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O presente trabalho relata os dados obtidos na determinaçao do zinco em plantas segundo uma nova técnica. Esta nova técnica consistiu em se aliar a separação do zinco de outros interferentes, através do emprego de uma coluna de resina trocadora de anions, ao método polarografico da dosagem do citado elemento. A amostra de planta (1, 000g) foi incinerada em copo de Pyrex a 450-5009C durante 90 minutos e o zinco foi extraido da cinza com solução de HC1 2N. A separação do zinco de outros elementos interferentes foi feita pela passagem da solução através da resina trocadora de anions, Amberlite, IRA-401. Após a eluiçao do zinco da coluna, a solução obtida foi levada ao polarografo registrador. (Sargent, modelo XXI) para a determinação, Trabalhando-se com um conjunto de 10 (dez) a 12 (doze) colunas de resina, pode-se executar 10 (dez) a 12 (doze) determinações num periodo de 6 (seis) horas.

In this paper domatia of 53 species of the families Caprifoliaceae, Valerianaceae, Dispsaceae and Adoxaceae, all of the Order Rubiales, were studied. In fifteen species belonging to five genera the author found domatia. They were of two types, in the "touffe de poils" and "em pochette", in accordance with the CHEVALIER e CHESNAIS Domatia Classification (1941). Only two species had domatia of the type "em pochette" and the other thirteen had domatia in "touffe de poils" or variations of this type. The author found in this paper, by the first time, domatia in the insertion of the pinna with the rachis in Valeriana scandens L. var. genuina e Valerianopsis sp., and in the place between leaf lets and petiole in Valeriana acutifolia and Valeriana sp.

This paper deals with cassava leaf, stem and root production. Field competition trial showed that production of leaves and stems are the same; as that of roots and that leaves and stems can be used in animal feeding beside the industrialization of roots.

By means of the gnomonic projection, the author demonstrates the fundamental theorem of the method of the segments in the various crystallographic systems.

Valendo-se das "fórmulas diretas" de Ansheles, o autor apresenta uma nova dedução da fórmula que permite calcular o ângulo de duas faces, de símbolos conhecidos, em sistema cristalográfico retangular.

O problema de cálculo dos ângulos de extinção de faces de uma mesma zona, com referência ao eixo da zona, é tratado pelo autor através dos "símbolos projetivos" de Fedorow.

Por meio da projeção gnomônica, o autor apresenta uma dedução da fórmula geral de resolução de triângulos esféricos.

The "direct formulas" by Ansheles, previously deduced by the author through the stereographic projection, are now deduced by means of a different way, especially with the help of the gnomonic projection.

This paper describes the data obtained concerning qualitative and quantitative analyses of the precipitate formed when to a solution containing strontium ion are added potassium dichromate, ammonium hydroxide and 95 per cent alcohol. Three replications of standard solution containing 1.8, 4..4, 8.8, 13.7, 27.5, 41.2, and 50.5 mg of strontium were treated with potassium dichromate and then, with constant stirring 95 per cent of alcohol and ammonium hydroxide. The precipitate was allowed to stend for two hours and afterward was centrifuged, washed with 95 per cent alcohol dried at 80ºC for 14-16 hours and weighed. Qualitative analysis of the precipitate showed potassium and ammonium ions, besides strontium and chromate. The relationships between the weight of strontium and the weight of the precipitate obtained is given by the regression line expressed by the equation: Y = 5.48 + 0,84, where X, is the weight of strontium in milligram Y, is the weight of the precipitate in milligram The value 4, 58 for the B parameter of the regression equation and the qualitative and quantitative analysis of the precipitate, suggested that its composition must be quite different from the simple strontium chromate SrCr0(4). The data allow to admit the following probable composition: 6 SrCrO4 . (NH4)2CrO4 . 6K2CrO4

This paper deals with the separation of zinc from other elements by means of anion exchange resin (Merck, III) and its colorimetric determination using zincon reagent, in plants. Some factors influiencing the method were studied such as: 1 - zinc-zincon complex stability; 2 - pH influence on the complex formation; 3 - interval of hydrocloric concentration for best absorption of zinc by the resin; 4 - effect of KC1 and NaNO3 solution volumes on the absorption and elution of zinc in the column; 5 - interference by other ions, specially those associated with zinc in vegetables; 6 - accuracy and precision of the zincon method; 7 - comparison of zinc estraction from the plant tissue by dry and wet ashing and fluorization, etc. The reagent is very stable but the color complex should be red within 30 minutes wheter developed in the light or in the dark. The volumes and concentration of reagents recomended by JOHNSON & ULRICH are good. Zinc is best absorbed by the resin in hidrocloric solution circa 2 normal. Other ions, usually found in plant analyses, in amounts from 10 to 100 or 500 micrograms did not interfer with 20 microgram of zinc. By comparison, repetition and recuperation it was observed that the present method is fairly accurate and well precise. Dry ashing gave results as good as the other 2 procedures; there was no statistical diference among them at the level of 5 %. The method may have no great accuracy for general application but is good enough for plant analysis.

