LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Herbivore, parasitoid and hyperparasitoid insects associated with fruits and seeds of Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Vell) Morong (Fabaceae)

Morales-Silva, T; Maia, L F; Martins, A L; Modesto-Zampieron, S L.

Braz. j. biol; 79 (3), 2019

Abstract This study aimed to inventory the herbivore insects associated with Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Vell.) Morong (Fabaceae) fruits and seeds and their primary and secondary parasitoids. Six samples collected between May and October 2013 yielded 210 fruits, from which 326 insects of six orders e...

Brasil, Escarabajos/crecimiento & desarrollo, Escarabajos/parasitología, Escarabajos/fisiología, Dípteros/fisiología, Fabaceae/crecimiento & desarrollo, Cadena Alimentaria, Frutas/fisiología, Herbivoria, Interacciones Huésped-Parásitos, Insectos/crecimiento & desarrollo, Insectos/parasitología, Insectos/fisiología, Larva/crecimiento & desarrollo

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Phenology of Guarea macrophylla Vahl (Meliaceae) in subtropical riparian forest in southern Brazil

Müller, A; Schmitt, J L.

Braz. j. biol; 78 (2), 2018

Abstract Climate is one of the main factors that affect plant behavior. The phenology of Guarea macrophylla Vahl, which is a small tree used for reforestation of degraded areas, was monitored for 18 months in a riparian forest at the Schmidt Stream, Campo Bom, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, southern ...

Brasil, Cambio Climático, Conservación de los Recursos Naturales, Bosques, Frutas/fisiología, Meliaceae/fisiología, Fotoperiodo, Temperatura

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Reproductive phenology of Mauritia flexuosa L. (Arecaceae) in a coastal restinga environment in northeastern Brazil

Mendes, F N; Valente, R M; Rêgo, M M C; Esposito, M C.

Braz. j. biol; 77 (1), 2017

Abstract The buriti, Mauritia flexuosa, is the most common palm in Brazil, where it has considerable ecological and economic importance. However, few data are available on the phenology of the species, mainly in coastal restinga ecosystems. The present study monitored the reproductive phenology of M. fle...

Arecaceae/fisiología, Brasil, Ecosistema, Ambiente, Flores/fisiología, Frutas/fisiología, Reproducción/fisiología, Estaciones del Año

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Sexual and vegetative propagation of the medicinal Mexican species Phyllonoma laticuspis (Phyllonomaceae)

Alcántara-Flores, Ela; Brechú-Franco, Alicia E; Villegas-Monter, Angel; Laguna-Hernández, Guillermo; Gómez-Campos, Armando.

Rev. biol. trop; 65 (1), 2017

Abstract:Phyllonoma laticuspis leaves are used in Carrizal de Bravo, Guerrero, Mexico, to heal skin lesions such as injuries and smallpox sequelae and to treat diabetes mellitus type 2, and organic extracts of these leaves have been reported to exert antibacterial effects. High demand of P. laticuspis as...

Aquifoliaceae/fisiología, Frutas/fisiología, Germinación/fisiología, Luz, Raíces de Plantas/fisiología, Plantas Medicinales/fisiología, Semillas/fisiología, Temperatura, Factores de Tiempo

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