Submitted by Angela Maria de Oliveira (amolivei@uepg.br) on 2017-12-14T11:25:10Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 811 bytes, checksum: e39d27027a6cc9cb039ad269a5db8e34 (MD5) LUIS MIGUEL SCHIEBELBEIN.pdf: 7282167 bytes, checksum: ea6dc8bd40a37c7d77ca2ee7016e1d08 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-12-14T11:25:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 811 bytes, checksum: e39d27027a6cc9cb039ad269a5db8e34 (MD5) LUIS MIGUEL SCHIEBELBEIN.pdf: 7282167 bytes, checksum: ea6dc8bd40a37c7d77ca2ee7016e1d08 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-06-13 / Culturas como o milho são altamente influenciadas pelo sistema de manejo e cobertura do solo, época de semeadura e pelas condições meteorológicas locais durante o seu ciclo. A interação entre estes fatores resultará no acúmulo de matéria seca pela cultura que será revertido em produtividade. Na avaliação do efeito de diferentes densidades populacionais de plantas, coberturas de inverno e épocas de semeadura sobre a disponibilidade de água no solo condicionada pelos atributos físicos do solo e os componentes de rendimento da cultura do milho, conduziu-se um ensaio nas safras 2014/2015 e 2015/2016 no município de Ponta Grosa, PR, utilizando-se como híbrido o P30F53YH. O delineamento experimental foi o de parcelas subdivididas, repetidas em três épocas de semeadura (15 de setembro, 30 de outubro e 15 de dezembro), constando de coberturas de inverno nas parcelas (palhada de aveia, pousio e solo nu) e de cinco populações de plantas (40.000, 60.000, 80.000, 100.000 e 120.000 plantas ha-1) nas subparcelas. Foram avaliadas características morfológicas da planta (altura de planta, diâmetro de colmo, altura de inserção de espiga, número de folhas, área foliar e índice de área foliar), além dos componentes de rendimento (número de fileiras por espiga, número de grãos por fileira, massa de mil grãos e massa de espiga) e produtividade, em quatro plantas por subparcela. Foi realizado o balanço hídrico sequencial para as duas safras em estudo. O solo da área foi caracterizado, tendo sido determinada a sua densidade global, textura e ajustando-se para as profundidades de 0 a 0,10 m, 0,10 a 0,20 m, 0,20 a 0,30 m, 0,30 a 0,40 e 0,40 a 1,0 m as curvas de retenção de água pelo modelo proposto por van Genuchten (1980). A partir destes atributos, determinou-se a distribuição da porosidade total do solo e a sua classificação quanto à função. Utilizaram-se métodos de estatística multivariada na análise das informações, objetivando a obtenção de respostas globais a partir das variáveis levantadas. Foi ajustado um modelo senoidal de crescimento de plantas, o qual demonstrou alta correlação com o regime vigente dos elementos meteorológicos locais, permitindo a determinação do ponto de inflexão da taxa de crescimento da planta em altura e a sua relação com a temperatura, a radiação solar global, a disponibilidade de água no solo e o saldo de radiação. Não foram observados períodos de estiagem durante as duas safras. Não se observou efeito das diferentes coberturas de solo sobre o crescimento das plantas e produtividade. A produtividade final e os demais parâmetros morfológicos obtidos encontraram-se dentro do padrão esperado para o híbrido. As populações de plantas afetaram a produtividade, tendo sido crescente até a população de 120.000 plantas ha-1, sob as quais também foi encontrado o maior índice de área foliar. O solo era homogêneo em toda área de cultivo não se constatando efeito de cobertura de solo sobre os componentes de rendimento e a produtividade final da cultura. Houve efeito interativo entre épocas de semeadura, população de plantas e cobertura do solo para as semeaduras realizadas em 30 de outubro e 15 de dezembro (2014/2015) e para 15 de setembro (2015/2016) sobre a produtividade do milho. As produtividades e os demais parâmetros morfológicos obtidos foram expressos na localidade estudada em decorrência do potencial genético do híbrido de milho. / Crops such corn (Zea mays L.) are highly influenced by the management practices, soil coverings, sowing dates and local meteorological conditions throughout the crop growing season at a given site. The interaction among such factors will result in dry matter accumulation by the crop that will in turn be converted into productivity. At the assessment of the effects of different planting populations, winter coverings and sowing dates on soil water availability conditioned by the soil physical attributes, as well as on the yield components of the crop, a field trial was carried out at the years of 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 in Ponta Grossa, State of Paraná, Brazil, with P30F53YH as the genotype considered herein. The experimental design was a split plot scheme repeated over three sowing dates (September 15, October 30, and December 15), taking into account three different winter coverings (oat straw, fallow, and bare soil) and five planting populations (40,000; 60,000; 80,000; 100,000 and 120,000 plants ha-1) in the split plots. Morphological features of the plants (plant height, stalk diameter, insertion height of ears, number of leaves, leaf area, and leaf area index) along with yield components (number of rows per ear, number of grains per row, a