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Soil tillage and cover crop on soil CO2 emissions from sugarcane fields
; ; La Scala, Newton
; ; ; (Soil Use and Management, 2019) [Artigo]
Soil tillage is an agricultural practice that directly affects the global carbon cycle. Our study sought to assess the implications of adopting sunn hemp cover crops with different tillage practices on CO2 emissions for ... -
Factorial models to estimate isoleucine requirements for broilers
Melaré, Mirella Cunha; Sakomura, Nilva Kazue ; Reis, Matheus de Paula ; Peruzzi, Nelson José ; Gonçalves, Camila Angélica (Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition, 2019) [Artigo]
The objective of this work was to determine the efficiency of utilization (EU) and produce factorial models for optimal isoleucine (Ile) intake. Six dose–response trials were carried out, three for males and three for ... -
Biomass accumulation and cell wall structure of rice plants overexpressing a dirigent-jacalin of sugarcane (ShDJ) under varying conditions of water availability
(Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019) [Artigo]A sugarcane gene encoding a dirigent-jacalin, ShDJ, was induced under drought stress. To elucidate its biological function, we integrated a ShDJ-overexpression construction into the rice Nipponbare genome via Agrobacteri ... -
Genomic structure of a crossbred Landrace pig population
Joaquim, Letícia Borges; Chud, Tatiane Cristina Seleguim ; Marchesi, Jorge Augusto Petroli ; Savegnago, Rodrigo Pelicioni ; ; ; ; ; ; et al. (PLoS ONE, 2019) [Artigo]
Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers are used to study population structure and conservation genetics, which permits assessing similarities regarding the linkage disequilibrium and information about the relationship ... -
Neural networks in climate spatialization and their application in the agricultural zoning of climate risk for sunflower in different sowing dates
; de Moraes, José Reinaldo da Silva Cabral; Rolim, Glauco de Souza ; ; de Meneses, Kamila Cunha ; Valeriano, Taynara Tuany Borges (Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, 2019) [Artigo]
Sunflower is a species that is sensitive to local climate conditions. However, studies that use artificial neural networks (ANNs) to evaluate this influence and create tools such as agricultural zoning of climate risk ... -
Population dynamics and spatial distribution of the Calosoma granulatum Perty., 1830 (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in soybean/corn crop
; Cividanes, Francisco Jorge; Barbosa, José Carlos ; ; da Silva, André Luiz Pereira ; ; Haddad, Gianni Queiroz ; (Australian Journal of Crop Science, 2018) [Artigo]
The (Calosoma granulatum Perty., 1830) (Coleoptera: Carabidae) is an important predator of agricultural pests. The knowledge about the spatial and temporal behavior and influence of the environmental structure may be ... -
The effect of feed protein content on the uniformity of production in laying hens
Palma Bendezu, Hilda Cristina; Sakomura, Nilva Kazue ; Malheiros, Euclides Braga ; Silva, E. P. ; (Animal Production Science, 2018) [Artigo]
The objective of this research was to describe the effect of dietary protein content on the uniformity of egg production in ISA-Brown and Hy-Line laying strains. Six dietary protein levels (120-220 g protein/kg feed) were ... -
Genomic selection in dairy cattle simulated populations
; ; ; Do Nascimento, Guilherme Batista; ; De Oliveira, Henrique Nunes ; Munari, Danísio Prado (Journal of Dairy Research, 2018) [Artigo]
Genomic selection is arguably the most promising tool for improving genetic gain in domestic animals to emerge in the last few decades, but is an expensive process. The aim of this study was to evaluate the economic impact ... -
Intense exercise and endurance-training program influence serum kinetics of muscle and cardiac biomarkers in dogs
Cerqueira, Juliana Aparecida; Restan, Wilmer Alejandro Zamora ; Fonseca, Mayara Gonçalves ; Catananti, Lucas Azevedo ; de Almeida, Maria Luiza Mendes ; Junior, Walter Heinz Feringer ; Pereira, Gener Tadeu ; Carciofi, Aulus Cavalieri ; de Camargo Ferraz, Guilherme (Research in Veterinary Science, 2018) [Artigo]
Few data exist on the physiological consequences of an incremental exercise test (IET) and training in dogs. Here we evaluated the effect of an endurance-training program (ETP) on the kinetics of the serum biomarkers: ... -
Unravelling biological biotypes for growth, visual score and reproductive traits in Nellore cattle via principal component analysis
Vargas, Giovana; ; ; ; Munari, Danísio Prado ; ; Carvalheiro, Roberto (Livestock Science, 2018) [Artigo]
Principal component analysis (PCA) is used to summarize important information from multivariate data in sets of new variables named principal components (PCs). In animal breeding, these new composite variables can be used ... -
CO2 emission and its relation to soil temperature, moisture, and O2 absorption in the reforested areas of Cerrado biome, Central Brazil
