Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2013. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to gain more insight with regards to the comprehensibility of the revised Afrikaans undergraduate application form (see Form B in Excerpt 2) of the Stellenbosch University (SU), especially in comparison to the previous version of 2011 (see Form A in Excerpt 1), to be able to guide document designers with designing a better form. Answers to the following question were searched for: Do prospective students regard the revised Form B as more understandable than the previous Form A? The revised form was changed by a team of experts, as requested by the SU, in order to make the form more understandable. There were 140 male and female, white and coloured grade 11 respondents of both Vredendal High and Vredendal Secondary. This study was launched in light of the South African Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 that took effect on 1 April 2011. In terms of section 22 of this Act, documents must be written in plain and simple language, because consumers have got the right to information that they understand (2008:32). Plain language is practical attitudes about the meaning of good written work, the goal of that and what benefits the reader the most. It is also our intellectual understanding of the way in which people read, the questions readers ask about a document, and readers’ reaction towards various forms of document design (De Stadler, 2012:3). Three parts of the two versions of the SU’s Afrikaans undergraduate form was used, specifically the cover, the program and personal information, and the responsibility of the prospective student. The forms were judged according to its comprehensibility, design and logic order by using a between-group design after respondents had to fill in the parts of the form by using fictional information on an information page. With that, respondents also had to underline words in the form they didn’t understand and fill in a questionnaire. Most of the information was statistically processed. To be able to make comparisons between the forms, a twee-way-variance-analysis was done with alternative form/gender and form/race as independent variables. By using the data collected, it became clear that respondents didn’t like a specific version of the form more than the other version. It also became clear that respondents had huge problems filling in both forms. Even though respondents perceived the form’s comprehensibility, design and logical build-up in the same way, more respondents left out questions in Form B. This, against what we would have anticipated, means that respondents made better sense of Form A. It can even mean that, in contrast to their experience, respondents made more sense of the design and logical build-up of the questions in Form A, compared to the questions in Form B. This result is not a good outcome for the team of experts who made the changes to the revised form. It may be, however, that the SU didn’t allow the team to make enough changes, and because of that the forms are not really perceived as different from one another. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie ondersoek was om meer insig te kry oor die verstaanbaarheid van die hersiene Afrikaanse voorgraadse aansoekvorm (Vorm B in Bylae 2) van die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US), hoofsaaklik in vergelyking met die vorige 2011-weergawe (Vorm A in Bylae 1), sodat ’n verbeterde vorm daargestel kan word. Op die volgende vraag is daar antwoorde gesoek: Beskou voornemende studente Vorm B as meer verstaanbaar as Vorm A? Die hersiene vorm is deur ’n taakspan, wat opdrag van die US gekry het, verander met die doel om meer verstaanbaar te wees. Die proefpersone was 140 manlike en vroulike, wit en kleurling graad 11-leerders van beide Hoërskool Vredendal en Vredendal Sekondêr. Die ondersoek is geloods in die lig van Suid-Afrika se gepromulgeerde Verbruikersbeskermingswet 68 van 2008 wat vanaf 1 April 2011 in werking getree het. Volgens hierdie wet moet besighede tekste skep in verstaanbare taal, want verbruikers het die reg tot inligting in gewone en verstaanbare taal (2008:32). Verstaanbare taal is “[p]raktiese houdings oor wat goeie skryfwerk is, wat die doel daarvan is en wat in die beste belang van die leser is. [Dit is ook die v]erstandige aannames oor hoe mense lees, die vrae wat lesers te stel het oor enige dokument, [en] lesers se reaksies tot verskillende vorme van dokumentontwerp” (De Stadler, 2012:3) Drie gedeeltes van die twee weergawes van die US se Afrikaanse voorgraadse