Call number: LD2668 .T4 1949 B51 / Master of Science

Call number: LD2668 .T4 1978 S635 / Master of Science

Call number: LD2668 .T4 1979 G68 / Master of Science

Call number: LD2668 .T4 1984 R327 / Master of Science

Call number: LD2668 .T4 1986 A42 / Master of Science

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The crop growth rate (CGR); the relative growth rate (RGR); seed yield; plant uptake of N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Fe, and Na; and the water use efficiency (WUE) were studied in relation to N fertilizer and water application rate interactions in trickle-irrigated cotton. Increasing water application rate significantly increased CGR, but no significant differences were detected among the RGR values at the various water levels. Nitrogen fertilizer additions significantly increased the CGR. Nitrogen and water applications significantly increased seed yield, however, the effect of the interaction between N and water was not significant. Water levels had a positive significant effect on the cotton reproductive growth. Increased N and water significantly increased total N-uptake by cotton plants. Nitrogen additions significantly increased N% of leaves, burrs and seed. However, N% of stem was significantly reduced with high N applications. Total uptake of P, K, Ca, and Mg significantly increased with the increased application of N and water. Addition of 1.2 consumptive use (Cu) irrigation rate significantly increased P% in cotton stems, however, K% in stem was reduced. The irrigation rate of 0.9 CU and 1.2 CU significantly increased Mg% in both leaves and stems. Nitrogen application rates of 224 and 336 kg N/ha significantly decreased Mg% in leaves and stems. Increasing the irrigation rate from 0.9 CU to 1.2(1.3) CU reduced the WUE by cotton plants. However, WUE appeared to increase as N fertilizer increased up to 33 kg N/ha with water level of 0.9 CU.

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Orientador: Orivaldo Arf / Banca: Salatier Buzetti / Banca: Marco Eustáquio de Sá / Banca: Neli Cristina Belmiro dos Santos / Banca: Gustavo Pavan Mateus / Resumo: O avanço de estudos das interações entre bactérias capazes de fixar o nitrogênio atmosférico em culturas agrícolas pode ajudar a definir estratégias para aumentar a eficiência do uso e diminuir a dependência do nitrogênio mineral. Assim, o objetivo do trabalho foi avaliar o efeito da inoculação de Azospirillum brasilense sobre o desenvolvimento e a produtividade do milho solteiro ou consorciado com Urochloa ruziziensis e o efeito residual deste consórcio, associados ao manejo de nitrogênio no feijoeiro de inverno. Para as gramíneas de verão, o delineamento experimental foi o de blocos ao acaso com 4 repetições e 8 tratamentos assim constituídos: (T1 - milho, T2 - milho + Azospirillum brasilense, T3 - Urochloa ruziziensis, T4 - Urochoa ruziziensis + Azospirillum brasilense, T5 - milho + Urochloa ruziziensis, T6 - milho - Azospirillum brasilense + Urochloa ruziziensis, T7 - milho + Urochloa ruziziensis - Azospirillum brasilense, T8 - milho - Azospirillum brasilense + Urochloa ruziziensis - Azospirillum brasilense). Para o feijão cultivado em sucessão, o delineamento experimental foi o de blocos ao acaso em esquema fatorial 8x4 com os tratamentos constituídos por 8 coberturas vegetais, citadas anteriormente, e combinação de 4 doses de nitrogênio em cobertura (0, 40, 80 e 120 kg ha-1 de N), com quatro repetições. Durante a condução do experimento, foram realizadas as seguintes avaliações: coberturas vegetais, características agronômicas, componentes de produção e produtividade das culturas do milho e feijão, além dos atributos físicos do solo. Pode-se concluir que, comparado aos demais tratamentos, a inoculação de Azospirillum brasilense proporcionou ao milho solteiro aumento da massa seca de plantas e massa de grãos por espiga, além de maior incremento de produtividade. O consórcio com Urochloa afetou a produtividade de grãos do milho, porém observou-se um aumento na produção e a qualidade da... / Abstract: The advanced studies on the interaction between atmospheric nitrogen-fixing bacteria and crops may contribute for the development of strategies to increase the mineral nitrogen-use-efficiency and decrease its dependency. The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of inoculation with Azospirillum brasilense on development and yielding of single maize or maize intercropped with Urochloa ruziziensis as well as the residual effect of this intercropping system associated with the nitrogen management in winter bean. For summer grasses, the experimental design included a randomized block with four replications and eight treatments, as follows: (T1 - maize, T2 - maize + Azospirillum brasilense, T3 - Urochloa ruziziensis, T4 - Urochoa ruziziensis + Azospirillum brasilense, T5 - maize + Urochloa ruziziensis, T6 - maize - Azospirillum brasilense + Urochloa ruziziensis, T7 - maize + Urochloa ruziziensis - Azospirillum brasilense, T8 - maize - Azospirillum brasilense + Urochloa ruziziensis - Azospirillum brasilense). For the beans succession planting, the experimental design included randomized blocks in an 8x4 factorial scheme with treatments consisting of the eight cover crops mentioned previously and the combination of four nitrogen doses (0, 40, 80 and 120 kg ha-1 N), with four replications. During the experiment, the following assessments were performed: cover crops, agronomic characteristics, yield components and crop productivity of maize and beans in addition to the physical properties of the soil. The inoculation with Azospirillum brasilense provided the single maize with increased dry weight of plants and grain mass per spike; moreover, higher rates of productivity growth were observed when compared to the other treatments. The intercropping with Urochloa affected the maize grain productivity; however, there was an increase in yield and quality of cover crops. The bean yield was influenced by the previous crop, with better results... / Doutor