Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: BEATRIZ VALENTE MIGLIO

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : BEATRIZ VALENTE MIGLIO
DATE: 22/04/2021
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Atividade desenvolvida remotamente. Link para acesso: https://meet.google.com/ejn-rjjt-xiu
TITLE:

"Conidial fungi associated with leaf litter of Euterpe oleracea Mart. in three areas of Pará State, Eastern Brazilian Amazon"

KEY WORDS:

Arecaceae, Ascomycota, Decomposers, Microfungi, Taxonomy.

PAGES: 44
BIG AREA: Ciências Biológicas
AREA: Botânica
SUMMARY:

Conidial fungi are anamorphs (asexual forms) of Ascomycota and Basidiomycota, representing a group very diverse and widely distributed in the environment. These fungi colonize and decompose several types of plant substrates, contributing to the nutrients cycling. Euterpe oleracea Mart. is a native palm from Amazon, known as açai palm. It is a species with much interest, because of its commercial value to the food industry, with the production of açai pulp and palm heart. Studies show that about 660 conidial fungi already were registered in palm trees, but for the Brazilian Amazon few studies were carried out. This scarcity of knowledge about the diversity of these fungi in the Amazon makes urgent carry on studies on these organisms. Thus, the aim of this study is to realize a taxonomic study of conidial fungi (Ascomycota) associated with decaying leaf litter of E. oleracea in forest and anthropized areas in the Eastern Amazon, Pará. There will be three collections of decaying substrates (leaflets, petioles, rachises, bunch, and sheaths) of E. oleracea between December 2020 and August 2021. The collected substrates will be submitted to the washing technique under running water and kept in a humid chamber for up to 45 days, with daily observations in a stereomicroscope. Permanent and semipermanent slides will be prepared for visualization of the fungal reproductive structures under an optic microscope and identification with the aid of specialized literature. For probable new species and/or new records for Amazon, Brazil, South America and Neotropic will be provided taxonomic descriptions, comments, and illustrations. Thus, it is expected that this study will increase the knowledge about conidial fungi associated with palm trees in different areas from Brazilian Amazon.

BANKING MEMBERS:
Externo à Instituição - LUÍS FERNANDO PASCHOLATI GUSMÃO - UEFS
Externo à Instituição - ANTONIO HERNÁNDEZ GUTIÉRREZ - UFPA
Interna - 186.014.562-00 - HELEN MARIA PONTES SOTÃO - MPEG
Presidente - 842.179.442-68 - JOSIANE SANTANA MONTEIRO - MPEG