Vicentini, Maria Elisa; Pinotti, Carla Regina ; ; de Moraes, Mário Luiz Teixeira ; Montanari, Rafael ; Filho, Marcelo Carvalho Minhoto Teixeira ; ; Júnior, Newton La Scala ; Panosso, Alan Rodrigo (Plant and Soil, 2019) [Artigo]
Aims: To characterise the temporal variability in soil CO2 emissions (FCO2), soil O2 influx (FO2), soil water content (SWC), and soil temperature (Ts) and their relations in long-term reforested areas (30 years of conversion) ... -
Valuation of an innovation strategy in the diversification of products in the agricultural auto parts sector
Conceição, Elimar Veloso; Sanches, Adhemar ; Santos, David Ferreira Lopes (Agricultural Finance Review, 2019) [Artigo]
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to value an innovation project derived from a product diversification strategy in the agricultural auto parts sector, considering uncertainties and flexibility as sources of value for ... -
Polymorphisms in major histocompatibility complex genes and its associations with milk quality in Murrah buffaloes
Freitas, Ana C.; Stafuzza, Nedenia B. ; Barbero, Marina M. D. ; Santos, Daniel J. A. ; ; Tonhati, Humberto (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2019) [Artigo]
Animal breeding programs have used molecular genetic tools as an auxiliary method to identify and select animals with superior genetic merit for milk production and milk quality traits as well as disease resistance. Genes ... -
Effects of long-term no-tillage systems with different succession cropping strategies on the variation of soil CO2 emission
de Araújo Santos, Gustavo André; ; de Oliveira Silva, Bruna ; Xavier, Clariana Valadares ; ; Corá, José Eduardo ; Júnior, Newton La Scala (Science of the Total Environment, 2019) [Artigo]
The optimization of conservationist production systems, whose goal is to increase carbon stocks and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, is considered one of the greatest challenges faced by agriculture nowadays. Therefore, ... -
Effect of nitrogen application rate on yield, forage quality, and animal performance in a tropical pasture
Delevatti, Lutti M.; Cardoso, Abmael S. ; ; Leite, Rhaony G. ; Romanzini, Eliéder P. ; Ruggieri, Ana C. ; Reis, Ricardo A. (Scientific Reports, 2019) [Artigo]
A three-year-long field experiment was conducted in a continuous grazing system with a variable stocking rate to evaluate effects of increasing nitrogen levels in Marandu grass (Brachiaria brizantha Hochst ex A. Rich Stapf ... -
A genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism and copy number variation analysis for number of piglets born alive
Stafuzza, Nedenia Bonvino; ; ; ; ; ; (BMC Genomics, 2019) [Artigo]
Background: In this study we integrated the CNV (copy number variation) and WssGWAS (weighted single-step approach for genome-wide association) analyses to increase the knowledge about number of piglets born alive, an ... -
Differential expression of immune response genes associated with subclinical mastitis in dairy buffaloes
Tanamati, F.; Stafuzza, N. B. ; Gimenez, D. F.J. ; Stella, A. A.S. ; Santos, D. J.A. ; Ferro, M. I.T. ; Albuquerque, L. G. ; ; Tonhati, H. (Animal, 2019) [Artigo]
Buffalo milk production has become of significant importance on the world scale, however, there are few studies involving biotechnological tools specifically for buffalo. To verify the effects caused by subclinical mastitis ... -
Fluxes of CO 2 , CH 4 , and N 2 O in tundra-covered and Nothofagus forest soils in the Argentinian Patagonia
; ; ; ; ; ; ; La Scala, Newton; Panosso, Alan R. (Science of the Total Environment, 2019) [Artigo]
While most soils in periglacial environments present high fluxes of CO 2 (F CO2 ), CH 4 (F CH4 ), and N 2 O (F N2O ), few of them have a tendency to drain greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. This study aimed to assess ... -
RNA sequencing differential gene expression analysis of isolated perfused bovine udders experimentally inoculated with Streptococcus agalactiae
Sbardella, A. P.; ; ; Stafuzza, N. B. ; Bernardes, P. A. ; ; ; ; Munari, D. P. (Journal of Dairy Science, 2019) [Artigo]
The aim of this study was to elucidate the differential gene expression in the RNA sequencing transcriptome of isolated perfused udders collected from 4 slaughtered Holstein × Zebu crossbred dairy cows experimentally ... -
Forecasting the spatiotemporal variability of soil CO2 emissions in sugarcane areas in southeastern Brazil using artificial neural networks
Freitas, Luciana P. S.; Lopes, Mara L. M. ; Carvalho, Leonardo B ; Panosso, Alan R. ; La Scala Júnior, Newton ; ; Minussi, Carlos R. ; Lotufo, Anna D. P. (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2018) [Artigo]
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is considered one of the main greenhouse effect gases and contributes significantly to global climate change. In Brazil, the agricultural areas offer an opportunity to mitigate this effect, especially ...