The choice of strain, substrate, and environmental conditions are fundamental factors that determine the ability of a fungus to develop and produce mushrooms with high quality. The objective of this study was to compare the strains of Lentinula edodes and Ganoderma lucidum originated from South Korea and Brazil in relation to their vegetative development in different culture media, to obtain isolates with high quality. The strains of the two mushroom species from Brazil and South Korea grew slowly, possibly because of abiotic factors or storage technique used. However, it may be concluded that temperature, humidity, light, pH, and nutrients from the substrate, if not regulated appropriately may affect the vegetative species.

The perovskite- type oxide containing transition metals on the B-site show mixed (electronic/ionic) conductivity. These mixed-conductivity oxides are promising materials for oxygen permeating membranes. The main objective of this research work is to synthesize and characterization ceramic powders of the Sr-Co-Fe-O system for methane conversion using membrane reactor. SCFO powders were synthesized from the route was based on the complex method of combination of acid EDTA and citrate and shown be available by control efficient of synthesis to performed , moreover, it presented easy implementation, reproducibility and operation. Powder ceramic was characterized by XRD, microscopic optic, SEM and TG-DTA.

Downy mildew (DM) caused by the fungus Peronosclerospora sorghi is one of the most serious diseases reducing maize (Zea mays L.) production in East Timor. We have conducted three trials of DM resistant (R) and non-DMR source populations in three locations; Loes, Dili and Lospalos. Materials were developed by using DMR-ESR-Y and MO5-5-RUVT-EE (TZEE-Y) (IITA) and Suwan 5 (Thailand). Three sets of random mating, incomplete diallel crosses and parent populations were planted with three replications in one meter row with RCBD. Data assessment of DM infection was rated based on 1 – 9 rating score (1 = highly tolerant and 9 = highly susceptible) from 2 and 4 weeks before flowering. In Comoro, Dili, 32 genotypes exhibited very low DM infection with coefficient of variance and mean 17.2% and 3.9, respectively. BISI-2 (Indonesian hybrid) and TH2 (Timor Hybrid 2 crossed from two DMR OPVs, Indonesian Arjuna and Suwan 5) showed outstanding commercial value (CV). Twelve cultivars of MO5 were varied in CV. At Loes Research Station, genotypes showed high variation in DM infection. Average heterotic effect of 36 F1 crosses for DM tolerance was 29.5%. Mean parent value and F1 indicated negative correlation for DM infection. The result showed that to breed high resistance is difficult. However, breeding for host tolerance with polygenic system with a threshold nature is possible.