Orientador: Luiz de Souza Corrêa / Banca: Kuniko Iwamoto Haga / Banca: Heloiza Ferreira Alves do Prado / Banca: Fabiano Guimarães Silva / Banca: Flávia Dionísio Pereira / Resumo: A figueira (Ficus carica L.), pertencente à família Moracea, é uma frutífera de grande expansão mundial, constitui-se numa das mais importantes frutíferas cultivadas, elevando o Brasil à condição de décimo produtor e exportador de figos do mundo. Porém, a ficicultura tem alguns problemas fitossanitários como insetos pragas e doenças como nematóides e viroses, patógenos esses que se encontram presentes em grande parte dos plantios comerciais e, juntamente com a propagação exclusivamente vegetativa, pelo método da estaquia, contribuem para disseminação dos mesmos, reduzindo a qualidade final das mudas, as quais contribuem de modo marcante para a redução da produção por área, bem como da área plantada. A utilização de mudas de alta qualidade é um dos requisitos mais importantes para implantação de pomares com maior longevidade e elevada produtividade. Assim, a propagação in vitro pode auxiliar na produção eficiente de mudas de figueira com alta qualidade fitossanitária e genética. Entretanto, para a cultura da figueira, são escassos os trabalhos realizados in vitro, conhecendo-se pouco sobre o comportamento da planta, e principalmente como é realizado o estabelecimento desta, de forma que a maioria dos trabalhos já realizados por outros autores utilizam plantas já estabelecidas in vitro, tornandose necessários outros ensaios, buscando a otimização de um protocolo para micropropagação da figueira. Objetivou-se com este trabalho estabelecer um protocolo de propagação in vitro por meio de gemas apicais, envolvendo as etapas de desinfestação, multiplicação e enraizamento in vitro da figueira (Ficus carica L.) / Abstract: The fig (Ficus carica L.) belonging to the Moraceae family, is a fruit of great global expansion, it constitutes one of the most important fruit crops, bringing Brazil to the position of the tenth largest producer and exporter of figs in the world. However, ficicultura presents some problems as plant diseases and insect pests as nematodes and viruses, these pathogens that are present in most commercial crops, and together with exclusively vegetative propagation by the method of cutting, contributing to the spread of these, reducing the final quality of seedlings, which contribute markedly to the reduction of production per hectare and area planted. The use of high quality seedlings is one of the most important requirements for implementation of orchards with greater longevity and high productivity. Thus, in vitro propagation can assist in efficient production of fig seedlings with high quality and plant genetics. However, for the cultivation of the fig tree, there are few studies performed in vitro, knowing little about the plant behavior, and especially how this is done setting so that most of the work already done by other authors using already established plants in vitro, making it required further testing, trying to optimize a protocol for micropropagation of fig. This study aimed to establish a protocol for in vitro propagation through apical buds, involving the steps of disinfection, in vitro multiplication and rooting of fig (Ficus carica L.) / Doutor

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Experimental objective - the study was aimed to establish the developmental regularities of winter rape and its hybrids under the conditions of autumn-winter period becoming warmer and variable in length, to estimate the peculiarities of their biopotential formation and to optimize the measures of adaptation to changeable climate conditions. Statements to be defended: 1. Winter rape development until the end of autumn vegetation depends on sowing date and plant genotype. 2. The changes in nutrients in the rosette of winter rape ant its hybrids plants occurring after resumption of vegetation during the wintering period differ and depend not only on the genotype and sowing date but also on the year’s weather conditions. 3. Different sowing time influences over winter survival of winter rape and its hybrids plants. Rape hybrids respond less sensitively to the delay in sowing date. 4. Sowing time exerts a greater effect on the seed yield of winter rape compared with winter rape hybrids. / Tyrimų tikslas - nustatyti žieminių rapsų ir jų hibridų vystymosi dėsningumus skirtingos trukmės šiltėjančiu rudens – žiemos periodu, įvertinti jų biopotencialo formavimosi ypatumus bei optimizuoti prisitaikymo prie besikeičiančių klimato sąlygų adaptacines priemones (sėjos laiką). Disertacijos ginamieji teiginiai: 1. Žieminių rapsų vystymasis iki rudens vegetacijos pabaigos priklauso nuo sėjos laiko ir augalo genotipo. 2. Atsinaujinus vegetacijai žiemojimo metu, rapsų ir jų hibridų skrotelėje vykstantys maisto medžiagų pokyčiai skiriasi ir priklauso ne tik nuo genotipo ir sėjos laiko, bet ir nuo metų meteorologinių sąlygų. 3. Skirtingas sėjos laikas įtakojo žieminių rapsų ir jų hibridų peržiemojimą. Rapsų hibridai yra mažiau jautrūs sėjos laiko vėlinimui. 4. Sėjos laikas daro didesnę įtaką rapsų nei jų hibridų sėklų produktyvumui.