thousand mass of grains, and mass of ears) plus yield in four plants per split plot were evaluated in the current study. Sequential water balances were performed throughout two crop growing seasons. The soil of the experimental area was characterized, having the soil bulk density and texture been determined and adjusting for the soil layers 0-0.10, 0.10-0.20, 0.20-0.30, 0.30-0.40, and 0.40-0.50 m water retention curves by the model proposed by van Genuchten (1980). From such physical attributes of the soil the distribution of soil total porosity and its classification regarding a more fitting mathematical function were determined. Multivariate statistical methods were used at the analyses of information in order to search for global responses from the studied variables. A sinusoidal model of crop growing was adjusted, which showed a high correlation with the regime of local meteorological elements, allowing therefore for the determination of inflexion points of plant growth rates in height and its relationship with temperature, global solar radiation, soil water availability and net radiation. Significant periods of draught over the course of the crop growing seasons were not observed. Moreover, effects of different soil coverings on corn growing and yield were not detected as well. The final yield and all morphological features of the crop obtained were found to be within the expected standard for the genotype of corn in study. Planting populations affected yield, with increasing values up to planting populations over 120,000 plants ha-1, under which the highest leaf area indices were found. The soil was homogeneous at the entire experimental area and no effect of soil covering on yield components and crop final productivity was identified at all. An interactive effect of sowing dates, planting populations and soil coverings for the sowing dates of October 30 and December 15 (2014/2015) and also for September 15 (2015/2016) on corn yield was observed. Biological yield along with all morphological parameters of the plants were expressed as a result of the genetic potential of the corn genotype at the studied site.

This thesis deals with creating hardware and software equipment of intelligent beehive for data collection purpose. Measurement characteristics are temperature, humidity, weight of beehive and audio record of bees. They are measured by available IoT technology. They are simple single-chip component with a clear focus. This thesis also include creation of software for measurements this characteristics and communications with server. The software featured of the remote server are also documented. This software analyze incoming measurement and also provides their displays. Software in this thesis is developed in language Python.

Cette recherche a pour objectif la description systématique et formelle des adverbes figés et semi-figés du grec moderne, abrégés ici en adverbes figés (i.e. κέζα ζηα άγξηα κεζάλπρηα/à l‟aube, ην κήλα πνπ δελ έρεη ΢άββαην/la semaine des quatre jeudis). Notre intention est d‟aboutir à une description aussi exhaustive et explicite que possible en vue de l‟analyse automatique de la langue grecque. La méthodologie du lexique-grammaire (M. Gross 1975, 1990a), s‟appuyant sur les principes de la grammaire transformationnelle harisienne, nous a fourni un modèle de description de la langue naturelle adéquat. Notre étude s‟articule autour de cinq parties. Dans la première partie, nous abordons les deux notions fondamentales qui véhiculent notre recherche : les notions d‟adverbe et de figement. Dans la deuxième partie, nous étudions la composition lexicale d‟un ensemble de 4 880 formes adverbiales figées, recensées à partir des sources éditées et numériques. Nous insistons particulièrement sur les différents types de variations mises en jeu ainsi que sur les problèmes que celles-ci posent lors de la représentation formalisée des adverbes dans le dictionnaire électronique morphologique et les tables du lexique-grammaire. La troisième partie traite l‟analyse syntaxico-sémantique des adverbes figés. En premier lieu, nous distinguons les adverbes figés des compléments formellement similaires mais syntaxiquement différents. En deuxième lieu, nous entreprenons l‟analyse syntaxique des phrases simples à adverbes figés et celle à adverbes de date. La quatrième partie porte sur la classification des adverbes figés, répartis en seize classes morpho-syntaxiquement distinctes. Après avoir exposé les principes théoriques qui régissent notre opération de classification, nous présentons l‟organisation des tables du lexique-grammaire des adverbes figés grecs. Les critères classificatoires, les régularités et les particularités que les classes établies comportent ainsi que les propriétés syntaxico-sémantiques des adverbes figés font également l‟objet de cette partie. La cinquième partie est consacrée à l‟exploitation de nos données linguistiques à des fins de traitement automatique des langues naturelles (TALN). Notre intérêt est focalisé sur la reconnaissance lexicale des adverbes figés et semi-figés dans les textes grecs. Nous présentons en annexe (volume 2) des échantillons représentatifs des tables du lexique-grammaire des adverbes figés et de la grammaire locale des expressions de date.

