Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 139-161). / Microfiche. / xiv, 161 leaves, bound photos 29 cm

Thesis--Cornell University. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 419-432).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1981. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 48-49).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1966. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 92-95).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Florida, 2002. / Title from title page of source document. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Queensland, 2005. / Includes bibliography.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:33:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2008-07-23Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:04:45Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 luz_pb_dr_jabo.pdf: 299584 bytes, checksum: 523f53f6e05f36d85c16c6d8b5107ff9 (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / A palmeira real australiana (Archontophoenix cunninghamii H. Wendl. & Drude) é uma das palmeiras exóticas de maior utilização no paisagismo e nos últimos tempos tem despertado grande interesse também no cultivo para a produção de palmito, aumentando a procura por mudas. Embora seja uma palmeira de grande interesse ornamental e comercial, ainda pairam muitas dúvidas relacionadas à produção de mudas. Não há informações científicas sobre os padrões de teste de germinação, como temperatura, substrato, morfologia do diásporo e das plântulas e o comportamento das sementes submetidas ao armazenamento. Desta forma o objetivo deste trabalho foi estudar a germinação de sementes, bem como, a morfologia do diásporo (semente com o endocarpo aderido) e da plântula de A. cunninghamii. Para estudo do efeito da temperatura, foram avaliadas seis regimes de temperaturas (20ºC, 25ºC, 30ºC, 35ºC, 20-30ºC e 25-35ºC), utilizando como substrato vermiculita; o delineamento adotado foi inteiramente casualizado, com 4 repetições de 25 sementes. Para o estudo dos substratos, foram avaliados três substratos (areia, vermiculita e esfagno), na temperatura alternada de 25-35ºC; o delineamento adotado foi o inteiramente casualizado, com 7 repetições de 25 sementes. Para o estudo do efeito da embebição das sementes aproximadamente 1000 sementes foram colocadas para embeber em água destilada, a cada 1 dia uma amostra de 100 sementes era colocada para germinar, onde o período máximo de embebição foi de 7 dias. O experimento contou com 8 tratamentos: semeadura logo após a colheita e de 1 a 7 dias após onde foi utilizado 4 repetições de 25 sementes cada. Para o estudo do armazenamento o delineamento experimental utilizado foi o inteiramente casualizado; com 12 tratamentos (semeadura logo após a colheita e a cada 30 dias durante 11 meses) e 4 repetições de 25 sementes... / The Australian real palm (Archontophoenix cunninghamii H. Wendl. & Drude) has a major use in landscaping. Among producers because of its possibility as an alternative for the production of palm heart, which leads to an increase in the demand for its seedlings. This palm tree is of great ornamental and commercial interest, there are still many unknown aspects related to seedling production. There is no scientific information about the germination tests such as temperature, germination medium, seedling morphology or the seed behavior during storage. For the study of temperature effect, six temperatures regimes (20ºC, 25ºC, 30ºC, 35ºC, 20-30ºC and 25- 35ºC) were evaluated, using vermiculite as the germination medium. A completely randomized design with four replicates of 25 seeds each was adopted. Three germination media were analyzed (sand, vermiculite and sphagnum) at an alternate temperature of 25-35ºC. For the study of the germination medium, the design adopted was the completely randomized design with seven replicates of 25 seeds each. For the study of the effect of soaking of the seeds, a seedlot containing approximately 1000 seeds was kept in distilled water. Each day, a sample containing 100 seeds was set to germinate. The maximum period of soaking was of seven days, which means that the experiment had eight treatments: sowing right after the harvesting and from day 1 to day 7 after the harvesting, where four replicates of 25 seeds were used for each day. For the storage study, the experimental design used was the completely randomized design (12 periods of storage) with four repetitions of 25 seeds. The seeds were placed in impermeable packages (bags of transparent polyethylene) and were stored in a refrigerated chamber. The storage lasted for 11 months and at every 30 days, samples containing 140 seeds were taken out. From these 140 seeds, 100 were taken... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

