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Agricultural Engineering
Emilio Carlos Zilli Ruiz, Afonso Figueiredo Filho, Alexandre Behling, Fabiane Aparecida Retslaff Guimaraes, Raul de Abreu Neto
Summary: This study characterized the physical, chemical, and energetic properties of A. angustifolia branches of different dimensions, showing their potential for energy generation. Compared to other forest species traditionally used for bioenergy, A. angustifolia branches demonstrated superior energetic qualities, making them a profitable and ecological option for energy production without the need to cut down trees, thus contributing to species conservation.
BIOMASS & BIOENERGY
(2021)
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Food Science & Technology
Jaqueline Moura Nadolny, Odette Best, Gabriele Netzel, Heather M. Shewan, Anh Dao Thi Phan, Heather E. Smyth, Jason R. Stokes
Summary: This study provides the first detailed composition characterization of edible Araucaria bidwillii (bunya nut) from Australia, while the composition of edible pinhao and pinones nuts from Brazil and Chile has been previously established. The bunya nut is shown to contain high moisture content and starch as the main component in the dried kernel. Although low in protein and fat, it contains all essential amino acids and has a good amount of polyunsaturated fatty acids. The nut is also a source of dietary fiber, folate, and minerals, while the husks and inner coating are rich in phenolics. The similarities in composition among the three different edible varieties can assist in developing sustainable value chain propositions through shared processing and utilization knowledge.
FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
Review
Cell Biology
Ye-Eun Son, Jae-Hyuk Yu, Hee-Soo Park
Summary: The fungus Aspergillus nidulans plays an important role in understanding the mechanisms of fungal growth and development. This review summarizes the regulators involved in the formation, maturation, dormancy, and germination of A. nidulans conidia.
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Microbiology
Jin-Guan Zhang, Ke Zhang, Si-Yuan Xu, Sheng-Hua Ying, Ming-Guang Feng
Summary: This study investigates the roles of WetA and VosA genes in the conidiation and conidial maturation of the insect pathogenic fungus Metarhizium robertsii. WetA plays a relatively conserved role in spore surface structure formation and also has a differentiated role in some other cellular processes associated with conidial maturation. In contrast, VosA has functional redundancy in M. robertsii.
MICROBIOLOGY SPECTRUM
(2023)
Article
Microbiology
Ya-Fen Hu, Jing-Wen Liu, Zhao-Huan Xu, Rafael F. Castaneda-Ruiz, Kai Zhang, Jian Ma
Summary: Three new Helminthosporium species, H. guanshanense sp. nov., H. jiulianshanense sp. nov. and H. meilingense sp. nov., were discovered in southern China through morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses. These species were found on dead branches of unidentified plants and were identified as independent taxa within Helminthosporium based on both molecular and morphological data.
Article
Forestry
Simone Aparecida Zolet Sasso, Jose Abramo Marchese, Amanda Pacheco Cardoso Moura, Bruna Valeria Gil, Anelise Tessari Perboni, Joel Donazzolo, Fabricia Lorrane Rodrigues Oliveira, Bruno Francisco Sant'Anna-Santos, Angela Rohr, Moeses Andrigo Danner
Summary: The study showed that Brazilian pine saplings had better growth under full sun, with larger saplings having higher survival and growth rates compared to smaller ones. Opening the canopy significantly increased photosynthetically active radiation, leading to rapid growth of the saplings. Therefore, it is recommended to select large saplings and plant them in sunny areas for reforestation purposes.
JOURNAL OF FORESTRY RESEARCH
(2021)
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Microbiology
Hongwei Shen, Danfeng Bao, Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe, Saranyaphat Boonmee, Jiankui Liu, Zonglong Luo
Summary: China and Thailand have abundant fungal diversity and freshwater resources, resulting in the discovery of six new Cheirosporous species and four known species.
Article
Microbiology
Hong-Zhi Du, Jing Yang, Ning-Guo Liu, Ratchadawan Cheewangkoon, Jian-Kui Liu
Summary: A survey of freshwater fungi in Guizhou Province, China, identified six new species belonging to Fuscosporellaceae and Savoryellaceae. The new taxa were characterized based on morphology, phylogenetic analysis, and culture characteristics. Detailed descriptions and illustrations were provided for each new species, and the first report of Fuscosporella species in China was made.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Thais Estefane Fischer, Amanda Marcondes, Danianni Marinho Zardo, Alessandro Nogueira, Ricardo C. Calhelha, Josiana A. Vaz, Lillian Barros, Acacio Antonio Ferreira Zielinski, Aline Alberti
Summary: The study optimized the extraction of phenolic compounds from Araucaria angustifolia bracts using response surface methodology, showing high antioxidant activity. The extract exhibited strong inhibitory activity against pathogenic and lactic acid bacteria, as well as potential antiglycemic effects.
