Studies were conducted under greenhouse conditions to investigate the relative efficiency of urea absorption by 1-month-old peach and apple leaves. A 4 percent solution of urea containing .1 percent Colloidal X-77 was applied to the leaves in the form of a fine spray. To aid in this procedure, an improved micros prayer with a l milliliter capacity was developed. Accuracy of the sprayer was ± l percent. Under greenhouse conditions, the upper and lower surface of peach and apple leaves absorbed urea. More urea was absorbed through the lower than the upper surface. Peach lower surface absorbed nearly as much as apples after 48 hours. In another experiment using a controlled environmental growth chamber, the effect of temperature, humidity and surfactant (Colloidal X-77) on absorption of 1 percent 14C urea solution by apple and peach leaves were studied. Uptake was again much greater from the lower surface of the leaves as compared to the upper surface. Low relative humidity (25 percent) reduced absorption substantially. High temperature (24 centigrade) under low humidity (25 percent) decreased absorption. Uptake was increased substantially with the high temperature (24 centigrade) and relative humidity (85 percent). Peach leaves were more sensitive to temperature than apple, in regard to the amount of absorption that occurred. In peach, a 5 to 10 fold decrease in absorption was observed when the temperature was lowered from 24 to 10 centigrade. Surfactant increased absorption through the lower surface within a short period after application but decreased it afterwards. Urea absorption through 45-day-old leaves at 85 percent relative humidity and 24 centigrade indicated that within 48 hours over 90 percent of the urea applied to lower surfaces was absorbed by both species of leaves. A cuticular permeability experiment indicated that upper cuticles from both species of leaves were permeable to urea. It seemed that permeability of peach cuticle increased with time at the higher temperature. After 48 hours, the amount of urea, which penetrated through the peach cuticle at 24 centigrade, was 2.7 fold as much as at 10 centigrade. Urea absorption within 1 hour and translocation after 4 hours were observed under favorable conditions (24 centigrade and 85 percent relative humidity). Radioautograms of 14C urea treated apple and peach leaves indicated that the 14C urea and/ or its metabolites had been translocated within a large portion of the leaf within 8 hours after application. Studies were also performed on these species utilizing microradioautography and histochemistry techniques. Microradioautograms prepared from treated leaf sections demonstrated that adsorption and absorption of radioactive urea occurred on the epidermal hairs of apple leaves. Urea entry occurred in both apple and peach leaves as evidenced by high activity of 14C compounds within the leaf tissue. Microscopic observations of freshly sectioned leaves of both apple and peach demonstrated a relatively high amount of pectinaceous substances between the cell walls and especially the bundle sheath and bundle-sheath extension cells. Pectinaceous substances were present more in apple cuticle than in peach cuticle.

Devido aos problemas de deficiência de Mn relatados em soja Roundup Ready, à tendência de aumento de cultivo da soja Intacta RR2 PRO® no Brasil e à possibilidade de aumento de rendimentos desta soja relacionado à resposta a adubação foliar com Mn, realizou-se o presente trabalho. Este foi dividido em dois estudos em casa de vegetação (estudos I e II) e um em campo (estudo III). Cada estudo foi realizado em dois solos (um com alto teor de Mn e outro com baixo teor de Mn), avaliando-se os resultados de cada um separadamente. Estudo I: Dois experimentos foram realizados em delineamento em blocos aleatorizados, com quatro repetições e em esquema fatorial 2 × 6 × 4 com parcela subdividida no tempo. Formaram-se 48 tratamentos pela combinação de dois níveis do fator soja (cultivada sem ou com glifosato) e seis do fator fonte do nutriente (sem Mn ou Controle, Cloreto, Sulfato, Carbonato, EDTA e Citrato) alocados nas parcelas principais, e de quatro níveis do fator tempo (4, 24, 48 e 72 h após a aplicação do fertilizante) alocados nas subparcelas. Cada tratamento foi aplicado com uma haste flexível de algodão nas folhas e nos três primeiros trifólios (trifólios tratados) da planta de soja em estádio V4. Avaliou-se a absorção foliar de Mn através da determinação de massa de matéria seca, teor e conteúdo de Mn dos trifólios tratados e da haste de plantas de soja ainda em estádio V4. Estudo II: Dois experimentos foram realizados em delineamento em blocos aleatorizados, com quatro repetições e em esquema fatorial 2 × 6. Formaram-se 12 tratamentos pela combinação