Understanding the patterns and processes that create differences among individuals in components of fitness, like the probability of survival or reproductive rates, is essential to our knowledge of population dynamics and for informing conservation efforts. For organisms in seasonal environments, early-breeding individuals regularly attain higher fitness than their late-breeding counterparts. Two primary hypotheses, related to quality and date, have been proposed to explain lower reproductive success of late breeders, but the veracity of these ideas has not been fully resolved. I tested predictions associated with these hypotheses to assess the effects of indices of parental and environmental quality on nestling quality and survival in an insectivorous passerine, the tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor), at two widely separated breeding locations in western Canada. I combined experiments and statistical modelling of observational data to evaluate two mechanisms proposed to contribute to seasonal decline in environmental quality: an increase in nest parasite abundance and a decrease in food abundance with later breeding dates. A parasite reduction experiment revealed a disproportionate benefit of parasite removal on length of primary feather for early-hatched nestlings, suggesting greater energetic constraints early in the breeding season. Furthermore, late-hatched nestlings from parasite-reduced nests had longer head-bill lengths than their control counterparts, and developed head-bills of similar length to those of early-hatched nestlings. Other than these findings, there were few detectable effects of parasites on nestling size, growth and immunity, as has been reported from several previous studies. Indeed, negative effects of parasites were only apparent when food (i.e., insect) biomass was considered. In a second series of experiments in which parental quality was controlled, I also tested whether food abundance declined during the breeding season, as predicted if environmental conditions deteriorate seasonally (i.e., date). Reduced reproductive success of late-breeding individuals was causally related to a seasonal decline in environmental quality. Declining insect biomass and enlarged brood sizes resulted in nestlings that were lighter, in poorer body condition, had shorter head-bills, shorter and slower growing ninth primary feathers and that were less likely to survive to fledge. Next, I asked whether results obtained from long-term mark-recapture data corroborated findings of short-term manipulations. I examined seasonal variation in first-year apparent survival to investigate the relative influence of large-, small- and individual-scale factors associated with the quality and date hypotheses. Although parental quality was an important predictor of first-year apparent survival of tree swallows, my results further suggested that quality of parents was not the primary factor influencing seasonal variation in first-year apparent survival. Rather, findings were most consistent with the date hypothesis. The relationship between apparent survival and a direct measurement of environmental quality indicated that annual variation in moisture had important consequences for first-year apparent survival of tree swallows in Saskatchewan. First-year apparent survival probabilities were higher during wet years and wetter conditions are generally linked to greater insect abundance. In British Columbia, nestlings from larger broods were less likely to survive, possibly as a result of receiving less food. Apparent survival probabilities were also higher when food was more abundant. I demonstrated that both parental and environmental quality influenced seasonal variation in fitness-related traits of tree swallows. However, the strongest evidence suggests that environmental quality, and in particular food abundance, had the greatest effect on seasonal variation in nestling quality, reproductive success and first-year apparent survival in tree swallows. My results highlight the importance of considering regional precipitation trends when projecting effects of climate change on demography of aerial insectivores.

