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Paullinia cupana Kunth var. sorbilis (Mart.) Ducke, the cultivated guarana plant, is native to the Amazon and has been valued for its medicinal, stimulant and energetic properties for centuries. The seeds are the main commercial product of the plant and the source of high amounts of purine alkaloids (caffeine and theobromine) and polyphenols (flavonoids, catechins, and tannins). Proteins involved in the development and maturation of guarana fruits in its native habitat are interesting issues for proteomics. This study presents the proteomic profile of the seed and pericarp of healthy guarana in different maturation stages. Protein contents were higher in the mature seed compared to other stages due to the accumulation of storage proteins - 11S globulins. Proteins selected for identification by mass spectrometry are mostly related to stress responses and defense and this is not unexpected for fast growing and differentiating reproductive tissues.

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In some Brazilian regions the Atlantic forest biome is currently restrict to fragments occurring amid monocultures, as sugarcane crops in the Northeast region. Important influence of forest remnants over mite fauna of permanent crops have been showed, however it has been poorly explored on annual crops. The first step for understanding ecological relationship in an agricultural systems is known its composition. The objective of this study was to investigate the plant-inhabiting mite fauna associated with sugarcane crop (Saccharum officinarum L.) (Poaceae) and caboatã (Cupania oblongifolia Mart.) (Sapindaceae) trees in the state of Alagoas, Brazil. Sugarcane stalks and sugarcane and caboatã apical, middle and basal leaves were sampled. A total of 2565 mites were collected from sugarcane and classified into seven families of Trombidiformes and Mesostigmata orders, with most individuals belonging to the Eriophyidae, Tetranychidae and Tarsonemidae families. Among predatory mites, the Phytoseiidae were the most common. A total of 1878 mites were found on C. oblongifolia and classified into 13 families of Trombidiformes and Mesostigmata orders. The most abundant phytophagous mite family on caboatã was also Eriophyidae. In contrast to sugarcane, Ascidae was the most common predatory mite family observed in caboatã. No phytophagous species were common to both sugarcane and C. oblongifolia. However two predatory mites were shared between host plants. Although mites associated with only one native species in the forest fragment were evaluated in this study, our preliminary results suggest Atlantic forest native vegetation can present an important role in the sugarcane agricultural system as a source of natural enemies.

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Serjania communis Cambess. (Sapindaceae) is a plant with climbing habit and occurs relatively often in Paraná State, Brazil. The fruits were collected at the "Parque dos Pioneiros" a remnant of subtropical forest in Maringá, Paraná State, Brazil. The seedlings obtained in the greenhouse were described according to traditional techniques in plant morphology. Seedlings were embedded in historesin and sectioned in rotation microtome. The fruit is the samaroid type, the seeds have about 3 mm in length and brown color. Seedlings are epigeal phanerocotylar. The seedlings have a hairy hypocotyl, foliaceous cotyledons, reduced epicotyl, and two opposite eophylls. The root is diarch, the hypocotyl shows root-stem transition structure, stem epicotyl, and dorsiventral and hypostomatous cotyledons and eophylls. "Tirodendros" with 45 days of age do not develop cambial variant.(AU)

Serjania communis Cambess. (Sapindaceae) é uma planta de hábito lianescente e ocorre com relativa frequência no Estado do Paraná, Brasil. A coleta dos frutos para a obtenção de sementes foi realizada no parque florestal dos Pioneiros (bosque II), um remanescente de floresta subtropical de Maringá, Estado do Paraná, Brasil. As plântulas, obtidas em casa de vegetação foram descritas conforme técnicas usuais em morfologia vegetal. Após a germinação, as plântulas foram descritas morfoanatomicamente e também foi verificada se ocorria a instalação de variante cambial nesta fase inicial de desenvolvimento. O fruto é do tipo samaroide. As sementes têm cerca de 3 mm de comprimento, de cor marrom e com germinação epigeia e as plântulas são fanerocotiledonares. As plântulas foram emblocadas em historresina e secionadas em micrótomo de rotação. As plântulas apresentam o hipocótilo piloso, cotilédones foliáceos, o epicótilo é reduzido, os dois primeiros eofilos são opostos e os demais eofilos apresentam filotaxia alterna helicoidal. A raiz é diarca. O hipocótilo é uma região de transição raiz-caule. O epicótilo tem estrutura caulinar eustélica. Os cotilédones e os eofilos são hipostomáticos e dorsiventrais. Tirodendros com 45 dias de idade não desenvolvem variante cambial.(AU)

