Western Amazon
Beverage quality of most cultivated Coffea canephora clones in the Western Amazon
... Most of the Western Amazon coffee production is made from growing unregistered clones, selected by the coffee growers themselves. The aim of this study is to evaluate the sensory profile and genetic ...
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Genetic diversity and molecular survey of Trypanosoma (Megatrypanum) theileri in cattle in Brazil’s western Amazon region
... Trypanosoma (Megatrypanum) theileri is a flagellated protozoan that infects ruminants and it displays high genetic diversity. In this study, we investigated the prevalence rates of this protozoan based on hemoculture and ...
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Symbiotic nitrogen-fi xing bacterial populations trapped from soils under agroforestry systems in the Western Amazon
... ABSTRACT: Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) is an important grain-producing legume that can forego nitrogen fertilization by establishing an effi cient symbiosis with nitrogen-fi xing bacteria. Although inoculating strains have ...
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l.240 ADAPTABILITY AND STABILITY OF Coffea arabica LINES IN THE WESTERN AMAZON
... the Western Amazon is limited by early maturation of its fruit, which ripens in the period of greatest rainfall from the months of February to April, and by its more limited adaptation to tropical regions, ...
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Medicinal plants used in Rondônia, Western Amazon, Brazil
... the Western Amazon and provides information that can be used in phytochemical ...Brazilian Amazon, focusing on native ...the Amazon Forest: Theobroma grandiflorum ...native Amazon ...
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Species structure of sand fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) fauna in the Brazilian western Amazon
... We surveyed areas of the state of Rondônia in western Amazon for phlebotomine, which are potential vectors of leishmaniasis. A total of 5,998 specimens were captured, resulting in the identification of 48 ...
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Resistance of new Coffea canephora clones to root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) in the western amazon
... Root-knot disease is among the main diseases affecting coffee crop. The plant selection to the development new resistant cultivars is among one the most efficient methods of control. The present work aimed to quantify ...
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Dry matter in fruits, leaves and plagiotropic branches of grown coffee trees in the western amazon
... ABSTRACT: Different factors may influence the accumulation of dry matter in the coffee, as the nutritional management and the phenological stage of the plant. This study aimed to assess the number of fruits and the dry ...
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Diel variation in the structure of fish assemblages in south western Amazon streams
... Abstract: Aim: We investigate the influence of luminosity, habitat conservation and pluviometric periods in fish assemblages of in pasture and forest small streams in western amazon. Methods: Sampling was ...
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Relative validity of a food-frequency questionnaire developed to assess food intake of schoolchildren living in the Brazilian Western Amazon
... This study aimed to assess the relative validity of a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) developed to assess food intake of schoolchildren from the Brazilian Western Amazon. The dietary intakes of 61 ...
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Cancer incidence in the Western Amazon : population-based estimates in Rio Branco, Acre State, Brazil, 2007-2009
... This study analyzed data on the incidence of cancer with histopathological diagnosis available in all health institutions in the city of Rio Branco for the period June 2007 to June 2009. These in- cluded data from the ...
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Estimation of genetic parameters and selection of Coffea canephora progenies evaluated in Brazilian Western Amazon
... Coffee crop of the Brazilian Western Amazon, especially in the State of Acre, has emerged as an economic alternative of agricultural cultivation. From 2012, and with evidence of good coffee prices in the ...
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Managing the Technology for Selectively Collecting Solid Waste in the Western Amazon Sub Region
... The lack of public policies in the creation of landfills and the selective collection in the Amazon region, such as in the State of Rondônia, has resulted in concentrations of solid waste in open dumps. This ...
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Avanço da Pecuária de Corte, o desmatamento na Amazônia Ocidental e o desenvolvimento / Advancing Beef Cattle, Deforestation in the Western Amazon, and Development
... O desenvolvimento rural da Amazônia Ocidental deu-se por meio de um processo de exploração dos recursos naturais renováveis e não renováveis, trazendo diversas mudanças ao meio ambient[r] ...
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The impacts of land use changes in the mercury flux in the Madeira River, Western Amazon
... Changes in hydrochemistry and Hg distribution in the Madeira River from Porto Velho to the confluence with the Amazon River were studied in two cruises in 1997 and 2002. Water conductivity was similar in both ...
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Reproductive behavior of the giant leaf frog Phyllomedusa bicolor (Anura: Hylidae) in the western Amazon
... Phyllomedusa bicolor (Boddaert, 1772) inhabits the Amazon Basin in Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru. It is also found in the Guianan Region of Venezuela and the Guianas (Frost 2009), and the Cerrado of the ...
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Etiology of diarrheal infections in children of Porto Velho (Rondonia, Western Amazon region, Brazil)
... It was possible to characterize the etiol- ogy of diarrhea in 299 stool samples from the 470 children in the diarrhea group by the presence of potential pathogenic agents (141 cases of e[r] ...
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Seroprevalence of Viral Hepatitis in Riverine Communities from the Western Region of the Brazilian Amazon Basin
... the western Amazon collecting information regarding the health condi- tions of some endemic diseases previously de- scribed by Carlos Chagas in 1813 (dos Santos et ...
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Tectonic evolution of the southern margin of the Amazonian craton in the late Mesoproterozoic based on field relationships and zircon U-Pb geochronology
... the Western Amazon belt) that became amalgamated at the end of the Mesoproterozoic and originated through the reactivation of a paleo-suture (Guaporé suture zone) in an intracontinental rift ...the ...
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Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. vol.39 número6
... No data are available on the prevalence of coinfection in the Western Amazon basin. Since all these viruses share transmission mechanisms, high rates of coinfection are expected in this region. We therefore ...
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