Predation is one of many factors that form the structure of the macroinvertebrate community in lakes, wetlands and watercourses. Earlier studies lack an examination concerning how fish- and waterfowl predation affect macroinvertebrates during shorter periods in the spring. I performed an exclosure study in the shallow eutrophic Lake Tåkern which is located in the western part of Östergötland County, Sweden. The experiment was performed during a three week period (1-21 April 2012) when the water temperature was low and the density of migrating diving ducks was high. The experimental cages used included three out of four different treatments; general predation (open cages), bird exclusion (net with mesh size 90*45mm) and no predation (net with mesh size 1*1mm). In the fourth treatment, which was used to control for cage effects, samples were collected outside the cages. The cages where placed in blocks three and three, one for each the three treatments, on eight different locations in the experiment area. No significant difference was detected between the different treatments concerning diversity (Shannon diversity index: F3,25=1,39; P=0,27 and Simpson diversity index: F3,25=1,47; P=0,25), taxonomic richness (F3,25=1,74; P=0,19) nor density (F2,25=0.41; P=0,75) of the macroinvertebrate fauna. The lack of effect from predation of fish is most likely explained by the low water temperature during the experiment period. The lack of effect from waterfowl predation is most likely due to a low density of diving ducks, despite the season. / Predation är en av flera faktorer som styr makroevertebratfaunans sammansättning i sjöar, våtmarker och vattendrag. Jag genomförde ett utestängningsexperiment i den grunda näringsrika sjön Tåkern i västra Östergötland. Experimentet genomfördes under en treveckorsperiod (1april-21-april) på året då densiteten flyttande dykänder är hög och vattentemperaturen är låg, vilket saknas från tidigare studier. Experimentet innefattade fyra behandlingar; kontrollpunkter utan burar, generell predation (öppna burar), fågelexkludering (nät 45*90mm) samt ingen predation (stängda burar, nät, 1,1mm). Burarna bestod av plastlådor med en volym på 130 liter (Längd*höjd*bredd: 79cm*57cm*42cm). Burarna placerades i block om tre, en för varje behandling, på botten av sjön vid åtta olika provpunkter. Resultatet visade ingen signifikant skillnad mellan de olika behandlingarna gällande makroevertebratfaunans sammansättning, varken i fråga om diversitet (Shannons diversitetsindex: F3,25=1,39; P=0,27 och Simpsons diversitetsindex: F3,25=1,47; P=0,25 ANOVA) eller densitet (F2,25=0.41; P=0,75). Avsaknaden av effekt från fiskpredation förklaras troligen av låg vattentemperatur under experimentperioden vilken påverkar fiskarnas födosökshastighet negativt. Som förväntat såg vi ingen effekt av fågelpredation vilket troligen beror på att densiteten dykänder inte var tillräckligt hög.

Les pratiques culturales modifient l'architecture des couverts de manière à augmenter ou diminuer le développement des épidémies mais les processus mis en jeu sont complexes ; des modèles mécanistes simulant l'interaction entre plante et pathogène devraient aider à les clarifier. Les modèles de Plantes Virtuelles, qui permettent de décrire explicitement la structure tridimensionnelle de la plante, semblent particulièrement prometteurs pour exprimer les effets de l'architecture de la plante sur le développement des épidémies. L'objectif de cette étude est d'examiner la possibilité de simuler l'effet de l'architecture des plantes sur le développement de la maladie en utilisant un modèle Plante Virtuelle. Dans ce travail, nous nous intéressons au pathosystème blé-Septoria tritici, dans lequel l'architecture joue un rôle important. En effet, les spores de Septoria tritici sont propagées par les éclaboussures de pluie depuis les feuilles infectées du bas du couvert vers les nouvelles feuilles saines. Notre travail s'est appuyé sur un modèle pré-existant d'épidémie de la septoriose, Septo3D. L'architecture du blé a été étudiée pour une gamme de densités et de date de semis. Les différences de phyllochrone entre traitements ont été dans une gamme susceptible de modifier le développement de la septoriose. Ces variations ont été représentées par un modèle descriptif qui tient compte du nombre de feuilles final et de la photopériode. Une description détaillée des variables d'architecture à l'échelle des organes et du couvert a fourni une documentation originale et complète sur la plasticité de l'architecture du blé. Ces données ont été utilisées pour paramétrer la description du blé dans Septo3D. Globalement, les traitements étudiés ont conduit à de fortes différences de la densité de végétation au cours du temps. Les dynamiques de développement de la septoriose ont été suivies pour trois traitements de densités contrastées. Les cinétiques de la maladie simulées par le modèle étaient conformes aux mesures expérimentales. Bien que, l'approche nécessite davantage de validation, les résultats confirment que l'approche Plante Virtuelle apporte un nouvel éclairage sur les processus et les caractéristiques des plantes qui impactent les épidémies. En conclusion, nous proposons quelques perspectives en vue de nouvelles applications et améliorations de l'approche.