aansoekvorm is in die ondersoek gebruik, spesifiek die voorblad, program- en persoonlike besonderhede, en verantwoordelikhede van die voornemende student. Die vorms is ten opsigte van verstaanbaarheid, ontwerp en logiese orde beoordeel deur ’n tussengroepontwerp te gebruik nadat proefpersone die genoemde gedeeltes van een vorm aan die hand van fiktiewe inligting in ’n inligtingsbladsy moes gebruik. Tesame hiermee moes hulle ook moelike woorde in die vorm onderstreep en ’n vraelys invul. Die meeste van die inligting is statisties verwerk. Om vergelykings te kon tref tussen die vorms, is twee-rigting-variansie-analises gedoen met alternatief vorm/geslag en vorm/ras as onafhanklike veranderlikes. Uit die data wat versamel is, blyk duidelik dat deelnemers nie ’n voorkeur vir een spesifieke weergawe gehad het nie. Dit is ook duidelik dat deelnemers ernstige probleme gehad het met die invul van beide vorms. Alhoewel deelnemers se ervaring ten opsigte van die vorm se verstaanbaarheid, uiterlike ontwerp en logiese ordening dieselfde was, het deelnemers meer antwoordvelde in Vorm B as Vorm A oopgelos. Dit kan, teen die verwagting in, beteken dat deelnemers Vorm A makliker of meer verstaanbaar as Vorm B gevind het. Dit kan selfs, in teenstelling met hulle ervaring, beteken dat deelnemers meer sin van die uiterlike ontwerp en logiese ordening van die vrae in Vorm A as die vrae in Vorm B kon maak. Hierdie resultaat is dus nie ’n goeie uitkoms vir die span wat die vorm moes hersien nie. Dit mag egter wees dat die US die ontwerpers nie toegelaat het om genoeg veranderinge aan die hersiene vorm aan te bring nie, en daarom verskil die vorms nie genoeg van mekaar nie.

Les organisations ont un besoin croissant de compétences de communication écrite et plébiscitent donc les compétences orthographiques de leurs salariés, composante essentielle de l’écrit professionnel. Pourtant, l’étude de la littérature confirme une baisse significative des performances des élèves en compétences orthographiques. Ce problème initialement circonscrit au domaine scolaire devient donc aujourd’hui une préoccupation pour les organisations, tant les déficiences orthographiques sont sources de conséquences négatives. Lors du recrutement, c’est au cours de la phase de présélection que les recruteurs se trouvent confrontés à ces déficiences. Peu d’études académiques ont analysé l’impact des fautes contenues dans le dossier que ce soit sur les perceptions ou les décisions des recruteurs. Notre travail souhaite donc rendre compte de la façon dont les compétences orthographiques sont jugées en contexte francophone par les recruteurs au cours de cette phase. Nous souhaitons également mettre en exergue les perceptions de justice des candidats à l’embauche quand la décision de présélection est fondée sur le critère de la qualité orthographique du dossier de candidature. Nous avons mené une quasi-expérimentation afin de collecter des données auprès de candidats à l’embauche et de recruteurs. Elles ont fait l’objet de deux études : une étude des données qualitatives à partir de restitutions verbales obtenues grâce à la méthode des protocoles verbaux auprès de 20 recruteurs ; une analyse mixte, combinant un traitement des données quantitatif puis lexical après de 422 candidats et 536 recruteurs. Les résultats obtenus ont permis de mettre en lumière l’impact des fautes sur l’appréciation des dossiers de candidature et sur la décision de présélection des recruteurs (un dossier présentant une expérience professionnelle importante et des fautes d’orthographe a, par exemple, 3.1fois plus de chances d’être rejeté qu’un dossier sans fautes, à expérience égale). Nous avons également identifié des variables modératrices de la relation entre les fautes et l’évaluation des dossiers de candidature (le niveau en orthographe du sujet, sa génération d’appartenance, son statut de recruteur ou de candidat). Nous avons par ailleurs adapté l’échelle de Steiner & Gilliland (1996) dédiée initialement à l’évaluation de techniques de sélection ; nous l’avons transposée de façon à évaluer deux critères de présélection. Nos résultats indiquent que les candidats considèrent plus juste l’usage du critère de l’orthographe pour présélectionner une candidature, que celui de l’expérience. / Organizations have a growing need for written communication skills and they demand therefore from their employees spelling skills, which are an essential component of professional writing. However, literature confirms a significant decrease in students’ spelling performance. This problem, first limited to education, is becoming today