crescimento micelial, atingiram 55,8; 54,5; 30,0 e 19,9% para OE, EAF, EAA e hidrolato, respectivamente. Na avaliação in vivo, OE 0,1% e EAA 10% promoveram significativa redução na severidade da antracnose.
Secondary compounds of medicinal plants can activate defense mechanisms in plants against pathogens. The aqueous extract (AE) of Corymbia citriodora has shown that activity, but there is scarce information about the involved mechanisms of action. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effect of AE on the induction of defense enzymes and protection of cucumber from Colletotrichum lagenarium. Thus, the AE, autoclaved or not, was evaluated for its capability of protecting and inducing peroxidases, polyphenoloxidases, chitinases and β-1.3-glucanases, and phenylalanine ammonia-lyase. Distilled water and acibenzolar-S-methyl (50 mg a.i. L-1) were used as controls. The effect of AE at the concentrations of 1, 5, 10, 15 and 20% was also evaluated, as well as its local and systemic effect, and the effect of one or two applications. Pathogen inoculation or sample collection for determination of enzyme activity was performed at 72 hours after treatments. The AE reduced the severity of C. lagenarium and induced peroxidases and β-1.3-glucanases by 37.6, 67.2 and 122.7%, respectively. There was a reduction in the disease severity and an increase in peroxidases from the concentration of 5% AE. The latter showed only local effect and greater reduction in severity when two applications were performed. These results suggest the effect of AE in inducing resistance in cucumber and inducing peroxidases and β-1.3-glucanases.
RESUMO:Hidrolato é o líquido resultante da extração de óleo essencial de plantas aromáticas por arraste a vapor apresentando em sua composição importantes metabólitos do vegetal de origem. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a atividade indutora de fitoalexinas, bem como as propriedades antifúngica e antibacteriana do hidrolato de carqueja (Baccharis trimera). Foram testadas as concentrações de 1, 10, 25, 50, 75 e 100%. A atividade indutora de fitoalexinas foi avaliada em mesocótilos estiolados de sorgo e em cotilédones de soja. A atividade antifúngica foi avaliada sobre a germinação de esporos de Pseudocercospora vitis, Cercospora kaki e Hemileia vastatrix. A atividade antibacteriana foi avaliada sobre a multiplicação de Xanthomonas campestris pv. passiflorae, Erwinia carotovora e Bacilllus subtilis. O hidrolato não induziu a produção de fitoalexinas em soja, mas promoveu esta atividade em sorgo a partir da concentração de 50%. Atividade antibacteriana ocorreu para os três isolados a partir da concentração de 75%, com inibição de até 87,9% sobre B. subtilis. O hidrolato não mostrou atividade antifúngica.Palavras-chave: antifúngico, antibacteriano, gliceolina, deoxiantocianidinas.ABSTRACT: Antimicrobial activity and phytoalexin induction of Baccharis trimera (Less.) DC. hydrolate. Hydrolate is a product resulting from the extraction of a plant essential oil using steam distillation, which presents major metabolites of such plants in its composition. The objective of this work was to evaluate the phytoalexin induction and the antifungal and antibacterial activities of the Baccharis trimera hydrolate, in the concentrations of 1, 10, 25, 50, 75 and 100%. Phytoalexin induction was evaluated in etiolated sorghum mesocotyl and in soybean cotyledons. The antifungal activity was evaluated on the spore germination of Pseudocercospora vitis, Cercospora kaki and Hemileia vastatrix, while the antibacterial activity was evaluate on the Xanthomonas campestris pv. passiflorae, Erwinia carotovora and Bacillus subtilis multiplication. The hydrolate did not induce the phytoalexin synthesis in soybean, but it provided activity in sorghum in the concentration of 50% and above. Antibacterial activity occurred for the three isolates tested at the concentrations of 75 and 100%, with inhibition up to 87.9% for B. subtilis. The hydrolate showed no antifungal activity.
O trabalho teve por objetivo diagnosticar e quantificar a geração de resíduos sólidos domésticos (RSD) na terra indígena Rio das Cobras, Nova Laranjeiras, PR. Foi obtida uma média de 0,09 kg.habitante-1.dia-1. Embora a produção de RSD seja pequena, é relevante destacar a importância de políticas públicas e ações de educação ambiental que possibilitem minimizar os impactos dos resíduos no meio ambiente e o bem-estar físico e cultural dos povos indígenas.
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