A Pilot Reclamation Project (PRP) was developed in 1982 by the Environmental Protection Agency of the State of Santa Catarina-Brazil, with the objective to evaluating the adaptation of woody species to a land degraded by coal mining. After a full topographic reconstitution of the landscape,...

This study aimed to evaluate the frequency of cultural activities of mowing and crowning of Acacia mearnsii De Wild, Eucalyptus grandis W. Hill ex Maiden, Mimosa scabrella Benth and Ateleia glazioviana Baill forest species submitted to the spacing: 2.0 m ×1.0 m, 2.0 m ×1.5 m, 3.0 m ×1.0 m and 3.0 m ...

In Santa Catarina State, Brazil, wood exploitation and the expansion of agricultural areas represent some of the responsible factors for the significant reduction of natural areas. The objective was to provide information on the floristic composition and the structure of a remnant forest in order...

As part of a larger study evaluating several silvicultural techniques for restoring tropical moist forests on abandoned agricultural lands in southeastern Brazil, direct sowing with five early-successional Atlantic forest species was tested at three degraded sites, characterized by different soil...

Adult longevity, adult behaviour, fecundity and the duration of egg, larval and pupal stages of P. walkeri were evaluated under laboratory and glasshouse conditions. Host specificity tests were also conducted on 110 plant species belonging to 29 families from Brazil and Australia. Larvae of P....

This paper provides an overview of some recent achievements in the area of production and utilization of fodder trees in East Africa. Most of the research work reviewed is part of the Agroforestry Research Network for Africa (AFRENA). In the sub-humid highlands the most common form of livestock...

A brief report is presented on native and exotic species (Mimosa scabrella, Melia azedarach, Eucalyptus spp., Acacia mearnsii and Pinus spp.) providing rapid returns in forest plantations in S. Brazil.

Thirty-one papers, and summaries from 3 working groups, are presented from this workshop, which was sponsored by the USDA Forest Service, DANIDA, CIAT, ICRAF and Centro de Agroforestería para el Desarrollo Sostenible, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Mexico, in addition to the NFTA and CATIE....

The effect of 4 temperatures (17, 20, 25 and 30±0.5°C) on the development of Spodoptera eridania was studied in the laboratory at LD 14:10, and the lower temperature threshold and the thermal constant for each stage were determined based on immature stages, using eggs collected in the field in...