an organizational concern because spelling deficiencies have such negative consequences for them. Very few academic studies have analyzed the impact of spelling errors on application forms’ evaluation and on recruiters’ decisions. Our goal is to show the way recruiters assess spelling skills in France when they make a decision (select or reject application forms). We also want to highlight the applicants’ perceptions of fairness when the selection decision is based on the spelling criterion. To answer these questions, we have lead an experiment to collect data among applicants and recruiters. Data were analyzed in two different studies : a qualitative study –lexical and thematic- of 20 recruiters’ verbal reports thanks to the verbal protocol method ; then a mixed analysis combining quantitative and lexical analysis was conducted with 536 recruiters and 422 applicants. Results indicate that spelling errors affect both recruiters’ evaluation and decisions concerning applicants. We have also identified moderating variables between the factor «errors »and the application forms’ evaluation. Our results allow us to conclude that applicants perceive more positively the use of the spelling criterion to make a decision than the professional experience criterion.

O presente trabalho foi desenvolvido a campo, conduzido no período de novembro de 2011 a julho de 2012, em canavial comercial da região de Pirassununga - SP, cultivado com a variedade de cana-de-açúcar RB-867515, em uma soqueira de terceiro ano manejada sem queima, com colheita mecanizada. O objetivo deste trabalho foi verificar o efeito da aplicação de inoculante composto por bactérias diazotróficas, associado a doses de N-fertilizante (Ajifer) sobre os aspectos quantitativos e qualitativos da produção de cana-de-açúcar, e os teores de macronutrientes e micronutrientes foliares. As doses de nitrogênio utilizadas foram de 0, 60, 90 e 120 kg de N ha-1. Utilizou-se o delineamento experimental em blocos casualizado com os tratamentos dispostos em esquema fatorial 3X4 (três níveis para tipo de aplicação de inoculante, e quatro níveis para o N-fertilizante), com quatro repetições. Os tratamentos foram: T1- Controle, T2- Inoculante com pulverização foliar com jato dirigido sobre a linha de cana-de-açúcar (aplicação foliar), T3- Inoculante com pulverização na linha de cana após o corte com disco de aplicação de inseticida (aplicação injetada), T4- 60 Kg de N/ha, T5- Inoculante com aplicação foliar + 60 Kg de N/ha, T6- Inoculante com aplicação injetada + 60 Kg de N/ha, T7- 90 Kg de N/ha, T8- Inoculante com aplicação foliar + 90 Kg de N/ha, T9- Inoculante aplicação injetada + 90 Kg de N/ha, T10- 120 Kg de N/ha, T11- Inoculante com aplicação foliar + 120 Kg de N/ha e T12- Inoculante com aplicação injetada + 120 Kg de N/ha. Os dados foram analisados utilizando pacote estatístico SAS 9.3, aplicando teste Tukey e regressão múltipla. A aplicação de inoculante em soqueira implicou em aumento do teor foliar de N com incremento em produção de colmos e stand, a fonte nitrogenada Ajifer conduziu a respostas lineares crescentes para a produção de colmos e stand, não refletindo significativamente nos teores de fibra, pol e ATR da matéria prima, e o uso de níveis crescentes de fornecimento de N implicou em redução nos teores foliares de Fe, Mn e Zn. / This work was developed in the field from November 2011 to July 2012 in a commercial sugarcane field in the region of Pirassununga - SP, which was cultivated with the sugarcane variety RB-867515 in a third year ratoon handled with no burning and mechanical harvesting. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of inoculant application composed of diazotrophic bacteria associated with N-fertilizer (Ajifer) on quantitative and qualitative aspects of sugarcane production, and the foliar macronutrient and micronutrient content. Nitrogen rates were 0, 60, 90 and 120 kg N ha-1. We used a randomized experimental design with treatments arranged in a factorial 3x4 (three levels for inoculant application type and four levels for N-fertilizer), with four replications. The treatments were: T1-Control, T2-Inoculant with foliar spray over the sugarcane line (foliar application), T3- Inoculant with spraying on sugarcane line after cutting with insecticide application disc (injected application), T4-60 kg N/ha, T5-Inoculant with foliar application + 60 kg N/ha, T6-Inoculant with injected application + 60 kg N/ha, T7- 90 kg N/ha, T8- Inoculant with foliar application + 90 kg N/ha, T9- Inoculant with injected application + 90 kg N/ha, T10-120 kg N/ha, T11 - Inoculant with foliar application + 120 kg N/ha and T12- Inoculant with injected application + 120 kg N/ha. Data were analyzed using SAS 9.3 statistical package, Tukey\'s test and multiple regression. The inoculant application on ratoon resulted in increased foliar N concentration with an increase in stems and stand yield. The nitrogen source Ajifer led to growing linear responses for stems and stand yield, not significantly reflecting in fiber content, pol and ATR of raw material. Finally, the use of increasing N supply levels resulted in a reduction in foliar Fe, Mn and Zn content.

