O conhecimento do comportamento vegetal quanto ao uso de nutrientes permite manusear ou modificar o sistema de cultivo para melhorar a eficiência na utilização de nitrogênio. O fornecimento de potássio para as plantas estimula o aproveitamento do nitrogênio, possibilitando que sua absorção, assimilação e, conseqüentemente, a produtividade sejam aumentadas. Com base nestes fatos, o objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar o efeito de combinações de doses de nitrogênio e de potássio na nutrição, no teor de clorofila e na atividade da enzima redutase do nitrato em plantas de trigo (Triticum aestivum L.). O experimento foi conduzido em casa de vegetação do Departamento de Ciência do Solo da ESALQ/USP, localizada no município de Piracicaba-SP, utilizando-se vasos de três litros onde foram acondicionadas amostras da camada 0-20 cm de um Argissolo Vermelho Amarelo Abrúptico. Utilizou-se esquema fatorial 52 fracionado, com combinações de cinco doses de nitrogênio (0; 70; 140; 210 e 280 mg dm -3) e de cinco doses de potássio (0; 50; 100; 150 e 200 mg dm-3), as quais foram distribuídas segundo delineamento experimental de blocos aleatorizados, com quatro repetições. As leituras SPAD das folhas do terço-médio das plantas de trigo foram realizadas 30 dias após a semeadura. Aos setenta e nove dias após a semeadura foi realizada determinação da atividade da enzima redutase do nitrato. Aos 80 dias após a semeadura, as plantas foram colhidas, separada em parte aérea, espiga e raízes, secadas, pesadas e submetidas à determinação da concentração de nutrientes e acúmulo de nitrogênio e potássio. Os resultados foram analisados por meio do programa estatístico SAS e mostraram que o equilíbrio entre o fornecimento de nitrogênio e potássio foi essencial para o crescimento adequado das plantas de trigo. Ficou evidente que a combinação entre as doses de nitrogênio e de potássio interagiu positivamente na produção de fitomassa e na concentração de nitrogênio, fósforo, potássio, cálcio e enxofre na parte aérea das plantas; o nitrogênio foi determinante para a concentração de magnésio no tecido vegetal. A interação entre as doses de nitrogênio e de potássio influenciou positivamente na produção de fitomassa e na concentração de nitrogênio na espiga. A concentração de potássio na espiga dependeu apenas do fornecimento das doses de nitrogênio. A produção de fitomassa das raízes foi incrementada com o fornecimento das doses de nitrogênio e de potássio, sendo suas concentrações de nitrogênio, magnésio e de enxofre influenciadas pelo suprimento de nitrogênio. A concentração de potássio nas raízes diminuiu e a de cálcio aumentou com as doses de nitrogênio, conforme equação de segundo grau. O fornecimento de potássio promoveu decréscimos lineares na concentração de magnésio na parte aérea e nas raízes das plantas de trigo. O nitrogênio aumentou a atividade da redutase do nitrato até as doses intermediárias, diminuindo nas doses elevadas. O teor de clorofila das folhas do terço-médio da planta foi influenciado pela interação entre as doses de nitrogênio e potássio e refletiu diretamente na produtividade de fitomassa da parte aérea e de espigas, assim como no acúmulo de nitrogênio pelas plantas de trigo. / The knowledge about plant nutrition allows managing crop systems in order to improve the nitrogen use efficiency. Supplying potassium to plants stimulates the efficiency use of nitrogen through plant uptake and assimilation, consequently increasing crop yields. Based on these facts, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of combined rates of nitrogen and potassium on the nutrition, chlorophyll content, and nitrate reductase activity in wheat (Triticum aestivumaestivum L.) plants. The experiment was conducted in a greenhouse of the Soil Science Department of the ESALQ/USP in Piracicaba State of São Paulo, Brazil. Three-liter pots were filled with 0-20 cm depth samples of Arenic Hapludult. A fractionated 52 factorial was used, with combinations of five nitrogen rates (0; 70; 140; 210 e 280 mg dm-3) and five potassium rates (0; 50; 100; 150 e 200 mg dm-3), which were set in a randomized block design with four replications. Thirty days after seeding SPAD values readings were taken on the leaves. Nitrate reductase activity was determined seventy-nine days after seeding and one day later plants were harvested and separated in shoot, roots, and ears. These plant materials were weighted and submitted to nutrient content and accumulation of nitrogen and potassium. Statistical analyses were performed by means of SAS software. Results presented that the balance