de dois níveis do fator soja e seis níveis do fator fonte do nutriente. Cada tratamento foi aplicado nos trifólios tratados da planta de soja em estádio V4. Avaliou-se a distribuição foliar de Mn através da determinação de massa de matéria seca, teor e conteúdo de Mn dos trifólios tratados, hastes, trifólios formados após a aplicação dos tratamentos (trifólios não tratados), vagens e grãos de plantas de soja em estádio R8. Estudo III: Realizaram-se dois experimentos em delineamento similar ao do estudo II, mas com seis blocos. Cada tratamento foi aplicado com pulverizador de pressão constante sobre a parte aérea de plantas de soja em estádio V4. Avaliou-se a massa de matéria seca, teor e conteúdo de Mn das hastes, vagens e grãos de plantas de soja em estádio R8. Foram avaliados também componentes de produção e rendimento de grãos. A quantidade absorvida de Mn é dependente da fonte utilizada e a fonte Cloreto foi a que proporcionou maior absorção de Mn, enquanto a fonte EDTA, apresentou maior eficiência em aumentar o conteúdo de Mn das hastes logo após a aplicação. O Mn aplicado nos trifólios pode ser redistribuído desta parte para outras da planta, embora aparentemente em pequenas quantidades, e até o final do ciclo da soja estará em maior proporção nos trifólios tratados. A soja tratada com Mn não apresentou grãos com maior acúmulo deste, mas na soja cultivada no \"solo -Mn\" e sem glifosato o conteúdo de Mn foi maior do que na soja com glifosato. Em termos de produtividade de grãos, a adubação foliar com Mn em aplicação única na soja no estádio V4 recebendo ou não aplicação de glifosato e cultivada em solo originalmente com alto teor de Mn não proporcionou diferenças. / Due to Mn deficiency problems related to Roundup Ready soybean, the tendency to increase cultivation of Intacta RR2 PROTM soybeans in Brazil and to the possibility of increased yield of this related to the response to Mn foliar fertilization, this work was carried out. It was divided into two greenhouse studies (I and II) and one in the field (study III). Each study was performed in two soils (one with high content of Mn and the other with low content), evaluating the results of each one separately. Study I: the two trials carried out by using factorial split-plot design, with three factors in four replications in randomized complete block design (RCBD). Soybean factor with two levels (without and with glyphosate) and Mn source factor with six levels (Control, Chloride, Sulphate, Carbonate, EDTA and Citrate), both distributed in factorial form into main plots and time factor (4, 24, 48 and 72 h after fertilizer application) distributed in the sub-plots. Each treatment was applied with a swab in the unifoliate leaves and the first three trifoliates (treated trifoliates) of soybean in V4 stage. Mn foliar absorption was determined by dry matter mass, concentration and content of Mn of treated trifoliates and stem of soybean plants in the V4 stage. Study II: The two trials carried out by using 2 × 6 factorial with four replications in RCBD. Soybean factor with two levels and Mn fertilizer source factor with six levels. Each treatment was applied to the treated trifoliates of the V4 soybean plant. the leaf distribution of Mn was determined by the dry matter mass, concentration and Mn content of the treated trifoliates, stems, trifoliates formed after the application of the treatments (untreated trifoliates), pods and grains of soybean plants in the R8 stage. Study III: Two experiments were carried out in a similar design of study II, but with six replications. Each treatment was applied with a constant pressure sprayer on the above ground part of V4 soybean plants. The foliar Mn was evaluated by determining the dry matter mass, content and Mn content of the stems, pods and grains of soybean plants at stage R8. Production components and grain yield were also evaluated. The absorbed amount of Mn is dependent on the source used and the Chloride is the one that provided the highest Mn absorption, but sources such as EDTA showed a higher efficiency in increasing the Mn content of the stems soon after application. The Mn applied in the trifoliates can be redistributed from this part to others of the plant, although apparently in small amounts, and will be in greater proportion in the treated trifoliates until the end of the soybean cycle. Mn-treated soybean did not present grains with higher accumulation, but in soybean cultivated grown in soil with low Mn concentration and without glyphosate the Mn content was higher than in soybean with glyphosate. In terms of grain yield, the foliar fertilization with Mn in single application in the soybean V4 stage without or with glyphosate grown in soil with high Mn content did not present significant differences.