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The pericarp development of Serjania communis Camb. and Urvillea ulmacea Kunth was described to expand the structural knowledge of Sapindaceae fruit. Ovaries and fruits were analyzed with usual techniques in plant anatomy. Ovary is structurally similar and the occurrence of glandular and non-glandular trichomes varies between species. In S. communis, the samaroid schizocarp has proximal wings and distal cavities; in U. ulmacea, the fruit presents septicidal and septifragal passive dehiscence and each seed chamber presents a dorsal wing. The unistratified exocarp has long pluricellular, uniseriate and sparse trichomes in U. ulmacea. The mesocarp is spongy, parenchymatous and in S. communis it presents three distinguished regions. Dorsal, lateral and ventral vascular bundles are more developed in S. communis and fiber caps on the phloem in the lateral bundles have an important role on the mericarp separation. The endocarp derives from the adaxial meristem and its oblique and tangentially elongated cells become lignified. The wings originate from a more active meristem ­ at the ovarian edges ­ and by intense divisions of ovarian mesophyll in this region. Fruit of U. ulmacea can represent a transition state between the samaroid schizocarp formed by Serjania and the septifragal capsule produced by Cardiospermum.

O presente estudo descreve aspectos morfológicos e o desenvolvimento do pericarpo de Serjania communis Camb. e Urvillea ulmacea Kunth ampliando o conhecimento estrutural dos frutos de Sapindaceae. Foram coletados e analisados ovários e frutos seguindo técnicas usuais em anatomia vegetal. O ovário estruturalmente similar e a ocorrência de tricomas glandulares e não glandulares varia entre as espécies. Em S. communis, o esquizocarpo samaroide apresenta ala proximal e cavidade distal; em U. ulmacea, o fruto apresenta deiscência passiva septicida e septifraga e cada cavidade seminal apresenta uma ala dorsal. O exocarpo uniestratificado tem tricomas pluricelulares longos, unisseriados e esparsos em U. ulmacea. O mesocarpo é parenquimático e esponjoso e em S. communis apresenta três regiões distintas. Os feixes vasculares dorsais, laterais e ventrais são mais desenvolvidos em S. communis e as calotas de fibras sobre o floema nos feixes laterais participam da separação dos mericarpos. O endocarpo deriva do meristema adaxial e suas células oblíqua e tangencialmente alongadas tornam-se lignificadas. As alas originam-se de um meristema mais ativo ­ nas arestas do ovário ­ e por divisões intensas no mesofilo ovariano nessa região. O fruto de U. ulmacea pode representar a transição entre o esquizocarpo samaroide de Serjania e a cápsula septifraga de Cardiospermum.

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The pericarp development of Serjania communis Camb. and Urvillea ulmacea Kunth was described to expand the structural knowledge of Sapindaceae fruit. Ovaries and fruits were analyzed with usual techniques in plant anatomy. Ovary is structurally similar and the occurrence of glandular and non-glandular trichomes varies between species. In S. communis, the samaroid schizocarp has proximal wings and distal cavities; in U. ulmacea, the fruit presents septicidal and septifragal passive dehiscence and each seed chamber presents a dorsal wing. The unistratified exocarp has long pluricellular, uniseriate and sparse trichomes in U. ulmacea. The mesocarp is spongy, parenchymatous and in S. communis it presents three distinguished regions. Dorsal, lateral and ventral vascular bundles are more developed in S. communis and fiber caps on the phloem in the lateral bundles have an important role on the mericarp separation. The endocarp derives from the adaxial meristem and its oblique and tangentially elongated cells become lignified. The wings originate from a more active meristem at the ovarian edges and by intense divisions of ovarian mesophyll in this region. Fruit of U. ulmacea can represent a transition state between the samaroid schizocarp formed by Serjania and the septifragal capsule produced by Cardiospermum.(AU)

O presente estudo descreve aspectos morfológicos e o desenvolvimento do pericarpo de Serjania communis Camb. e Urvillea ulmacea Kunth ampliando o conhecimento estrutural dos frutos de Sapindaceae. Foram coletados e analisados ovários e frutos seguindo técnicas usuais em anatomia vegetal. O ovário estruturalmente similar e a ocorrência de tricomas glandulares e não glandulares varia entre as espécies. Em S. communis, o esquizocarpo samaroide apresenta ala proximal e cavidade distal; em U. ulmacea, o fruto apresenta deiscência passiva septicida e septifraga e cada cavidade seminal apresenta uma ala dorsal. O exocarpo uniestratificado tem tricomas pluricelulares longos, unisseriados e esparsos em U. ulmacea. O mesocarpo é parenquimático e esponjoso e em S. communis apresenta três regiões distintas. Os feixes vasculares dorsais, laterais e ventrais são mais desenvolvidos em S. communis e as calotas de fibras sobre o floema nos feixes laterais participam da separação dos mericarpos. O endocarpo deriva do meristema adaxial e suas células oblíqua e tangencialmente alongadas tornam-se lignificadas. As alas originam-se de um meristema mais ativo nas arestas do ovário e por divisões intensas no mesofilo ovariano nessa região. O fruto de U. ulmacea pode representar a transição entre o esquizocarpo samaroide de Serjania e a cápsula septifraga de Cardiospermum.(AU)

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