La morphogenèse aérienne inclut des caractères de croissance, de développement et de phénologie, et conditionne fortement la valeur d'usage des Légumineuses. Parmi ces caractères, la floraison est un événement majeur du cycle de vie car elle est déterminante pour le succès reproductif. Elle correspond à la transition généralement non réversible d'un méristème végétatif produisant des feuilles et tiges, en un méristème floral. La régulation de ce phénomène morphogénétique est le fait d'un réseau complexe de signalisations. Les légumineuses cultivées ont souvent des génomes complexes. C'est le cas de la luzerne (Medicago sativa), espèce fourragère pérenne, tétraploïde et allogame ainsi que du pois (P. sativum) qui présente un génome de grande taille. Des études précises peuvent être menées sur la légumineuse modèle Medicago truncatula, espèce diploïde, annuelle, à cycle court et autogame. De nombreuses ressources génétiques et génomiques sont disponibles chez cette espèce qui possède un fort degré de synténie avec la luzerne et le pois. De plus des gènes intervenant dans le déterminisme de la date de floraison ont été décrits chez A. thaliana et chez le pois. L'objectif de la thèse est d'identifier des zones du génome et des gènes en utilisant les connaissances et outils développés chez M. truncatula, A. thaliana et P. sativum dans le déterminisme génétique de la date de floraison chez M. truncatula. Après une analyse de l'effet de la photopériode sur la date de floraison d'une gamme de lignées, une approche " gènes candidats positionnels " a été mise en oeuvre. La méthodologie employée consiste à montrer la variabilité génétique de la date de floraison en réponse à la photopériode, rechercher des QTL (Quantitative Trait Locus) de date de floraison dans trois populations connectées de lignées recombinantes, réaliser une méta-analyse QTL afin de détecter les régions conservées dans le contrôle du caractère entre populations, cartographier finement un QTL majeur et repérer les gènes candidats présents dans son intervalle de confiance. L'expression de ces gènes a été comparée pour deux lignées afin d'associer au caractère les gènes différentiellement exprimés. En chambre de culture, la date de floraison de huit lignées a été mesurée sous deux traitements : 12 heures et 18 heures d'éclairement. Les données montrent qu'il existe de la variabilité génétique pour la date de floraison entre ces huit lignées, que la floraison est plus précoce en jours longs qu'en jours courts et qu'il existe une interaction lignée x photopériode. Un QTL majeur de date de floraison a pu être repéré sur le groupe de liaison 7 dans les trois populations de lignées recombinantes expliquant de 10 à 60 % de la variabilité observée. En méta-analyse sur les trois populations, un QTL consensus a été mis en évidence ayant un intervalle de confiance de seulement 0.9 cM. La cartographie fine de ce QTL a été réalisée sur la descendance (1663 plantes) d'une plante F6 hétérozygote au QTL détecté dans la population LR4. L'intervalle du QTL ainsi détecté couvre 2.4 cM. Six gènes homologues de gènes de floraison décrits chez A. thaliana ont été identifiés dans l'intervalle de ce QTL établi par cartographie fine. Leur séquençage pleine longueur a révélé du polymorphisme entre les deux parents : pour MtCO, homologue de CONSTANS et pour MtFTLc, homologue de FT. Par contre, aucun polymorphisme n'a été détecté pour deux autres homologues de FT (MtFTLa et MtFTLb) ni pour PKS. Une analyse de l'expression différentielle par RT-PCR semi quantitative des six gènes candidats a été réalisée chez deux lignées parentales contrastées pour leur date de floraison. Seul le gène MtCO est différentiellement exprimé entre ces deux lignées ; ce gène est donc actuellement le principal candidat pour expliquer la variation du caractère révélée à ce QTL sur le chromosome7, dans ces populations.

