Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Item Use of Coffee Capsules as Support Material in Upflow Anaerobic Fixed Bed Reactors(Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná - Tecpar, 2019) Souza, Gabriela Rezende de; Oliveira, Luiz Fernando Coutinho de; Bello, Italoema Pinheiro; Siniscalchi, Luciene Alves Batista; Fia, Ronaldo; Gandia, Rômulo MarçalThe aim of this work is to evaluate the performance of upflow anaerobic fixed bed reactors filled with espresso coffee capsules to treat sanitary sewage. Three reactors (R1, R2 and R3) were constructed in blue PVC pipes measuring 30 cm height and 150 mm diameter and filled with coffee capsules made of aluminum and plastic. The sewage from the pre-treatment phase of the wastewater treatment plant of the Federal University of Lavras fed the system. Temperature, pH, alkalinity and volatile acids concentration, COD, TS, TVS and TSS of the influent and effluent were analyzed to evaluate the reactors performances. Statistics tests were run in the software Statistica 10. Changes occurred in the organic loading rates caused two different operating phases, one at an OLR of 2.1 kg COD m-3d-1 and another at 4.0 kg COD m-3d-1. The average temperature during the monitoring period was 18°C. In spite of the operating conditions variations, the reactors showed satisfactory performances, presenting COD efficiency removals up to 80% in both phases. The capsules characteristics were similar to other materials used as support. Hence, it is possible to utilize coffee capsules as support material in anaerobic reactors, providing satisfactory pollutants removal efficiencies.Item Influence of Silver Nitrate on Somatic Embryogenesis Induction in Arabica Coffee (Coffea arabica L.)(Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná - Tecpar, 2019) Rojas-Lorz, Laura; Arrieta-Espinoza, Griselda; Valdez-Melara, Marta; Pereira, Luiz Filipe Protasio; Gatica-Arias, AndrésThe influence of silver nitrate (AgNO3), benzyladenine (BAP), and indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) on low frequency somatic embryogenesis (LFSE) induction in Caturra and Catuaí arabica coffee was evaluated. For the Caturra cultivar, the production of somatic embryos was significantly increased by adding AgNO3 to the semisolid culture medium. The highest average number of somatic embryos for this cultivar was obtained using 6.6 μM BAP, 2.85 μM IAA, and 40 μM AgNO3. In contrast, for the Catuaí cultivar, the highest average number of somatic embryos was obtained using semisolid medium supplemented with 8.8 μM BAP, and 2.85 μM IAA. Using these protocols, somatic embryos were directly induced using leaf sections of in vitro plants of both coffee cultivars within 8 weeks. The somatic embryos developed into rooted plants with a 100% survival rate upon transfer to the greenhouse.Item Molecular characterization of arabica and conilon coffee plants genotypes by ssr and issr markers(Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná - Tecpar, 2014-09) Motta, Ludymila Brandão; Soares, Taís Cristina Bastos; Ferrão, Maria Amélia Gava; Caixeta, Eveline Teixeira; Lorenzoni, Rodrigo Monte; Souza Neto, José Dias deThe molecular characterization of ten genotypes of the Coffea arabica plants and of seven genotypes of C. canephora having interesting features for coffee breeding programs was carried to select the parents for breeding. A total of 40 SSR and 29 ISSR primers were used. The primers generated a total of 331 (307 polymorphic and 24 monomorphic) bands. Analysis of genetic diversity presented dissimilarity intervals ranging from 0.22 to 0.44 between the Conilon genotypes, from 0.02 to 0.28 between the Arabica genotypes, and from 0.49 to 0.60 between the genotypes of the two species in the joint analysis. Four groups were formed: I = genotypes of C. arabica, II = four progenies of C. canephora, Conilon group, and one non defined C. canephora (Conilon or Robusta), III = one progeny of un-defined C. canephora (Conilon or Robusta) and IV = one progeny of C. canephora of Robusta group. The grouping formed was consistent with the origins of each group. High stabilities of the bifurcations were found by bootstrap analysis. The use of molecular markers of the SSR and ISSR types in the diversity study was efficient in distinguishing genotypes between and within C. arabica and C. canephora.Item Stability of phenolic compounds and antioxidant capacity of regular and decaffeinated coffees(Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná - Tecpar, 2014-01) Vicente, Silvio José Valadão; Queiroz, Yara Severino; Gotlieb, Sabina Léa Davidson; Torres, Elizabeth Aparecida Ferraz da SilvaThis study compared the regular and decaffeinated coffees in relation to antioxidant capacity, levels of some antioxidant molecules and stability of these parameters over a six-month period under different storage conditions. The regular coffee samples analyzed right after the industrial production showed higher antioxidant capacity (ORAC and DPPH), the same levels of phenolic compounds and higher levels of phenolic acids than decaffeinated coffee. After six months, the closed packs of both the grades kept under vacuum at 20°C did not show significant changes from the initial results; the open packs stored at 4°C showed small but statistically significant reductions and the open packs stored at 20°C showed higher and statistically significant losses (p < 0.05). Oxygen was the most important factor for these losses but temperature also played an important role. Tests showed that the storage conditions were very important to preserve the quality of coffees regarding the analyzed parameters.Item Evaluation of arsenic and selenium in brazilian soluble coffee by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry with hydride generation(Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná - Tecpar, 2001-10) Santos, Éder José dos; Oliveira, Elisabeth deA method for the evaluation of arsenic and selenium in soluble coffee by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry with continuous hydride generation