Revista de Biología Tropical Vol.46 (1)
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Ítem Plantas hospederas de los virus más importantes que infectan el melón, Cucumis melo (Cucurbitaceae) en Costa Rica(Universidad de Costa Rica, 1998) Sánchez Vega, Marco Vinicio; Agüero Alvarado, Renán; Rivera Herrero, CarmenNatural hosts of four melon viruses (cucumber mosaie virus o CMV, papaya ringspot virus o PRSV, watermelon virus 2 o WMV -2 and zuechini yellow mosaic virus o ZYMV) were identified in two commereial melon farms in Costa Rica. The farms differed in management practices. Farm A had a long history of melon production in rotation with corn, sorghum and lice. Weed control was poor. Farm B was previously used as pastureland, had a shorter history of melon production, and was frequently plowed for weed control. Plant species diversity was monitored in 100 m' quadrants on each fanu over a one year periodo In addítion to the eultivated areas, four dístinet plant communíties (improved pasture field, drainage ditehes. secondary forest and fallow field) ín farm A, and ¡hree (spontaneus míxed species pasture field, fallow field and secondary forest) in farm B were included in the study. The number of quadrants sampled was dependent on the total eultivated area on eaeh farm. Five sampling dates were selected during rainy and dry ,easons and transition periods between ,easons. Plants of each species represented in the quadrants were colleeted at each sampling date and identified using referenee collections. Four plants of each species showing virus-like symptoms in the field were tested for the presence of the four viruses by ELlSA. The total number of plant species, and the pereent ground cover of eaeh species infected at least with one of the viruses were reeorded on eaeh of the five sampling dates. A total of 86 and 72 plant species were identified in sites A and B. respectively. Fourteen plant species. 16% of the total plant species represented in site A. and six species in site B (8%) were found to be infected with at least one of the four melon viruses at different times throughout the year. AII tour viruses were deteeted ín each location at each of the five sampling dates, indicatíng that weed species naturally oecurring in and around areas 01' eommercial melon production serve as reservoirs for the melon viruses and ensure the survival oflhe vifllses from one production season 10 the next. Several new host species of three of the melon viruses (PRSV, WMV -2 and ZYMV) were identified. Previously unreported hosts of PRSV included Tridax procumbens. Cleome viscosa. Cleome spi¡¡osa. Molvoviscus arboreus and Sida rhombif()/ia. New hosts of WMV-2 included C. viscosa, Crofum ar¡;el1leus. Musa I'ardisiaca and POJl.'eria heterol'hylla. New hosts of ZYMV included Guazuma ulmifólia, Rauvo!fia rerral'hylla, Malochra alceifólia, Boerhavia d!ffusa, p, heterophylla and C. viscosa.Ítem Genetic variation and racial admixture in the Miskito of the southern Mosquito Shore, Nicaragua(1998) Azofeifa Navas, Jorge; Ruiz Narváez, Edward A.; Barrantes Mesén, RamiroA survey of the electrophoretic variation at eleven loci red-blood cell enzymes. hemoglobins and serum proteins was performed on a sample of 59 Miskitos stemming from the southernmost part of the Mosquito shore of Nicaragua. Seven loci ALB α-, β-, γ-globins, LDHA. LDHB, and TPI were monomorphic; API. CP. HP"and TF were polymorphic representing a proportion of polymorphic loci (P) of 0.364 and an average heterozygosity (H) of 0.077. Both values are within a range covered by ten Chibchan tribes of Costa Rica and Panama evaluated for the same loci -(P) = 0.364-0.182; (H) = 0.104-0.052-. The data allowed an estimation of minimum ( ml = 0.0), mean (mm = 7.34) and maximum (ms = 21.9) percentages of racial admixture with blacks. For comparison, admixture was also calculated from the data -mainly blood groups- of a previous survey performed in 1960 by A. Matson and his group on a sample of a region near the border between Nicaragua and Honduras; results (ml = 6.05), (mm = 11.0) and (ms = 18.1). The values showed no statistical difference for the mean estimates, under the assumption that the non-Indian alleles are Poisson-distributed (P=0.42). The documentation of what is supposed to be the beginning of the racial admixture of the Miskito with blacks in 1641 permitted the calculation of the rate of admixture per generation -generation length: 27 years-; its maximum value lies between 1.68 and 1.91 percent. These results indicate that the Miskito gene pool has a preponderance of features eharacteristic of Amerindian populations.