Effect of Cosmos, Crotalaria, Foeniculum, and Canavalia species, single-cropped or mixes, on the community of predatory arthropods.

Some plants can attract natural enemy by offering resources such as alternative food and refuge. However, studies need to be conducted before agricultural landscape diversification is implement. Our objective was to determine the best floristic compositions of cosmos (Cosmos sulphureus-Asteraceae), showy rattlepod (Crotalaria spectabilis-Fabaceae), fennel (Foeniculum vulgare-Apiaceae), and jack bean (Canavalia ensiformis-Fabaceae) to attract and maintain predatory arthropods, and know the potential of these treatments for future use in diversifying agricultural systems.

Effect of 8-week of dietary micronutrient supplementation on gene expression in elite handball athletes.

Purpose: A study was made of the changes in gene expression in elite handball athletes, comparing gene modulation before, after and in the absence of an 8-week nutritional intervention with multivitamin/mineral supplements.

Methods: Thirteen elite handball athletes (aged 22.9 ± 2.

First Occurrence of Sternochetus mangiferae (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Brazil.

Specimens of the mango stone weevil Sternochetus mangiferae (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) were found in fruits of mango from a tree in the residential area of the Rio de Janeiro, RJ. This is the first report of the S. mangiferae in Brazil, currently regulated as an absent quarantine pest in the country.

[Oral blastomycosis, laryngeal papillomatosis and esophageal tuberculosis].

Esophageal involvement is an extremely rare complication of tuberculosis even in countries with high prevalence of infection. We report the case of a 57 year-old hiv-seronegative patient with simultaneous diagnoses of oral blastomycosis and laryngeal papillomatosis. Both were confirmed by anatomopathological analysis.