Article
Microbiology
Xian-Dong Yu, Sheng-Nan Zhang, Jian-Kui Liu
Summary: Asexual and sexual morphs of saprobic bambusicolous fungi from Sichuan Province, China were taxonomically identified using morphological, cultural, and molecular phylogenetic methods. The multi-gene phylogeny indicated that these fungi belong to the Savoryellaceae family. Three new species, Canalisporium sichuanense, Dematiosporium bambusicola, and Savoryella bambusicola, were identified and described, while two new records, C. dehongense and D. aquaticum, were found in both terrestrial and freshwater bamboo habitats. The nomenclatural confusion of C. dehongense and C. thailandense was discussed.
Article
Microbiology
Xing-Juan Xiao, Jian Ma, Li-Juan Zhang, Ning-Guo Liu, Yuan-Pin Xiao, Xing-Guo Tian, Zong-Long Luo, Yong-Zhong Lu
Summary: During a study of helicosporous fungi in China, six new taxa belonging to the Helicosporium genus were discovered. Morphological comparisons and multi-gene phylogenetic analyses were carried out to identify these taxa and three novel species were named. Detailed descriptions, illustrations, and comparisons with similar fungi were provided, along with a list and key to accepted Helicosporium species.
Article
Forestry
Thiago Floriani Stepka, Patricia Povoa de Mattos, Afonso Figueiredo Filho, Evaldo Munoz Braz, Sebastitao do Amaral Machado
Summary: This study investigated and characterized the growth patterns of different tree species in Araucaria Forest in southern Brazil, finding that the age and diameter classes of trees can affect growth independently of forest stock conditions. Differences in diameter growth among species may be attributed to variations in environmental conditions, although forest structure is suspected to have a greater influence.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Jefferson G. Martins, Luiz E. S. Oliveira, Daniel Weingaertner, Andersson Barison, Gerlon A. R. Oliveira, Luciano M. Liao
Summary: Forests are being exploited disorderly and many species are endangered, prompting the need for a spatial distribution plan. Researchers facing a lack of representative databases can benefit from introducing new databases and proposing selection strategies to improve outcomes.
Article
Forestry
Rafaella De Angeli Curto, Patricia Povoa de Mattos, Evaldo Munoz Braz, Sylvio Pellico Netto
Summary: The study investigated the growth patterns in an overstocked stand of Araucaria angustifolia in Brazil, suggesting thinning strategies based on tree development classes. By analyzing dendrochronology and competition index, the study identified growth patterns and provided insights for future plantation management.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Mycology
Jingwen Liu, Yafen Hu, Xingxing Luo, Rafael F. Castaneda-Ruiz, Jian Ma
Summary: Three new species of Helminthosporium were identified through morphological and molecular phylogenetic analysis based on samples collected in Xishuangbanna, China. These new species were named H. nabanhensis, H. sinensis, and H. yunnanensis, and all three were classified as independent taxa within the family Massarinaceae.
Article
Microbiology
Neil P. Schultes, Rafael F. Castaneda-Ruiz, Robert E. Marra, Noelle Strzalkowski, Li De-Wei
Summary: The study described two new species of Striatibotrys, which are morphologically and phylogenetically distinct from previously known related species.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Mycology
Jian Ma, Li-Guo Ma, Ru-Qiang Cui, Wei-Gang Kuang, Xiu-Guo Zhang, Rafael F. Castaneda-Ruiz
Summary: A new asexual ascomycete genus and species, Blastophragmia plurisetulosa, is described and illustrated from a specimen collected on dead branches of unidentified plants in Hainan Province, China. The fungus is distinguished by its macronematous, unbranched, determinate or percurrently extending conidiophores, and solitary, acrogenous, fusiform to ellipsoidal, 3-euseptate, smooth, brown conidia with a single apical setula and 2-4 basal setulae, seceding rhexolytically from monoblastic, integrated, terminal conidiogenous cells.
Article
Mycology
Zhao-Huan Xu, Ling Qiu, Xiu-Guo Zhang, Rafael F. Castaneda-Ruiz, Ji-Wen Xia, Jian Ma
Summary: Teratospermopsis is proposed as a new genus with distinct conidial production and morphological features, including six accepted species and comments on four rejected or dubious species.
Article
Mycology
Zhao-Huan Xu, Wen-Xiu Sun, Xu-Gen Shi, Xiu-Guo Zhang, Ji-Wen Xia, Rafael F. Castaneda-Ruiz, Jian Ma
Summary: A new species, Camposporium chinense, is described and illustrated in this study, characterized by its fusiform conidia with an unbranched apical appendage. A key to Camposporium species is also provided for reference.
Article
Mycology
Rajnish Kumar Verma, I. B. Prasher, Sushma, Kunhiraman C. Rajeshkumar, Ajay Kumar Gautam, Rafael F. Castaneda-Ruiz
Summary: This study describes a new hyphomycete genus and species, Brykendrickia catenata, collected on decaying culms of bamboo species from Indian forests, which possesses sporodochial conidiomata. The species has polyblastic conidiogenous cells and conidia of various shapes.