O presente trabalho foi desenvolvido a campo, conduzido no período de novembro de 2011 a julho de 2012, em canavial comercial da região de Pirassununga - SP, cultivado com a variedade de cana-de-açúcar RB-867515, em uma soqueira de terceiro ano manejada sem queima, com colheita mecanizada. O objetivo deste trabalho foi verificar o efeito da aplicação de inoculante composto por bactérias diazotróficas, associado a doses de N-fertilizante (Ajifer) sobre os aspectos quantitativos e qualitativos da produção de cana-de-açúcar, e os teores de macronutrientes e micronutrientes foliares. As doses de nitrogênio utilizadas foram de 0, 60, 90 e 120 kg de N ha-1. Utilizou-se o delineamento experimental em blocos casualizado com os tratamentos dispostos em esquema fatorial 3X4 (três níveis para tipo de aplicação de inoculante, e quatro níveis para o N-fertilizante), com quatro repetições. Os tratamentos foram: T1- Controle, T2- Inoculante com pulverização foliar com jato dirigido sobre a linha de cana-de-açúcar (aplicação foliar), T3- Inoculante com pulverização na linha de cana após o corte com disco de aplicação de inseticida (aplicação injetada), T4- 60 Kg de N/ha, T5- Inoculante com aplicação foliar + 60 Kg de N/ha, T6- Inoculante com aplicação injetada + 60 Kg de N/ha, T7- 90 Kg de N/ha, T8- Inoculante com aplicação foliar + 90 Kg de N/ha, T9- Inoculante aplicação injetada + 90 Kg de N/ha, T10- 120 Kg de N/ha, T11- Inoculante com aplicação foliar + 120 Kg de N/ha e T12- Inoculante com aplicação injetada + 120 Kg de N/ha. Os dados foram analisados utilizando pacote estatístico SAS 9.3, aplicando teste Tukey e regressão múltipla. A aplicação de inoculante em soqueira implicou em aumento do teor foliar de N com incremento em produção de colmos e stand, a fonte nitrogenada Ajifer conduziu a respostas lineares crescentes para a produção de colmos e stand, não refletindo significativamente nos teores de fibra, pol e ATR da matéria prima, e o uso de níveis crescentes de fornecimento de N implicou em redução nos teores foliares de Fe, Mn e Zn. / This work was developed in the field from November 2011 to July 2012 in a commercial sugarcane field in the region of Pirassununga - SP, which was cultivated with the sugarcane variety RB-867515 in a third year ratoon handled with no burning and mechanical harvesting. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of inoculant application composed of diazotrophic bacteria associated with N-fertilizer (Ajifer) on quantitative and qualitative aspects of sugarcane production, and the foliar macronutrient and micronutrient content. Nitrogen rates were 0, 60, 90 and 120 kg N ha-1. We used a randomized experimental design with treatments arranged in a factorial 3x4 (three levels for inoculant application type and four levels for N-fertilizer), with four replications. The treatments were: T1-Control, T2-Inoculant with foliar spray over the sugarcane line (foliar application), T3- Inoculant with spraying on sugarcane line after cutting with insecticide application disc (injected application), T4-60 kg N/ha, T5-Inoculant with foliar application + 60 kg N/ha, T6-Inoculant with injected application + 60 kg N/ha, T7- 90 kg N/ha, T8- Inoculant with foliar application + 90 kg N/ha, T9- Inoculant with injected application + 90 kg N/ha, T10-120 kg N/ha, T11 - Inoculant with foliar application + 120 kg N/ha and T12- Inoculant with injected application + 120 kg N/ha. Data were analyzed using SAS 9.3 statistical package, Tukey\'s test and multiple regression. The inoculant application on ratoon resulted in increased foliar N concentration with an increase in stems and stand yield. The nitrogen source Ajifer led to growing linear responses for stems and stand yield, not significantly reflecting in fiber content, pol and ATR of raw material. Finally, the use of increasing N supply levels resulted in a reduction in foliar Fe, Mn and Zn content.