Devido aos problemas de deficiência de Mn relatados em soja Roundup Ready, à tendência de aumento de cultivo da soja Intacta RR2 PRO® no Brasil e à possibilidade de aumento de rendimentos desta soja relacionado à resposta a adubação foliar com Mn, realizou-se o presente trabalho. Este foi dividido em dois estudos em casa de vegetação (estudos I e II) e um em campo (estudo III). Cada estudo foi realizado em dois solos (um com alto teor de Mn e outro com baixo teor de Mn), avaliando-se os resultados de cada um separadamente. Estudo I: Dois experimentos foram realizados em delineamento em blocos aleatorizados, com quatro repetições e em esquema fatorial 2 × 6 × 4 com parcela subdividida no tempo. Formaram-se 48 tratamentos pela combinação de dois níveis do fator soja (cultivada sem ou com glifosato) e seis do fator fonte do nutriente (sem Mn ou Controle, Cloreto, Sulfato, Carbonato, EDTA e Citrato) alocados nas parcelas principais, e de quatro níveis do fator tempo (4, 24, 48 e 72 h após a aplicação do fertilizante) alocados nas subparcelas. Cada tratamento foi aplicado com uma haste flexível de algodão nas folhas e nos três primeiros trifólios (trifólios tratados) da planta de soja em estádio V4. Avaliou-se a absorção foliar de Mn através da determinação de massa de matéria seca, teor e conteúdo de Mn dos trifólios tratados e da haste de plantas de soja ainda em estádio V4. Estudo II: Dois experimentos foram realizados em delineamento em blocos aleatorizados, com quatro repetições e em esquema fatorial 2 × 6. Formaram-se 12 tratamentos pela combinação de dois níveis do fator soja e seis níveis do fator fonte do nutriente. Cada tratamento foi aplicado nos trifólios tratados da planta de soja em estádio V4. Avaliou-se a distribuição foliar de Mn através da determinação de massa de matéria seca, teor e conteúdo de Mn dos trifólios tratados, hastes, trifólios formados após a aplicação dos tratamentos (trifólios não tratados), vagens e grãos de plantas de soja em estádio R8. Estudo III: Realizaram-se dois experimentos em delineamento similar ao do estudo II, mas com seis blocos. Cada tratamento foi aplicado com pulverizador de pressão constante sobre a parte aérea de plantas de soja em estádio V4. Avaliou-se a massa de matéria seca, teor e conteúdo de Mn das hastes, vagens e grãos de plantas de soja em estádio R8. Foram avaliados também componentes de produção e rendimento de grãos. A quantidade absorvida de Mn é dependente da fonte utilizada e a fonte Cloreto foi a que proporcionou maior absorção de Mn, enquanto a fonte EDTA, apresentou maior eficiência em aumentar o conteúdo de Mn das hastes logo após a aplicação. O Mn aplicado nos trifólios pode ser redistribuído desta parte para outras da planta, embora aparentemente em pequenas quantidades, e até o final do ciclo da soja estará em maior proporção nos trifólios tratados. A soja tratada com Mn não apresentou grãos com maior acúmulo deste, mas na soja cultivada no \"solo -Mn\" e sem glifosato o conteúdo de Mn foi maior do que na soja com glifosato. Em termos de produtividade de grãos, a adubação foliar com Mn em aplicação única na soja no estádio V4 recebendo ou não aplicação de glifosato e cultivada em solo originalmente com alto teor de Mn não proporcionou diferenças. / Due to Mn deficiency problems related to Roundup Ready soybean, the tendency to increase cultivation of Intacta RR2 PROTM soybeans in Brazil and to the possibility of increased yield of this related to the response to Mn foliar fertilization, this work was carried out. It was divided into two greenhouse studies (I and II) and one in the field (study III). Each study was performed in two soils (one with high content of Mn and the other with low content), evaluating the results of each one separately. Study I: the two trials carried out by using factorial split-plot design, with three factors in four replications in randomized complete block design (RCBD). Soybean factor with two levels (without and with glyphosate) and Mn source factor with six levels (Control, Chloride, Sulphate, Carbonate, EDTA and Citrate), both distributed in factorial form into main plots and time factor (4, 24, 48 