Article
Mycology
Gabriel Ginane Barreto, Luana Teixeira Do Carmo, Luis Fernando Pascholati Gusmao
Summary: The new species, Helicoma barretoi, was found in Paraiba State of northeastern Brazil on dead twigs. It is characterized by frequent branched conidiophores, cylindrical conidiogenous cells constricted at basal septa, and broad terminal denticles.
Article
Mycology
Jian Ma, Li-Guo Ma, Zhao-Huan Xu, Ru-Qiang Cui, Ling Qiu, Rafael F. Castaneda-Ruiz, Xiu-Guo Zhang
Summary: This study described four new species found in southern China and recorded three other species from the same habitat for the first time.
Article
Microbiology
Silvana Santos da Silva, Loise Araujo Costa, Luis Fernando Pascholati Gusmao
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the diversity of saprotrophic filamentous fungi associated with decaying Araucaria angustifolia substrates in Brazil. A total of 135 species were identified, including one new genus and five new species. The study found that twigs had a greater richness of fungi compared to needles, and FLONA-SFP showed higher richness and diversity of fungal species compared to PARNA-SJ. The composition of fungal communities was influenced by both substrate factors and study areas.
BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Mycology
Flavia Rodrigues Barbosa, Patricia Oliveira Fiuza, Josiane Santana Monteiro, Alexandre Pereira da Silva, Luis Fernando Pascholati Gusmao, Rafael Felipe Castaneda-Ruiz
Summary: A new genus and species of asexual ascomycete, Parathozetella microsperma, has been described and illustrated from decaying plant material collected from rainforest areas in Mato Grosso and Para States. The new genus resembles Thozetella in several features, such as sporodochial conidiomata, presence of microawns, and enteroblastic monophialidic conidiogenesis that produces lunate conidia, but can be easily distinguished by the absence of setulae.
Article
Plant Sciences
Gabriel Ginane Barreto, Luis Fernando Pascholati Gusmao
Summary: A new species of Kylindria fungi was discovered in Brazil, with distinct morphological characteristics. Additionally, conidial illustrations and a dichotomous key of known Kylindria species were provided in the study.
NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF BOTANY
(2022)
Article
Microbiology
Hua Zheng, Min Qiao, Jishu Guo, Rafael F. Castaneda-Ruiz, Jie Peng, Zefen Yu
Summary: During a study on the diversity of aquatic hyphomycetes in southern China, two interesting isolates were identified as new genera and species in the family Microthyriaceae.
ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Patricia Oliveira Fiuza, Flavia Rodrigues Barbosa, Adriana Oliveira Medeiros, Luis Fernando Pascholati Gusmao
Summary: Ingoldian fungi are a dominant group in aquatic environments, but they are poorly studied, especially in the tropics. A study in Brazil found several new records of these fungi, which contributes to our understanding of biodiversity and conservation in the studied areas.
NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF BOTANY
(2022)
Review
Mycology
Nalin N. Wijayawardene, Alan J. L. Phillips, Diana Santos Pereira, Dong-Qin Dai, Andre Aptroot, Josiane S. Monteiro, Irina S. Druzhinina, Feng Cai, Xinlei Fan, Laura Selbmann, Claudia Coleine, Rafael F. Castaneda-Ruiz, Martin Kukwa, Adam Flakus, Patricia Oliveira Fiuza, Paul M. Kirk, Kunhiraman C. Rajesh Kumar, Ilesha S. Ieperuma Arachchi, Nakarin Suwannarach, Li-Zhou Tang, Teun Boekhout, Chen Shuhui Tan, R. P. Prabath K. Jayasinghe, Marco Thines
Summary: Asexually reproducing fungi play significant roles in ecosystems and have implications for plant and animal health, food production, biotechnology, and medicine. However, the diversity and extent of asexually reproducing taxa are not well-known. Recent reports suggest that there may be more asexual fungi than sexually-reproducing ones. Evaluating the diversity of different types of fungi, such as speciose and pleomorphic taxa, as well as those from less studied life modes and biodiversity-rich areas, is necessary to obtain more reliable estimates.
Article
Plant Sciences
Carolina Ribeiro Silva, Luis Fernando Pascholati Gusmao
Summary: Estuaries offer a favorable environment for marine and freshwater fungal species. A new species, Janhula paraensis sp. nov., was discovered on decaying wood in the intertidal zone of fluvial beaches in Mosqueiro Island, Para, Brazil. The species is characterized by unique morphological features and the absence of molecular data. Additionally, new records of several fungal species in South America and Brazil are reported.
NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF BOTANY
(2023)
Article
Mycology
Gabriel G. Barreto, Jadson D. P. Bezerra, Diogo H. Costa-Rezende, Luis F. P. Gusmao
Summary: In this study, five strains of U. radulans were obtained from decaying leaves in Brazil and were studied based on their morphology and phylogeny. The results showed that U. radulans forms a unique lineage near the base of the Leotiomycetes.
MYCOLOGICAL PROGRESS
(2023)
