Resumo: O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o potencial de práticas culturais, adotadas na entressafra, para reduzir a população e os danos causados por Pratylenchus brachyurus em soja. Realizou-se um experimento em área naturalmente infestada, nas safras 2010/2011, 2011/2012 e 2012/2013, em Vera, MT. Os tratamentos foram: milheto (Pennisetum glaucum) 'ADR 7010' (2010/2011) e 'ADR 300' (nas entressafras seguintes); milho (Zea mays) 'BRS 1010' (2010/2011) e 'GNZ 2005' (nas entressafras seguintes); braquiária ruziziensis (Urochloa ruziziensis); capim-marandu (U. brizantha 'Marandu'); crotalária (Crotalaria ochroleuca); C. juncea; C. spectabilis; C. spectabilis + milheto 'ADR 300' (de 2011/2012 em diante); alqueive mecânico (duas gradagens + herbicida); pousio (sem controle de ervas daninhas); e testemunha (alqueive químico, com aplicação de herbicida). O alqueive mecânico, as crotalárias e C. spectabilis + milheto reduziram a população do nematoide antes da semeadura e nos estádios iniciais da soja. Após a colheita da soja, a população de nematoides não diferiu entre os tratamentos, o que indica que a multiplicação destes na cultura foi maior nos manejos com menor população inicial. O uso de C. spectabilis, milheto e C. spectabilis + milheto contribuíram para as maiores produtividades de soja. O cultivo de C. spectabilis, solteira ou consorciada ao milheto 'ADR 300', é a melhor opção para reduzir a população e os danos causados por P. brachyurus à soja na entressafra.

Abstract: The objective of this work was to evaluate the potential of cultural practices, adopted during the soybean off-season, to reduce the Pratylenchus brachyurus population and damages to soybean. An experiment was carried out in a naturally-infested agricultural field, in the growing seasons of 2010/2011, 2011/2012, and 2012/2013, in the municipality of Vera, in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. The treatments were: 'ADR 7010' (2010/2011) and 'ADR 300' pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) (in the following off-seasons); 'BRS 1010' (2010/2011) and 'GNZ 2005' corn (Zea mays) (in the following off-seasons); Congo grass (Urochloa ruziziensis); 'Marandu' palisade grass (U. brizantha 'Marandu'); slender leaf rattlebox (Crotalaria ochroleuca); sunn hemp (C. juncea); showy rattlebox (C. spectabilis); C. spectabilis + 'ADR 300' pearl millet (from 2011/2012 onwards); fallow (weed control by two diskings + herbicide); fallow (without weed control); and control (fallow with weed control by herbicide). Fallow (two diskings + herbicide), rattlebox species, and C. spectabilis + pearl millet reduced the nematode population before planting and during the early soybean stages. After soybean harvest, the nematode population did not differ among treatments, which indicates that the nematode multiplication on the crop was higher in treatments with lower initial population. The use of C. spectabilis, pearl millet, and C. spectabilis + pearl millet favored higher soybean yields. The cultivation of C. spectabilis - alone or associated with 'ADR 300' pearl millet - is the best suitable option to reduce the P. brachyurus population and damages to soybean in the off-season.

BACKGROUND:The Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) scale was developed to quantify the self-perceived level of confidence in performing specific activities without losing balance or becoming unsteady. The ABC scale has been adopted in clinical practice and in research, although cross-cultural differences may impose difficulties in its use.OBJECTIVE: To translate, cross-culturally adapt and verify the intra- and inter-rater reliability of the Brazilian-Portuguese version of the ABC scale and describe the self-perceived balance confidence of elderly Brazilian people. METHOD:The ABC scale was translated and culturally adapted. To verify the intra- and inter-rater reliability, 40 elderly individuals with ages ranging from 60 to 88 years were interviewed. The scale was administered by two raters on the same day and readministered after seven days by rater 1. To test the reliability, we used the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC).RESULTS: Six items from the ABC scale were considered culturally, semantically or regionally inappropriate and were modified. The intra-rater reproducibility was excellent (ICC=0.94), and the inter-rater reproducibility was very good (ICC=0.80). The self-perception of balance in specific activities of the elderly was considered very good, with an average of 81.7 and scores ranging from 61.2 to 96.7.CONCLUSION: The ABC scale was translated and culturally adapted for the Brazilian population and presents good intra- and inter-rater reliability. The self-perceived balance confidence in elderly Brazilian people evaluated with the ABC scale is moderate.

This is the first report of outbreaks of Streptococcus iniae in Nile tilapia farms in South America. Seven isolates were identified by biochemical, serological and molecular tests. Their 16S rRNA gene sequences showed 100% similarity with S. iniae ATCC 29178 and two distinct PFGE patterns were observed for Brazilian isolates.

Este é o primeiro registro de Paravelia recens (Drake & Harris, 1935) (Heteroptera: Veliidae) em fitotelmata de Guzmania brasiliensis Ule, 1907 (Bromeliaceae). O estudo foi conduzido na Reserva Florestal Adolpho Ducke, localizada na rodovia AM 010 km 26, Manaus, Amazonas. Foram realizadas doze amostragens, entre abril de 2003 e abril de 2005, seis no período chuvoso e seis no período de seca. Para cada amostragem, 12 bromélias foram analisadas, seis terrestres e seis epífitas, totalizando 144 amostras. Com exceção das amostras de março e outubro de 2004, 94 espécimes de P. recens foram encontrados. O número de indivíduos coletados foi semelhante nos estratos amostrados, sendo 46 terrestres e 48 epífitas. No período chuvoso foi encontrado um maior número de P. recens (teste-t entre períodos; t =2,57; p=0,011), assim como a abundância de indivíduos esteve positivamente correlacionada com o volume de água por bromélia (r s= 0,18; p=0,033). Este fato pode ser explicado pelo maior aporte de água no período chuvoso acarretando o aumento do volume médio de água nas bromélias.

This is the first record of Paravelia recens (Drake & Harris, 1935) (Heteroptera: Veliidae) in phytotelmata of Guzmania brasiliensis Ule, 1907 (Bromeliaceae). The study was conduced at Adolpho Ducke Forest Reserve, located on road AM 010 Km 26, Manaus, Amazonas. Twelve samplings were taken between April 2003 and April 2005, namely, six in the wet season and six in the dry season. Twelve bromeliads were analysed for each sampling, six terrestrials and six epiphytics, totaling 144 samples. With the exception of the 2004 March and October samples, 94 specimens of P. recens were found. The number of individuals was similar in the stratums sampled, accounting for 46 terrestrials and 48 epiphytics. P. recens were found in great abundance in the wet season (t-test between season; t=2,57; p=0,011), and the abundance of individuals was positively correlated with water volume by bromeliad (r s= 0,18; p=0,033). This fact could be explained by the major input of water in the wet season, causing the increase of mean water volume by bromeliad.