Peas dominate New Zealand grain legume production and they are a major export crop. However, weeds are a major problem particularly under organic production, where the use of synthetic chemicals is prohibited. To address this limitation, a research program to study weed control in peas was done to provide both conventional and organic farmers a sustainable weed management package. This was done through three field experiments over two growing seasons, 2006/07 and 2007/08. Experiment 1, (2006/07) evaluated the effect of 50, 100 and 400 plants m² on crop yield, and weed growth of Aragon, Midichi or Pro 7035 with and without cyanazine. Experiment two explored the physiology of two pea genotypes, the leafed (Pro 7035) and the semi leafless (Midichi) sown at three dates. A herbicide treatment was included as a control. In the third experiment Midichi, was used to investigate the effect of different pea and weed population combinations and their interaction on crop yield and weed growth. All crops were grown at Lincoln University on a Templeton silt loam soil. In Experiment one, herbicide had no effect on total dry matter (TDM) and seed yield (overall mean seed yield 673 g m²). There was also no significant difference in mean seed yield among the pea genotypes, Aragorn, Pro 7035 and Midichi, (overall mean, 674 g m²). The lowest average seed yield, 606 g m² was from 400 plants m² and the highest, 733 g m², from 50 plants m², a 21% yield increase. A significant herbicide by population interaction showed that herbicide had no effect on seed yields at 100 and 400 plants m². However, cyanazine treated plots at 50 plants m² gave 829 g m² of seed. This was 30% more than the 637 g m², from plots without herbicide. In Experiment 1 pea cultivar and herbicide had no significant effect on weed counts. In Experiment 2 the August sowing gave the highest seed yield at 572 g m². This was 62% more than the lowest yield, in October. Cyanazine treatment gave a mean seed yield of 508 g m², 19% more than from unsprayed plots. There was a significant (p < 0.05) sowing date x genotype interaction which showed that in the August sowing genotype had no effect on seed yield. However, in September the Pro 7035 seed yield at 559 g m² was 40% more that of Midichi and in October it gave 87% more. Weed spectrum varied over time. Prevalent weeds in spring were Stachys spp, Achillea millefolium L., and Spergular arvensis L. In summer they were Chenopodium album L., Rumex spp, Trifolium spp and Solanum nigrum L. Coronopus didymus L., Stellaria media and Lolium spp were present in relatively large numbers throughout the season. In Experiment 3 seed yield increased significantly (p < 0.001) with pea population. Two hundred plants m² gave the highest mean seed yield at 409 g m² and 50 plants m² gave the lowest (197 g m²). The no-sown-weed treatment gave the highest mean seed yield of 390 g m². This was due to less competition for solar radiation. There was no difference in seed yield between the normal rate sown weed and the 2 x normal sown weed treatments (mean 255 g m²). It can be concluded that fully leafed and semi-leafless peas can be sown at similar populations to achieve similar yields under weed free conditions. Increased pea sowing rate can increase yield particularly in weedy environments. Early sowing can also increase yield and possibly control problem weeds of peas (particularly Solanum spp), which are usually late season weeds. Herbicide can enhance pea yield but can be replaced by effective cultural methods such as early sowing, appropriate pea genotype and high sowing rates. Additional key words: Pisum sativum L., semi-leafless, fully leafed, cyanazine, pea population, weed population, sustainable, TDM, seed yield, weed, weed counts, sowing date, weed spectrum, seed rates.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The objectives of this thesis were: To estimate the relative maturity group of old and modern soybean cultivars used in Southern Brazil; To quantify the branches contribution in the leaf area index; To characterize the development and the overlap period of vegetative and reproductive phases, growth in height and the emission of nodes after the beginning of flowering in determinate and indeterminate plant type cultivars in different sowing dates and soybean regions in Rio Grande do Sul and; To identify key biophysical and management factors governing variation in soybean yield potential in Southern Brazil. Were conducted 47 experiments using 23 soybean cultivars in five growing seasons (2010/2011, 2011/2012, 2012/2013, 2013/2014 and 2014/2015) at 12 sites in Rio Grande do Sul. The relative maturity group these cultivars that had not yet been classified ranged from 4.8 to 7.3. Most cultivars showed a reduction on total leaf area index, maximum, of main stem and of branches, in the duration of the reproductive phase, of the total development cycle with delay on sowing date regardless of the maturity group and type of growth. The indeterminate type cultivars had a higher overlap period of vegetative and reproductive phases, growing in height and emission nodes after the beginning of flowering bigger than determinate type cultivars. The potential yield ranged from 2.8 up to 6.0 Mg ha-1, depending on the amount and distribution of water during the growing season and the photothermal coefficient during reproductive stages of the