The purpose of this study was to determine whether application forms used in Texas public schools for teachers and administrators were in compliance with federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Texas Human Rights Commission Act (THRCA) regulations regarding preemployment practices. Participating in the study were 740 public school districts in Texas. The study also attempted to determine if these application forms are in violation of EEOC regulations pertaining to pre-employment practices and whether classification based on the districts' size, wealth, student ethnicity and geographical location has a bearing on the degree of compliance with and awareness of EEOC and THRCA regulations. A model employment application form and set of guidelines were developed for school districts to use in securing pre-employment information. Inferential statistics were used through various applicable designs. Three different types of analysis were utilized. These were a Descriptive Analysis, a Goodman- Kruskal Gamma (y) Coefficient—chi-square analysis and a Multiple Regression analysis. The descriptive analysis included the calculation of percentages of the suspect questions appearing on teacher and administrator application forms utilizing the Criteria Used to Determine EEO Compliance and Awareness Among Texas School Districts. The Goodman-Kruskal Gamma (y) Coefficient and the chi-square analysis were employed in order to determine differences in compliance and awareness based on the districts' size, wealth, student ethnicity and geographical location. The GAMTAU. ASC Computer Program was used to test the Gamma values, with a standard z-score. The Multiple Regression analysis was employed to determine to what extent variation in the use of total suspect questions correlated with size, wealth, ethnicity and geographical location. The results of the data analyzed reveal that the size and ethnicity of the school district had a weak but significant correlation with EEO compliance and awareness based on employment application forms for teachers and administrators and that school districts in Texas were not in compliance with EEOC and THRCA regulations regarding application form pre-employment practices.

Sverige har en vision om att digitalisera samtliga delar av den offentliga sektorn, med målet att uppnå en god hälsa och välfärd för hela befolkningen. De verksamheter som allt mer blir föremål för digitalisering är bland annat verksamheter som handlägger ärenden om ekonomiskt bistånd. Syftet med denna undersökning är att försöka få svar på hur digitaliseringen av ansökan om ekonomiskt bistånd påverkar det sociala arbetet och klienterna. För att få svar på detta har vi skickat webbenkäter till 15 olika verksamheter för ekonomiskt bistånd i Sverige. Resultatet visar att handläggarna övervägande ser positivt på den digitala utvecklingen där de menar att handläggningen blivit enklare och mer effektiv. Det framkommer även att handläggarna blivit tilldelade fler klienter än tidigare där tiden med varje enskild klient har minskat. En begränsning som är framträdande gällande digitaliseringen av ansökan är att enskilda som inte har tillgång till de digitala verktyg som krävs blir hänvisade att ansöka via pappersansökan. Våra resultat visar att digitaliseringen kan bidra till ett mer effektivt och för klienterna mer lättillgängligt socialt arbete men som behöver utvecklas för att kunna inkludera alla medborgare i det svenska samhället. / Sweden has a vision of digitizing all domains of the public sector, with a goal of achieving good health and welfare for the entire population. The organizations that are increasingly becoming the subject of digitalization are, among other things, those that deal with financial aid matters. The purpose of this study is to investigate how the digitalization of the application for financial aid affects the social work and its clients. To answer this, we have sent out web surveys to 15 financial aid organizations in Sweden. The results show that the social workers for the most part are positive concerning the digitalization since the application process has become easier and more efficient. The social workers express that they have been assigned more clients than before and that they have gotten less time with each individual client. One prominent limitation regarding the digitalization of the application is when individuals who do not possess the digital tools required to apply have to apply via paper application. Our results show that digitalization can contribute to social work being more efficient and easily accessible for clients. Thus, for it to be accessible for the whole Swedish population more development needs to be done.