to attend the Brazilian food legislation is described. Samples were digested with nitric acid and hydrogen peroxide in a focused microwave system. Slow heating eliminated nitric acid and selenium (VI) was reduced to selenium (IV) by addition of 6 mol/L hydrochloric acid and heating at 90°C under a reflux system. The influence of sample acidity on sensitivity was investigated. Hydrochloric acid 6 mol/L was the most suitable reaction medium. Practical detection limits of 2.0μg/L for As and 1.0μg/L for Se were achieved and attended the Brazilian food legislation. The results of recoveries on spiked samples demonstrate the reliability and accuracy of the procedure.Item Compositional changes of proteins and amino acids in germinating coffee seeds(Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná - Tecpar, 2000-07) Shimizu, Milton Massao; Mazzafera, PauloEndosperm is the main reserve tissue in coffee seeds. Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) seeds were germinated for six weeks and qualitative and quantitative changes in amino acids and proteins were investigated. The total content of free amino acids were reduced during germination, however, protein content remained constant. SDS-PAGE profiles showed that legumin-like proteins became less stained in the last weeks. Asparagine, glutamic acid, aspartic acid, alanine and lysine were the major free amino acids, although serine and glutamine were also significant. Except for tyrosine, which increased with germination, all other amino acids were reduced. Analysis of the amino acid composition of the total soluble protein showed glutamic acid/glutamine and glycine as the main amino acids. However, other amino acids such as leucine, aspartic acid/asparagine, alanine, lysine, serine were also found in reasonable amounts.Item Influence of coffee pruning on the severity of frost damage(Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná - Tecpar, 2000-03) Androcioli Filho, Armando; Caramori, Paulo HenriqueFrost damages in a field experiment of pruning types and systems for the cultivars of Coffea arabica Catuaí and Mundo Novo, were evaluated at Londrina (23 o 22’S, 52 o 10 ́W), State of Parana, southern Brazil, during the winter of 1990 and 1994. Pruning types evaluated were ‘esqueletamento’ (cutting off all plagiotropic branches at 20-30 cm from the orthotropic branch), ‘decote’ (cutting off the orthotropic branch at 1.5 m and 2.0 m above ground) and ‘recepa’ (cutting off the orthotropic branch at 0.8 m above ground), performed on all rows and on alternate rows, and on different sections of the plant. Results indicated that frost damage could increase according to the type and height of pruning. The pruning type ‘esqueletamento’ and prunings at higher levels were more suitable for regions with frost risk. Under severe frost condition, pruning type did not affect the damage in anyone of the treatments evaluated.Item Production of extracellular protease by a brazilian strain of Beauveria bassiana reactivated on coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei(Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná - Tecpar, 2007-03) Ito, Eliana Tiemi; Pereira, Geni Varéa-; Miyagui, Dalva Tomoe; Pinotti, Maria Helena Pimenta; Neves, Pedro Manoel Oliveira JaneiroStudies were carried out on extracellular protease production by Beauveria bassiana CG432 in liquid medium containing glucose and yeast extract. B. Bassiana presented active growth after lag period of 24 h., produced 80% of the total of the extracellular protease activity in 48 h which was maximum on the 5 th culture day. The extracellular protease presented optimum activity at 60 o C, was stable up to 1M Cl - , maintained the stability during 15 day at 4 o C and -18 o C, but was not stable if frozen repeatedly.Item Genetic diversity among forty coffee varieties assessed by rapd markers associated with restriction digestion(Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná - Tecpar, 2005-07) Diniz, Leandro Eugênio Cardamoni; Ruas, Claudete de Fátima; Carvalho, Valdemar de Paula; Torres, Fabrício Medeiros; Ruas, Eduardo Augusto; Santos, Melissa de Oliveira; Sera, Tumoru; Ruas, Paulo MaurícioThe genetic variability of 40 accessions of C. arabica was evaluated using a combination of the random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technique and restriction digestion of genomic DNA. The genetic variability and the relatedness among all accessions were initially evaluated using 195 RAPD primers which revealed a very low level of genetic variation. To improve the efficiency in the detection of polymorphism, the genomic DNA of all accessions were submitted to digestion with restriction endonucleases prior to PCR amplification. A total of 24 primers combined with restriction digestion of DNA rendered 318 bands, of which 266 (83.65%) were polymorphic. The associations among genotypes were estimated using UPGMA-clustering analysis. The accessions were properly clustered according to pedigree and agronomic features. The ability to distinguish among coffee accessions was greater for RAPD plus restriction digestion than for RAPD alone, providing evidences that the combination of the techniques was very efficient for the estimation of genetic relationship among C. arabica genotypes.Item Genetic variability for frost resistance among coffea accessions assessed in the field and in a cold chamber(Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná - Tecpar, 2005-01) Petek, Marcos Rafael; Sera, Tumoru; Alteia, Marcos ZorzenonThe genetic variability for frost resistance was evaluated in field conditions and cold chamber among Coffea accessions. Results showed that C. liberica var. dewevrei and C. racemosa, as well as hybrids obtained from these species were more resistant to frost. There was a great genetic variability for frost resistance among the evaluated sources (b 2 = 0,98). The correlation estimated between damages in the field and in the cold chamber was 0.933**, therefore, this methodology was efficient and feasible and could be potentially used in a breeding program.