soybean. / Os objetivos desta tese foram: Estimar o grupo de maturidade relativa de cultivares antigas e modernas de soja; Quantificar a contribuição das ramificações no índice de área foliar; Caracterizar o desenvolvimento e a duração do período de sobreposição das fases vegetativa e reprodutiva, o crescimento em estatura e a emissão de nós após o início do florescimento em cultivares modernas de soja com diferentes grupos de maturidade relativa, tipos de crescimento, semeadas em épocas e regiões produtoras de soja no Rio Grande do Sul e; Identificar as variáveis meteorológicas e de manejo que governam o potencial de rendimento em soja no sul do Brasil. Foram conduzidos 47 experimentos utilizando 23 cultivares de soja, durante cinco estações de crescimento (2010/2011, 2011/2012, 2012/2013, 2013/2014 e 2014/2015) em 12 locais no Rio Grande do Sul. O grupo de maturidade relativa das cultivares que ainda não tinham sido classificadas variou de 4.8 a 7.3. Há redução dos valores de índice de área foliar máximo, da haste principal e das ramificações, da duração da fase reprodutiva e do ciclo total de desenvolvimento, com o atraso da época de semeadura, independentemente do grupo de maturidade relativa e tipo de crescimento. As cultivares com tipo de crescimento indeterminado apresentam maior período de sobreposição das fases vegetativa e reprodutiva, crescimento em estatura e emissão de nós após o início do florescimento do que as cultivares determinadas. O potencial rendimento de soja variou de 2,8 até 6,0 Mg ha-1, dependendo da quantidade e distribuição da água durante a estação de crescimento e do coeficiente fototérmico durante os estágios reprodutivos da soja.

La compréhension des mécanismes moléculaires impliqués dans la détermination du sexe chez les plantes à fleurs est primordiale d’un point de vue fondamental et appliqué. Des processus liés à la biosynthèse des hormones, tel que l’éthylène, ou la régulation de l’expression génique via des petits ARN et des facteurs de transcription ont été associés à l’unisexualisation des fleurs chez des espèces dioïques. Cependant, les déterminants contrôlant le sexe chez les plantes sont encore largement méconnus. Le palmier dattier, Phoenix dactylifera L, est une espèce dioïque dont le dimorphisme sexuel est observé très tôt au cours du développement des fleurs. Des gènes différentiellement exprimés (DEGs) ont été identifiés pendant les stades précoces du développement floral mâle et femelle. Pour cela, un transcriptome de référence rassemblant des données d’expression relatives aux deux sexes a été généré. L’analyse d'enrichissement GO des DEGs, a révélé des processus biologiques communs aux mâles et aux femelles, associés au développement reproducteur et à la réponse aux stimuli. Ce résultat indique que des mêmes processus peuvent solliciter des gènes différents au cours du développement floral précoce en fonction du sexe. Cette analyse a également mis en évidence que le développement des fleurs mâles requiert des processus biologiques spécifiques impliqués dans la régulation cellulaire et l'expression des gènes. En outre, deux DEGs femelles, une S-adenosylmethionine synthase et une Flap endonuclease et un DEG mâle, un élément transposable, ont été identifiés dans les régions non-recombinantes du génome du palmier dattier.Cette étude est la première analyse globale des processus biologiques associés à l’acquisition du dimorphisme sexuel. Elle contribue également à la compréhension de la détermination du sexe chez le palmier dattier, et plus largement à la connaissance de ces processus chez les espèces dioïques. / Unraveling molecular mechanisms involved in sex determination in flowering plants is of outstanding basic and applied interest. Several studies on dioecious species have highlighted the molecular basis of sex determination, such as cell death and ethylene biosynthesis pathway. Sex determination mechanisms in plants are, however, still largely unknown. The date palm, Phoenix dactylifera L, is a dioecious species where sexual dimorphism is observed very early in development of flowers. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified during the early stages of the male and female flower development. A reference transcriptome including male and female data was constructed to gain insight into this process in the dioecious palm Phoenix dactylifera L. Differentially expressed genes (DEG) were subsequently identified between males and females in the early flower development stages in which the first morphological gender difference occurs in date palms.Gene ontology enrichment analysis of DEG revealed biological processes shared between males and females involved in reproductive development and response to stimulus, indicating that same processes could require different genes during early flower development in date palm. This analysis also suggested that date palm triggers biological processes specifically involved in cellular regulation and gene expression to develop male flowers. Furthermore, two female DEGs related to DNA methylation S-adenosylmethionine synthase and DNA metabolism Flap endonuclease, and one male DEGs, a transposable element were found in non-recombinant date palm regions. This study provided the first insight into biological processes involved in sex determination in date palms and more widely to knowledge of this process in dioecious species.