The role and function of application forms is for the purpose of recruitment and selection of candidates. Consequently, the role of the application form in the recruitment and selection of candidates, particularly currently being used in Africa, is investigated. the application form Z83 and Z27 public service employment in South Application forms, letters of application, curricula vitae, tests and interviews are instruments which can be used in the recruitment and selection of candidates. The source and nature of application forms enable institutions to collect and provide the required information in a precise manner compared to letters of application and curricula vitae. Application forms can provide basic information for tests and interviews. Although application forms facilitate the recruitment and selection of candidates, their completion and distribution can cause problems. However, ways and means by which the use of application form Z83 and Z27 can be improved in public service employment exist. / Public Administration / M. Admin.

The role and function of application forms is for the purpose of recruitment and selection of candidates. Consequently, the role of the application form in the recruitment and selection of candidates, particularly currently being used in Africa, is investigated. the application form Z83 and Z27 public service employment in South Application forms, letters of application, curricula vitae, tests and interviews are instruments which can be used in the recruitment and selection of candidates. The source and nature of application forms enable institutions to collect and provide the required information in a precise manner compared to letters of application and curricula vitae. Application forms can provide basic information for tests and interviews. Although application forms facilitate the recruitment and selection of candidates, their completion and distribution can cause problems. However, ways and means by which the use of application form Z83 and Z27 can be improved in public service employment exist. / Public Administration and Management / M. Admin.

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These experiments were mainly aimed at evaluating the response of canola to nitrogen sources and application methods (seeding and / or coverage) of nitrogen fertilizer. All experiments were conducted in the experimental units at the Catholic University of Paraná - PUCPR - Toledo campus. To attend the responses of canola relative to rates and N sources were implanted three experiments in randomized blocks in a 7x2 factorial arrangement, consisting of seven levels of nitrogen at sowing (0, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100 and 120 kg ha -1) and two N sources (ammonium sulphate and urea), with four replications. To attend the responses of canola on the forms of nitrogen application and nitrogen sources were implanted over three experiments, which are conducted in randomized blocks in a 5x2 factorial arrangement consisting of five forms of nitrogen in the seeding and / or in coverage, respectively (0 and 0, 120 and 0, 0 and 120, 40 and 80, 80 and 40 kg N ha-1) and two nitrogen sources (ammonium sulphate and urea), with four replications. The coverage fertilization was performed in stage B4. The six experiments were carried out in three production cycles, two experiments in each cycle, corresponding to the following sowing dates: cycle 1: 12/05/2009; cycle 2: 20/06/2009 and cycle 3: 23/04 / 2010. All treatments received a fertilizer equivalent to 300 kg ha-1 00-25-25 formulation, each plot received the amount of nitrogen corresponding to the predetermined treatment. For the six experiments were evaluated the basal diameter, plant height, number of plants m-2, dry leaves, dry weight of stem + petioles, inflorescence dry mass, total plant dry mass, leaf area, area ratio of leaf, mass of pods per plant, weight per pod, weight of grains per pod, thousand grain