Passion fruit, a tropical species cultivated across various nations, faces challenges in expanding its cultivation areas due to several constraints, including total crop losses, caused by the fruit woodiness virus. In Brazil, this condition is attributed to the cowpea aphid-borne mosaic virus (CABMV), and currently, no passion fruit cultivars are resistant to this virus. This study integrates classical breeding and molecular a...

Background Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide. An important mechanism involved is the disruption in protein homeostasis by overactivation of the classical axis of the renin-angiotensin system. The counterregulatory axis counteracts these effects; however, the MrgD receptor has recently been described, and its effects are unknown. Thus, this study aims to evaluate the impact of MrgD deficiency on c...

Aspergillosis is a disease caused by species of fungi of the genus Aspergillus sp. and is important for wild birds. A female budgerigar ( Melopsittacus undulatus ) presenting with dyspnea, apathy, anorexia, ruffled feathers, and drowsiness with abnormal tail movements, suggesting respiratory distress, was treated in the emergency room at the Center for Wildlife Medicine and Research. The animal died and the body was sent to th...

Aim Estimate the Darwinian shortfall (i.e., the lack of knowledge about phylogenetic relationships) of bees worldwide, as well as identify their drivers. Location Global. Taxon Bees (Hymenoptera, Anthophila). Methods We built phylogenies for over 12,000 bee species, combining the most comprehensive phylogeny and an algorithm with random solutions to insert missing lineages. The Darwinian shortfall was quantified as the Phyloge...

The seasonality of forage production is one of the main challenges in semi-arid regions, where environmental conditions limit agricultural productivity. One promising option is the use of elephant grass ‘BRS Capiaçu’, together with deficit irrigation. This study evaluated the impact of different irrigation depths with brackish water (50%, 75%, 100% and 125% of the reference evapotranspiration – ET 0 ) on the productive, physio...

Adopting resilient practices is crucial to balancing food production and crop sustainability in semiarid regions. Therefore, adopting systems that provide greater stocks of water, carbon, and nutrients at the soil-plant interface is crucial. The objective of this study was to assess water, carbon, and nutrient stocks in the soil-plant systems of irrigated forage crops in the semiarid region of Brazil. The study was conducted i...

The El Niño –Southern Oscillation (ENSO) profoundly alters climatological and hydrological conditions, reshaping environmental gradients and ecological dynamics in riverine, estuarine, and coastal ecosystems. We hypothesized that El Niño events would promote homogenization of fish assemblages and reduce β-diversity, whereas La Niña conditions would enhance habitat differentiation and increase β-diversity. To test this hypothes...

Obesity and endocrine disruptors (EDs) promote endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, a mechanism associated with cardiovascular diseases. Among EDs, BPS is widely used in consumer products. Whether BPS promotes cardiac ER stress, either alone or combined with a high-fat diet, remains unclear. Male C57BL/6 mice were assigned to a standard chow diet (SC—15 kJ/g), SC+BPS (SCB), high-fat diet (HF—21 kJ/g), or HF+BPS (HFB), receiving...