Emergent fruits with functional properties and sui generis flavours are increasingly gaining international market, mainly due to the pleasant taste and its nutritional properties. However, methodologies for determination of pesticide residues in these fruits are still incipient or nonexistent.
Escarlet T. D. Santana +3 more
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The grass‐cutting ant Atta bisphaerica is one of the most serious pests in several pastures and crops in Brazil. Fungal diseases are a constant threat to these large societies composed of millions of closely related individuals. We investigated the occurrence of filamentous fungi associated with the ant A. bisphaerica in a pasture area of Viçosa, Minas
Myriam M. R. Ribeiro +7 more
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Animal‐Based Remedies as Complementary Medicines in the Semi‐Arid Region of Northeastern Brazil
Animals (and their derived products) are essential ingredients in the preparation of many traditional remedies. Despite its prevalence in traditional medical practices worldwide, research on medicinal animals has often been neglected in comparison to medicinal plant research.
Rômulo R. N. Alves +4 more
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Leaf-cutter ants are major agricultural pests causing substantial crop losses. Biological control using entomopathogenic fungi offers an eco-friendly alternative to chemical methods.
Marcus Alvarenga Soares +8 more
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Abstract Capturing data on the life of fossorial vertebrates is difficult since access to the subterranean environment is made unfeasible by its density and opacity. Collecting specimens is only possible through excavation work, causing damage or even death to the specimens.
Carlos Jared +6 more
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Plantio de Myracrodruon urundeuva Fr. All. (aroeira) em área alterada de floresta: desenvolvimento das mudas e restauração florestal. Planting of Myracrodruon urundeuva Fr. All. (aroeira) in altered area of forest: seedling development and forest restoration. [PDF]
Fragmentos florestais submetidos aalgum tipo de distúrbio têm recuperação lenta oupode até mesmo não ocorrer. Nas bordas ocrescimento indiscriminado de cipós e gramíneasdificultam a regeneração natural.
José Eduardo de Arruda BERTONI +1 more
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DISTRIBUIÇÃO DE SUBSTRATOS NAS COLÔNIAS DE Atta laevigata (F. Smith, 1858) (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE)
Estudou-se a distribuição de substratos em duas colônias adultas (L-1 e L-2) da saúva Atta laevigata (F. Smith, 1858), com áreas de terra solta de 26,10 e 31,30 m2.
Moreira Aldenise Alves +1 more
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Organização do trabalho em colônias de saúvas: relações com locais e objetos das atividades
Este trabalho relata os resultados principais de um projeto de pesquisa sobre divisão de trabalho em colônias artificiais da saúva. Atividades desempenhadas dentro e fora da colônia foram analisadas em termos de sua distribuição entre classes de obreiras,
Ana Maria Almeida Carvalho
doaj
Cryptic Diversity in Colombian Edible Leaf-Cutting Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). [PDF]
Kooij PW +4 more
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Comparative phylogeography of two related plant species with overlapping ranges in Europe, and the potential effects of climate change on their intraspecific genetic diversity. [PDF]
Beatty GE, Provan J.
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