weight, yield, leaf N content, protein and oil content in grain and oil yield per hectare. The results show that the variables were not influenced by sources of nitrogen fertilizer, ammonium sulfate and urea, for any of the six experiments conducted. The response to N rates influence these variables measured, and the higher productivity achieved with 88 kg ha-1 N. The increase of N doses promotes an increase in the protein reducing therefore the oil content in grains. The forms of nitrogen application also influenced the variables measured, and the best results achieved by the split of applying fertilizer at planting one-third and two-thirds coverage (40 and 80 kg N ha-1) / O termo canola é um acrônimo de CANadian Oil Low Acid e foi adotado como padrão para indicar baixos teores de ácido erúcico e glucosinolatos. De um modo geral, os solos tropicais apresentam baixa disponibilidade de nitrogênio (N) em função dos baixos estoques de matéria orgânica, exigindo o fornecimento externo de N para suprir as demandas da cultura. Dentre as principais fontes de N utilizados na cultura da canola estão os adubos nitrogenados uréia e sulfato de amônio. Além da escolha do adubo nitrogenado relacionado à fonte de N, ajustar o momento da aplicação do N ao momento de maior demanda da cultura aumenta a eficiência de produção. Visando instrumentar decisões relativas a estas alternativas de manejo, foram desenvolvidos quatro experimentos no período de maio de 2009 a abril de 2010. Estes experimentos tiveram como principal objetivo avaliar a resposta da canola a fontes, doses e momento de aplicação do N em Toledo Pr. Todos os experimentos foram conduzidos na unidade experimental da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná PUCPR - campus Toledo. Para quantificar as respostas da canola relativas a doses e fontes de N foram implantados dois experimentos de blocos casualizados, em esquema fatorial 7x2, constando de sete doses de N na semeadura (0; 20; 40; 60; 80; 100 e 120 kg ha-1 de N) e duas fontes de N (sulfato de amônio e uréia), com quatro repetições. Para quantificar as respostas da canola relativas ao momento de aplicação e às fontes de N foram implantados mais dois experimentos, sendo estes conduzidos em blocos casualizados, em esquema fatorial 5x2, constando de cinco combinações de momento de aplicação do N, na semeadura e/ou em cobertura, respectivamente (0 e 0; 120 e 0; 0 e 120; 40 e 80; 80 e 40 kg ha-1 de N) e duas fontes de N (sulfato de amônio e uréia), com quatro repetições. A adubação em cobertura foi realizada no estádio B4. Os quatro experimentos foram implantados em duas épocas de semeadura: 12/05 e 23/04. Todos os tratamentos receberam a adubação correspondente a 300 kg ha-1 de N, P2O5 e K2O na formulação 00-25-25 aplicado na semeadura, além da quantidade de N correspondente ao tratamento pré-estabelecido. Nos quatro experimentos foram avaliados o diâmetro basal, altura de planta, número de plantas m-2, massa seca de folhas, massa seca de caule+pecíolo, massa seca de inflorescência, massa seca da parte aérea, área foliar, razão de área foliar, massa de síliquas por planta, massa por síliqua, massa de grãos por síliqua, massa de mil grãos, produtividade, teor de N foliar, teor de proteína e óleo nos grãos e rendimento de óleo por hectare. Os resultados obtidos mostram que as variáveis avaliadas não foram influenciadas pelas fontes de N utilizadas, sulfato de amônio e uréia, para nenhum dos quatro experimentos conduzidos. Quanto à resposta às doses de N estas influenciaram as variáveis mensuradas, sendo a maior produtividade alcançada com 88 kg ha-1 de N. O aumento nas doses de N promove um incremento nos teores de proteína reduzindo, por consequência o teor de óleo nos grãos. O momento de aplicação do N também influenciou as variáveis mensuradas, sendo os melhores resultados alcançados pelo parcelamento da adubação aplicando-se um terço na semeadura e dois terços em cobertura (40 e 80 kg ha-1 de N)