Research on cephalopod early ontogeny has significantly advanced in recent decades, including embryo organogenesis and neurogenesis and early behavioural adaptations, particularly in commercially important and coastal species. Within this context, here we compiled current knowledge on the collection, handling and care under experimental conditions and monitoring in the field of cephalopod eggs and egg masses. It covers field o...

Background Microsatellite and mitochondrial markers are important tools for investigating natural populations, enabling the assessment of their diversity, genetic structure, kinship, parentage, and reproductive biology. Although the importance of such markers is widely recognized, their use in Neotropical mammals, especially marsupials, is still limited by the scarcity of species-specific loci characterized for extant species....

Main conclusion Phosphorus availability determines whether single or consortium PGPB maximize tomato performance, demonstrating that rational inoculant design should prioritize functional complementarity over increasing microbial complexity. Abstract Phosphorus (P) availability is a major constraint for crop development and productivity, and beneficial bacteria are increasingly proposed to enhance plant P-acquisition efficienc...

Residual herbicides are widely used in weed management; however, their persistence in the environment can lead to agronomic and ecological impacts. This study assessed bacterial isolates obtained from sugarcane soil with a history of diuron exposure for their ability to increase diuron dissipation under controlled conditions. Forty-two bacterial isolates were obtained, of which 18 tolerated the commercial formulation at 1,000...

Tropical wetlands have historically been resilient to fire, but ongoing climate and hydrological changes are undermining this stability. Here, we provide robust multi‐decadal evidence (1985–2024) of structural changes in the contemporary fire regime of the Pantanal, the world's largest wetland, associated with hydroclimatic disruption. We investigated changes in burned area, mean fire size, and fire seasonality using hydrologi...

Optimizing maize–Brachiaria intercropping requires effective weed management with selective maize herbicides. This study evaluated the spray performance and efficacy of atrazine + nicosulfuron for weed management in maize–Brachiaria intercropping, focusing on how droplet classes and spray volumes affect maize growth and yield. The deposition experiment was conducted in a greenhouse in a completely randomized design with six re...

Wildfires have altered Mediterranean fire regimes, reshaping vegetation dynamics and challenging ecosystem resilience. This study presents a reproducible Python-based framework for classifying forest vegetation and post-fire shrub states in Mediterranean ecosystems. The workflow also enables the assessment of label-dataset composition, predictor-variable sets, and classifier choice. The proposed workflow is demonstrated throug...

Purpose To investigate the effects of 24 weeks of resistance training (RT) on pro- and active matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their association with functional performance in end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) patients undergoing hemodialysis. Methods Forty-two ESKD patients (mean age: 65 ± 4 years; dry body mass: 71 ± 16 kg; body mass index: 25 ± 3 kg/m 2 ) were randomized into two groups: the control (CTL, n = 20) and RT g...

Sweet potato is a crop of high nutritional and functional value widely grown in tropical regions. This study aimed to characterize sweet potato farmer-named cultivars grown by local farmers in Bahia, Brazil, based on physicochemical and color traits, and to evaluate the agreement of farmer-based classifications using multivariate approaches. Twenty samples representing different cultivars, collected in the municipalities of Cr...

The replacement of fishmeal with plant-based ingredients in aquafeeds, while economically and environmentally advantageous, can impair lipid metabolism and liver function in fish due to the lack of specific bioactive compounds such as bile acids (BAs). BAs are amphipathic steroid molecules that facilitate lipid digestion and act as signaling hormones, yet their optimal inclusion levels in conventional, balanced diets for Nile...

Cloud computing platforms aided the scalability and applicability of viral mining in genomic databases. The Serratus project reported SRA accessions that may contain viral sequences. This study analyzed SRA accessions containing sequences similar to Tymovirales members to verify the presence of sequence data derived from viral genomes. All steps in the genome mining analysis were performed by a pipeline running on virtual mach...

Aim We investigate the distribution of dispersal modes — endozoochory (via animal ingestion), synzoochory (via animal seed accumulation) and anemochory (via wind)—and seed mass of woody plants across Brazilian ecosystems, testing whether their relative abundance in local plant communities could be predicted by climate, edaphic factors and dispersal agents (e.g., the main vectors moving seeds). We expected climate to be the mai...