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Submitted by LÍVIA CAROLINE PRASERES DE ALMEIDA (liviapraseres@ifma.edu.br) on 2018-04-26T03:52:03Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação Lívia_Caroline_Praseres_de_Almeida.pdf: 1005737 bytes, checksum: ff2fc339c25cd8efa4cd5f723ceb039a (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Alexandra Maria Donadon Lusser Segali null (alexmar@fcav.unesp.br) on 2018-04-26T11:00:48Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 almeida_lcp_me_jabo.pdf: 1005737 bytes, checksum: ff2fc339c25cd8efa4cd5f723ceb039a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-04-26T11:00:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 almeida_lcp_me_jabo.pdf: 1005737 bytes, checksum: ff2fc339c25cd8efa4cd5f723ceb039a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-04-06 / Outra / A espécie Mauritia flexuosa L.f., popularmente conhecida como buriti, é uma das palmeiras nativas mais apreciadas como ornamental além da importância comercial, para a sustentabilidade e para a indústria. A propagação comercial das palmeiras é por meio de sementes sendo considerada, de modo geral, lenta e desuniforme. Devido à importância desta espécie e visando elucidar aspectos que possam maximizar o processo de produção de mudas este trabalho teve como objetivo verificar o efeito de temperatura, regimes de luz e tolerância a dessecação na germinação de sementes da palmeira buriti, Mauritia flexuosa L.f. Foram realizados dois experimentos. No primeiro, estudou-se o efeito da temperatura e da luz e os tratamentos foram dispostos em esquema fatorial 6 x 2 (seis temperaturas: 20 ºC, 25 ºC, 30 ºC, 35 ºC, 20-30 ºC e 25-35 ºC combinadas com presença ou ausência de luz); foram quatro repetições de 25 sementes por parcela. No segundo, estudou-se a tolerância à dessecação e os tratamentos foram cinco teores de água nas sementes (51%, 48%, 45%, 30% e 26%) aferidos a cada três dias de um lote mantido em laboratório em condições ambiente; foram quatro repetições de 25 sementes por parcela. Nos dois experimentos o delineamento experimental foi o inteiramente casualizado. Avaliou-se a porcentagem de germinação e o Índice de Velocidade de Germinação. Os dados foram submetidos à análise de variância; as médias de temperatura e de luz foram comparadas pelo teste de Tukey (P ≤ 0.05) e para dessecação realizou-se a análise de regressão polinomial. A temperatura alternada de 20-30 ºC foi a que apresentou maior média de porcentagem de germinação (86%), e de velocidade de germinação (1,24), seguida da temperatura alternada de 25-35 ºC, com 71,5% para porcentagem de germinação e 1,25 para velocidade de germinação, independentemente da presença ou ausência de luz, sendo consideradas fotoblásticas neutras. As sementes de M. flexuosa se mostraram sensíveis à dessecação a 26% de teor de umidade. / The especies Mauritia flexuosa L.f., popularly known as buriti, is one of the native palms most appreciated as ornamental beyond commercial importance, for sustainability and for industry. The commercial propagation of palm trees is through seeds and that is in general considered slow and uneven. Due to the importance of this species and aiming to elucidate aspects that could maximize the seedling production process, this work had the objective of verifying the effect of temperature, light regimes and desiccation tolerance on the germination of the seeds of the palm buriti, Mauritia flexuosa L.f. Two experiments were carried out. In the first one, the effect of temperature and light was studied and the treatments were arranged in a 6 x 2 factorial scheme (six temperatures: 20 ºC, 25 ºC, 30 ºC, 35 ºC, 20-30 ºC and 25-35 ºC combined with presence or absence of light); were four replicates of 25 seeds per plot. In the second one, the desiccation tolerance was studied and the treatments were five water contents in the seeds (51%, 48%, 45%, 30% and 26%) measured every three days of a lot kept in the laboratory under ambient conditions; were four replicates of 25 seeds per plot. In both experiments the experimental design was completely randomized. The percentage of germination and the rate of germination were evaluated. Data were submitted to analysis of variance; the temperature and light averages were compared by the Tukey test (P ≤ 0.05) and for desiccation the polynomial regression analysis was performed. The alternating temperature of 20-30 ºC showed the highest average germination percentage (86%), germination speed (1.24), followed by alternating temperature of 25-35ºC, with 71.5% for percentage of germination and 1.25 for germination speed, regardless of the presence or absence of light, being considered neutral photoblasts. The seeds of M. flexuosa were sensitive to desiccation at 26% moisture content.

Thesis (DTech (Biomedical Technology))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2009 / Many environmental, physiological, and genetic factors have been shown to impair sperm function through oxidative damage. Oxidative stress (OS) arises as a consequence of excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and/or impaired antioxidant defence mechanisms. The decline in male reproductive health generated considerable public and scientific concerns about the possible role of environmental contaminants. A better understanding of how OS affects sperm function will be beneficial as it might help in the design of new and effective treatment strategies to combat the problem of increasing male subfertility. Studies have suggested that antioxidant nutrients and/or medicines play a protective role in human health. Crude red palm oil (RPO) is known to be the richest natural plant source of antioxidants such as carotenoids, tocopherols and metalloporpheryns. The aims of this study were twofold: (i) To establish an in vivo animal model of OS by exposing rat to organic hydroperoxide such as t-butyl hydroperoxide (tbHP) and cumene hydroperoxide (cHP) through repeated intraperitoneal injections that can be used for studying these effects on testicular tissue, epididymal sperm and sperm function as well as male reproductive parameters in general. (ii) To investigate the effects of a RPO supplemented diet on male reproductive parameters and tissue in animals exposed to OS. In the first part of the study, male Wistar rats aged 10-12 weeks were randomly placed in groups and received standard rat chow (SRC) and water ad lib. Animals were injected intraperitoneally with saline (0.5 ml), t-butyl hydroperoxide (5µM, 10µM, 20µM and 40µM; 0.5 ml) or cumene hydroperoxide cHP (2.5µM, 5µM, 10µM and 20µM; 0.5 ml) over a 60 day period. In the second part, male Wistar rats aged 10-12 weeks were placed randomly in three groups and fed with SRC. Group 1 received no supplement while the food of groups 2 and 3 were supplemented with 2 mL and 4 mL RPO (in 25 gm SRC/day) respectively. Each group was further divided into 3 subgroups and injected intraperitoneally daily with either saline, 10µM cHP or 20µM tbHP respectively. This was done for 5 consecutive days per week over a 60 day period. Sperm concentrations, and motility, lipid peroxidation, superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and glutathione (GSH) activities as well as apoptosis were assessed.