and 72 h after fertilizer application) distributed in the sub-plots. Each treatment was applied with a swab in the unifoliate leaves and the first three trifoliates (treated trifoliates) of soybean in V4 stage. Mn foliar absorption was determined by dry matter mass, concentration and content of Mn of treated trifoliates and stem of soybean plants in the V4 stage. Study II: The two trials carried out by using 2 × 6 factorial with four replications in RCBD. Soybean factor with two levels and Mn fertilizer source factor with six levels. Each treatment was applied to the treated trifoliates of the V4 soybean plant. the leaf distribution of Mn was determined by the dry matter mass, concentration and Mn content of the treated trifoliates, stems, trifoliates formed after the application of the treatments (untreated trifoliates), pods and grains of soybean plants in the R8 stage. Study III: Two experiments were carried out in a similar design of study II, but with six replications. Each treatment was applied with a constant pressure sprayer on the above ground part of V4 soybean plants. The foliar Mn was evaluated by determining the dry matter mass, content and Mn content of the stems, pods and grains of soybean plants at stage R8. Production components and grain yield were also evaluated. The absorbed amount of Mn is dependent on the source used and the Chloride is the one that provided the highest Mn absorption, but sources such as EDTA showed a higher efficiency in increasing the Mn content of the stems soon after application. The Mn applied in the trifoliates can be redistributed from this part to others of the plant, although apparently in small amounts, and will be in greater proportion in the treated trifoliates until the end of the soybean cycle. Mn-treated soybean did not present grains with higher accumulation, but in soybean cultivated grown in soil with low Mn concentration and without glyphosate the Mn content was higher than in soybean with glyphosate. In terms of grain yield, the foliar fertilization with Mn in single application in the soybean V4 stage without or with glyphosate grown in soil with high Mn content did not present significant differences.

L'ammoniac atmosphérique (NH3) est émis en majeure partie par l'agriculture. Etant très soluble, il se dépose rapidement sur la végétation par absorption foliaire et dépôt sur les surfaces (dépôt cuticulaire). Ces dépôts constituent une source de pollution importante pour les écosystèmes dits sensibles. Afin d'étudier la variabilité des dépôts secs d'ammoniac à proximité des sources agricoles, en réponse aux conditions climatiques et au type d'écosystème, un modèle mécaniste de dispersion et de dépôt d'NH3 a été développé. Il repose sur le couplage d'un modèle de dispersion de gaz-traces, de type marche aléatoire, et d'un modèle d'échange à l'échelle foliaire prenant en compte les voies stomatiques et cuticulaires, et incluant le point de compensation stomatique. Le modèle a été validé à partir de données expérimentales mesurées sur un couvert de maïs et de deux autres jeux de données sur prairie. Le modèle simule bien les concentrations dans le cas de la prairie mais il est biaisé dans le cas du maïs. Le biais semble provenir de l'orientation moyenne de la direction du vent et met en avant la nécessité d'utiliser un modèle en 3 dimensions pour l'étude de la dispersion à l'échelle locale. L'application du modèle montre que les dépôts secs cumulés peuvent varier entre quelques dixièmes de % et quasiment 20% de la quantité émise à 400 m en aval d'une source ligne. Le modèle indique que les facteurs les plus influents sur le dépôt sont la hauteur de la source par rapport au couvert, la vitesse du vent et la stratification thermique, ainsi que les résistances stomatiques et cuticulaires. Sous un climat chaud et sec, le dépôt sec local d'ammoniac emprunte prioritairement la voie stomatique, tandis que sous un climat tempéré et humide, il se fait par voie cuticulaire. Il en ressort que pour améliorer les estimations du dépôt sec local, il sera nécessaire de mieux comprendre et paramétrer le dépôt cuticulaire, et le point de compensation stomatique.