between nitrogen and potassium supplies was essential to adequate wheat plant growth. It was clear that the combination of nitrogen and potassium rates had a positive influence on wheat dry mass yield as well as on nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, and sulphur contents in plant shoot. Nitrogen was essential to maintain adequate magnesium content in plant tissues. The interaction between nitrogen and potassium rates was important for plant yield and ear nitrogen content. Potassium content in the ears was affected only by nitrogen rates. Root dry matter yield increased with rates of nitrogen and potassium. Nitrogen, magnesium and sulphur contents in the roots were influenced only by nitrogen application. Potassium concentration in the roots reduced and calcium concentration increased with nitrogen rates according to a quadratic equation. Potassium supply caused linear decreases in magnesium content of shoots and roots. Nitrogen increased nitrate reductase activity up to the medium rates of application and reduced for the highest rates. Chlorophyll content in the leaves was influenced by the interaction between nitrogen and potassium rates, reflecting on the dry matter yield of plant shoot and ears, as well as on nitrogen accumulation in the wheat plants.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-10T17:37:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Gelavir Antonio Deparis.pdf: 363788 bytes, checksum: 2989087afe12d2a6f831d70a054fcd75 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-09-01 / This work had the objective of evaluate the effect of reduction of the spacement between lines and the nitrogen and potassium fertilization in covering, efficiency of absorption of nutrients, productivity, production components and changeable biometrics in the corn culture, hybrid Penta, and early cycle. The experiment was installed in Cascavel, PR in the area of Centro Tecnológico Coopavel (CTC), in the agricultural year of 2004/05, in eutroferric Red Latosol, no-tillage system. It was studied three spacements between lines (0,45; 0,67 e 0,90 m), with a population of 55.000 plants ha 1, appropriated to each spacement, with four repetition. The experimental delimitation consisted of blocks whole casualized, arranged in subdivided portions. It was used 13 combinations of seven nitrogen doses (8; 20; 40; 80; 120; 140 e 152 kg ha 1 de N), as ammonium sulfate, with seven potassium doses (3; 7,5; 15; 30; 45; 52,5 e 57 kg ha 1 de K2O), as potassium chloride. These treatments were allocated in the subportions and in the main portion were allocated the spacements adding 39 treatments. The reduction of spacement between lines of 0,90 m to 0,45 m maintaining the same population in each area proportioned the increase of whole dry biomass production and also more efficiency in the absorption of nitrogen and potassium and more efficiency in using N and K in the grain, in consequence of better spatial distribution of the plants. The variations in the interlines spacing of 0,45; 0,67 e 0,90 m, maintaining the same population of plants did not resulted in variations in the productivity of grains for corn. It was verified a linear increase in the productivity and dry biomass production in the air part to the of 152 kg ha-1 of in covering. The fertilization with potassium proportioned increase of the production of dry biomass of the air part, but it did not influenced in the productivity. Doses above 80 kg ha-1 of N and 30 kg ha 1 of K2O, resulted in less using efficiency of nitrogen and potassium fertilizers / O presente trabalho teve por objetivo avaliar o efeito da redução de espaçamento entre linhas e da adubação nitrogenada e potássica em cobertura, na eficiência de absorção de nutrientes, na produtividade, componentes da produção e variáveis biométricas na cultura do milho, híbrido Penta, ciclo precoce. O experimento foi instalado em Cascavel, Pr, na área do Centro Tecnológico Coopavel (CTC), no ano agrícola de 2004/05, em Latossolo Vermelho eutroférrico, em sistema plantio direto. Foram estudados três espaçamentos entre linhas (0,45; 0,67 e 0,90 m), com uma população de 55.000 plantas ha-1, adequadas a cada espaçamento, com quatro repetições. O delineamento experimental consistiu de blocos inteiramente casualizados, dispostos em parcelas subdivididas. Utilizaram-se 13 combinações de sete doses de nitrogênio (8; 20; 40; 80; 120; 140 e 152 kg ha-1 de N), como sulfato de amônio, com sete doses de potássio (3; 7,5; 15; 30; 45; 52,5 e 57 kg ha-1 de K2O), como cloreto de potássio. Estes tratamentos foram alocados nas subparcelas e