Although mango (Mangifera indica L.) has been studied for many years, numerous problems still elude researchers. The objectives of the current trials were to study the effects of some cultural practices (fruit thinning, panicle/ bud/ renewal/ post-harvest pruning) and chemicals (Corasil.E, potassium nitrate/urea, paclobutrazol) on various vegetative, floral, yield and quality parameters. The study meant to address problems of both South African and Ethiopian mango growers. The thinning (on ‘Sensation’) and pruning (on ‘Tommy Atkins’ and ‘Keitt’) experiments were conducted for two seasons (2001-2003) at Bavaria Fruit Estate in South Africa. Effects of Paclobutrazol and Potassium nitrate were studied on ‘Tommy Atkins’ during 2002-2003 season at Upper Awash Agro-industry Enterprise in Ethiopia. Complementary effects of paclobutrazol and potassium nitrate on floral induction were studied in growth chamber experiments at the experimental farm of University of Pretoria on ‘Tommy Atkins’ and ‘Keitt’ mango. Where fruit on ‘Sensation’ were thinned to one and two fruit per panicle, a significant increase was obtained for most of the fruit quantitative parameters. The treatments where one fruit and two fruit per panicle were retained and 50% panicles removed, produced a significant increase in size of the fruit, fruit qualitative parameters and fruit retention percentage. Corasil.E produced very small sized fruit with a considerable percentage of “mules” (fruit without seed). Trees subjected to severe thinning intensities showed earlier revival of starch reserves and better vegetative growth. Applications of paclobutrazol (1- (4-chlorophenyl) –4,4-dimethyl-2- (1,2,4- triazol-1-yl) pentan-3-ol) at rates of 5.50 and 8.25 g a.i. per tree, both as a soil drench and spray applications, on ‘Tommy Atkins’ mango were effective in suppressing vegetative growth as compared to the control. Consequently, the trees from these treatments had higher total non-structural carbohydrate in their shoots before flowering which led to higher results of percentages of shoots flowering, number of panicles produced, percentages of hermaphrodite flowers, yield and quality of the fruit. Trees that received panicle pruning (during full bloom) treatment at the point of apical bud attachment, were observed to be induced for synchronized re-flowering and also attained more fruit per panicle. On the other hand, trees on which renewal pruning (early in the season) and post-harvest pruning (especially for early cultivars) treatments were applied, have been observed for the development of an adequate number of productive inflorescences. Post-harvest pruning treatments also resulted in greater vegetative growth on both cultivars. The responses to pruning treatments were greater especially in ‘Tommy Atkins’ than ‘Keitt’. The trend for the interaction of duration and chemicals in Tommy Atkins and Keitt mango cultivars revealed the possible floral induction complementary effect of PBZ after the trees were induced only for 15 days at 10/15 oC temperature. Higher potassium nitrate concentrations especially in combination with urea (5 litre solution of 4% KNO3+0.5 g urea tree-1 and 5 litres of 4% KNO3+1 g urea tree-1 ) produced higher results for most of the flowering and yield parameters in ‘Tommy Atkins’. / Thesis (DPhil (Horticulture))--University of Pretoria, 2006. / Plant Production and Soil Science / unrestricted