Abstract BRS A501 CL is the first upland rice cultivar with tolerance to the broad-spectrum herbicide Kifix®. It has a medium-length cycle, high stability of whole grain yield at processing, good disease tolerance and a high grain yield.

Abstract BRS Catiana is an irrigated rice cultivar with a medium cycle and excellent grain quality, suited for cultivation in 17 Brazilian states. It has a high yield potential (15,535 kg ha-1) and a mean yield of 7,253 kg ha-1, wide adaptation and late senescence (stay green trait).

Abstract The early-maturing irrigated rice cultivar BRS A702 CL was developed by Embrapa in partnership with BASF for the Clearfield Production System of irrigated rice in the tropical region of Brazil. In the states of Tocantins and Roraima, BRS A702 CL produces a mean yield of 7,650 kg ha-1.

Abstract A partnership program of Embrapa and BASF resulted in the development of a new irrigated rice cultivar adapted to the Clearfield® production system in Rio Grande do Sul. The cultivar is tolerant to the imidazolinone herbicide kifix®. In field trials in Rio Grande do Sul it produced a mean yield of 8394 kg ha-1.

RESUMO A bacia Amazônica é um centro de diversidade de Gossypium barbadense e a estratégia de manutenção desse recurso genético depende do conhecimento da diversidade da espécie mantida no Estado do Amazonas. Em 2012 e 2014 plantas desta espécie foram coletadas em dez municípios na região centro-leste do Estado. A diversidade molecular por marcadores microssatélites foi mensurada para 50 amostras da coleta de 2012. A diversidade morfológica de 24 plantas coletadas em 2014 foi medida ex situ e comparada com a de 50 amostras desta e de outras variedades de algodão de outros estados do Brasil. A maioria das plantas do Amazonas apresentou folhas arroxeadas (82%), associadas a uso medicinal, e sementes unidas, do tipo rim-de-boi (78%). A análise morfológica ex situ mostrou que G. barbadense coletado no estado do Amazonas: i) tem maior similaridade com plantas da mesma espécie de outros estados da Região Norte do Brasil e ii) se agrupam entre si de forma diferenciada das plantas de outros estados. A diversidade molecular (H = 0,41) e morfológica (H = 0,38 ± 0,02) entre os acessos foi considerada intermediária. Nosso estudo indica o caráter distintivo dos algodões amazônicos, e contribui para demonstrar o poder de discriminação de variáveis multicategóricas.

ABSTRACT The Amazon Basin is a center of diversity of Gossypium barbadense and the strategy for conservation of this genetic resource depends on the knowledge of the diversity maintained in Amazonas State. During two expeditions, in 2012 and 2014, plants were collected in ten municipalities in the state of Amazonas, in the central Brazilian Amazon region. The molecular diversity was estimated by SSR markers for 50 samples collected in 2012. The morphological diversity of 24 plants collected in 2014 was assessed ex situ and compared to that of 50 plants of the same and other cotton varieties from other Brazilian states. Most of plants evaluated in situ in Amazonas had purple petioles and veins (82%), associated to medicinal use, and kidney seeds (78%). The ex situ morphological analysies showed that G. barbadense plants from the Amazonas state: i) presented higher similarity to cotton plants from other northern Brazilian states, and ii) were grouped separately from those of other northern Brazilian states by descriptor analysis. Both the molecular (H=0.41) and morphological (H=0.38±0.02) diversity among the collected plants was considered intermediary. Our study indicates the distinctiveness of Amazon cottons, and contributes to demonstrate the discrimination power of multicategorical traits.

Acrocomia aculeata is a perennial, fruit-producing palm tree, native to tropical forests. Its fruits have spurred interest because of their significant potential for use in the cosmetic industry and as feedstock for biofuel. In the present study, the genetic structure and mating system in Acrocomia aculeata were analyzed, using eight nuclear microsatellite loci and samples from São Paulo and Minas Gerais states, Brazil. By means of Bayesian analysis, these populations were clustered into two or three groups. A high multilocus outcrossing rate suggests that outcrosses were predominant, although a certain degree of biparental inbreeding also occurred. Thus, although monoecious and self-compatible, there is every indication that A. aculeata bears a mixed reproductive system, with a predominance of outcrossing. Given the genetic structure revealed hereby, future conservation strategies and germplasm collecting should be focussed on sampling and preserving individuals from different clusters.

A freqüente aplicação de herbicidas em áreas agrícolas pode selecionar resistência em biótipos de plantas daninhas, cujas características biológicas influenciam na velocidade e nos padrões da resistência. Este trabalho foi conduzido com o objetivo de caracterizar, simultaneamente, o padrão de resistência e a susceptibilidade diferencial de biótipos de Bidens pilosa e B. subalternans aos herbicidas inibidores da ALS dos grupos químicos das imidazolinonas e sulfoniluréias. Para tanto, seis biótipos de picão-preto, quatro supostamente resistentes e dois sabidamente suscetíveis, foram submetidos à aplicação de oito doses de chlorimoron-ethyl ou imazethapyr, em condição de casa-de-vegetação. Avaliou-se o controle e a massa fresca percentual das plantas aos 28 dias após a aplicação. B. subalternans é menos suscetível aos herbicidas inibidores da ALS que B. pilosa; os biótipos de B. subalternans mostraram-se mais resistentes que o biótipo de B. pilosa; há ocorrência de biótipos de B. pilosa e B. subalternans com resistência cruzada aos herbicidas inibidores da ALS do grupo das sulfoniluréias e imidazolinonas; há padrões diferenciados de resistência cruzada de picão-preto aos diversos grupos de herbicidas inibidores da ALS.

The frequent application of herbicides in agricultural areas may select resistant biotypes in weed populations, whose biological characteristics influence the speed and patterns of resistance. This research aims to charactere, simultaneously, resistance patterns and differential susceptibility of Bidens pilosa and B. subalternans biotypes to ALS-inhibiting herbicides of the imidazolinone and sulfonylurea chemical groups. Six hairy beggarticks biotypes, four suspected resistant and two known susceptible, were treated with eight rates of chlorimuron-ethyl or imazethapyr, in greenhouse conditions. Percent control and percent fresh weight of the plants were evaluated at 28 days after the application. B. subalternans is less susceptible to ALS-inhibiting herbicides than B. pilosa; B. subalternans biotypes were more resistant than B. pilosa biotypes; there are B. pilosa and B. subalternans biotypes with cross resistance to the ALS-inhibiting herbicides of the sulfonylurea and imidazolinone groups; there are different patterns of cross resistance to the diverse groups of ALS-inhibiting herbicides.