In this paper the authors have studied the manganese absorption by the sugar cane plant, variety Co 419, in samples cut monthly, from the 6th to 15th month of life in the climate prevailing at Piracicaba, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. From October to February (6 th to 10 th month of the plant life), which coincided with the rainy season, the manganese content was higher in the stalk than in the leaves, for both treatments, fertilized and unfertilized. There was a sharp decrease in manganese content in the stalks, after February, in both reatments. In the leaves there was little variation in manganese content throughout the plant tissue. The stalks from the unfertilized plots had a larger variation in manganese content, specially from the 6 th to the 10 th month. In the leaves of the sugar cane from the unfertilized plots, the manganese content varied from 116 to 220 ppm, whereas in the fertilized treatments thire was a variation from 150 to 220 ppm. From these results, althoug not being a foliar analyses, and considering the easy availability of manganese in acid soils, there must be enough of it, if we consider 40 ppm (EVANS, 1955) as a minimum for healthy plants.

The status of zinc in sugar cane, variety Co 419, troughout its life cyle, was studid in samples cut monthly, from the 6th to 15th month, from an experiment carried on under the conditions of soil and climate prevailing in Piracicaba, State of São Paulo, Brazil. The experiment consisted of 6plots, 3 fertilized and 3 unfertilized. The fertilized ones received 40 kg of N (ammonium sulfate), 100 kg P2O5 (superphosphate) and 40 kg K2O (potassium cloride) per hectare, just before planting. The zinc content was determined by the Zincon method, after separation of zinc from other ions by means of the ion Exchange Resin III, Merck. The results obtained show that there was a tendency to decrease the zinc level in the stalks, whereas it kept more or less constant in the leaves; there was an exception in January, when the zinc level in the stalks had a sharp raise: 38-90-20 and 28-60-23 ppm for the fertilized an unfertilized treatments. There was a parallelism in the absorption of zinc by the plants from 4 hills of both treatments, through the whole - plantcycle but, the total amount taken up was higher with the fertilized plot due to its greater mass production.

This paper deals with data obtained in 1961 and 1962 in shaded and unshaded coffee plots at Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil. The results can be summarized as follows: a - the production, in shaded and unshaded plots, did not show differences statistically significant; b - the percentage of coffee berry borer infestation was higher in shaded plots as compared with unshaded ones; c - coffee fruits brought from the field in the harvest time yielding up in sunshaded plots as compared with shaded ones.

The present paper deals with sampling methods to be employed in the determination of the total sugar content obtained from brix measurements in Carica papaya L., given by Zeiss hand refractometer. The results obtained led to the conclusion that, rather than using several samples per fruit, it is better to get a large number of fruits, taking just one sample per fruit. The sample in each fruit should be taken always from the same region.

In the past years, several writers described eudotokia matricida in nematodes belonging to the family Rbabditidae. In 1958, LOOF dealt with two cases he observed in Apbeltncboides fragariae and Pratylencbus coffeae , showing that such phenomenon eventually occurs in the Tylencbida, families Apbelencboididae and Tylencbidae respectively. A third case referring to another tylenchid nematode is described in this paper, the species envolved having been identified as Meloidogyne javanica, of the family Heteroderidae.

Procura-se mostrar, no presente artigo, que nenhuma teoria micromerista consegue explicar os fenômenos genéticos, por não ser possível conferir a partículas a independência funcional relacionada com o trabalho que devem exercer de maneira específica no organismo. O fato dos gens se encontrarem em tôdas as células do organismo em desenvolvimento, mostra que essas entidades desenvolvem distintas atividades em diferentes tecidos. Mas acontece, que nem a microscopia eletrônica, nem a bioquímica, consegue descobrir nos cormossômios algo que possa corresponder ao conceito de gen-conta-de rosário da genética clássica. Entretanto, o cromossômio considerado como um todo pode com vantagem substituir os gens no seu papel de determinar os caracteres do organismo. Admitindo-se que os cromossômios se determinam com as células de que fazem parte, uns para trabalhar nos esboços de asas, outros nos de olhos, patas ou outras estruturas, compreende-se fàcilmente, que, por intermédio de distintos membros do clone que se inicia com a primeira divisão do ovo, uma dada sorte de cromossômio, funcionando como um todo especializado, pode exercer as atividades específicas que lhe são atribuídas. E isso, de pleno acôrdo com a embriologia experimental.

Contribution to the knowledge of some Citrus damaging Hemiptera. This paper deals with field and laboratory investigations on Crinocerus sancius (Fabr., 1775), Leptoglossus gonagra (Fabr., 1775), and. L. stigma (Herb., 1784), all belonging to the family Coreidae, Order Hemiptera. These three species are noxious to several fruits, including citrus. The two Leptoglossus and the damages they cause on oranges have been investigated by several writers in the last 25 years. On the other hand, c. sancius was discovered damaging Citrus only in 1959, increasing in importance since its discovery. Redescription of the adults, bionomical notes, hosts, and so on, are the main purpose of this study.

This paper deals with the oleander aphid, Aphis nerii Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1841, a very common aphid at Piracicaba (State of São Paulo, Brazil).

Rose aphid, Macrosiphum rosae (L., 1758), a very common aphid in State of São Paulo, Brazil, is studied in this paper.