na parcela principal foram alocados os espaçamentos totalizando 39 tratamentos. A redução do espaçamento entre linhas, de 0,90 m para 0,45 m mantendo a mesma população por área proporcionou aumento da produção de biomassa seca total e também maior eficiência na absorção de nitrogênio e potássio e maior eficiência no uso de N e K no grão, em conseqüência da melhor distribuição espacial das plantas. As variações no espaçamento entre linhas de 0,45; 0,67 e 0,90 m, mantendo-se a mesma população de plantas não resultaram em variações na produtividade de grãos para o milho. Verificou-se aumento linear na produtividade e da produção de biomassa seca da parte aérea até a dose de 152 kg ha-1 de N em cobertura. A adubação com potássio proporcionou aumento da produção de biomassa seca da parte aérea, mas não influiu na produtividade. Doses acima de 80 kg ha-1 de N e 30 kg ha-1 de K2O resultaram em menor eficiência de uso dos fertilizantes nitrogenados e potássicos

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) has great value in research and clinical applications from oncology to neurodegenerative disorders. However, there is a barrier in translating biological knowledge into new PET applications due in part to the lack of efficient, widely applicable methods for labelling compounds with PET radioisotopes. Herein, a generic approach to radiolabelling is presented which is direct, broadly applicable and potentially adaptable to either of the two most commonly used PET radioisotopes, 11C and 18F. This approach employs the advantages of solid phase synthesis to achieve selective release of only the desired radiolabelled product from a solid support in a single step, simplifying purification and hence improving synthetic efficiency. Polystyrene resin was functionalised with a 1,2-diol group; this allowed the covalent attachment of compounds bearing boronic acid groups via formation of a boronate ester linkage. A Suzuki-Miyaura reaction with methyl iodide was used to cleave a model compound from the resin in 61% conversion after five minutes. This reaction was adapted to develop a fully automated radiosynthesis with [11C]- methyl iodide which generated a radiolabelled model compound in 2 – 7% non-decay-corrected radiochemical yield. This provided proof of concept for the simultaneous cleavage of compounds from the resin and radiolabelling with 11C. A boronic acid precursor of the known radiotracer [11C]-M-MTEB was attached to the resin and successfully radiolabelled with 11C in 2.4% non-decay-corrected radiochemical yield and 96 – 100% radiochemical purity under the same conditions. Furthermore, the potential adaptability of this solid phase approach to 18F radiolabelling was demonstrated by treatment of the resin-bound small molecules and peptides with potassium bifluoride, which released the compounds rapidly as trifluoroborate salts.

O amendoim é uma cultura de grande importância econômica que apresenta facilidade na sua condução e é cultivada em diversas regiões do Brasil como também no exterior. Portanto, objetivou-se com a presente pesquisa verificar a influência de ambientes protegido de cultivo e aplicações, via fertirrigação, de íons cálcio e potássio, sobre a cultura do amendoim, em dois ciclos distintos. O experimento foi instalado no posto agrometeorológico da ESALQ/USP, do Departamento de Engenharia de Biossistemas, e dividido em dois ciclos vegetativos, onde foram utilizados doze lisímetros, preenchidos com solo Argissolo Vermelho Amarelo. Foram considerados sobre os lisímetros três ambientes: a céu aberto e utilizando filmes plásticos (75 e 150 micrometros de espessura). Cada ambiente foi constituído por 4 lisímetros. As análises estatísticas foram realizadas separadamente, a saber: ambientes protegidos diferenciados pela espessura do filme plástico; ambiente a céu aberto. Para o manejo da irrigação a fertirrigação foi determinada em função do período das aplicações e do turno de rega. As variáveis climáticas foram coletadas por data logger (Hobbo) (temperatura do ar, umidade relativa do ar, temperatura do ponto de orvalho, densidade de fluxo radiante) e precipitação pluvial. Foram avaliados os parâmetros altura da planta e diâmetro do caule. Os parâmetros de pós-colheita avaliados foram produção, produtividade, número de vagens e umidade do grão. Foram determinadas as concentrações dos íons Ca++ e K+ e o potencial hidrogeniônico (pH). Pôde-se concluir que o íon potássio apresentou, no ciclo mais seco, uma baixa mobilidade no solo para os três ambientes estudados e o íon cálcio também apresentou baixa mobilidade no solo para os três ambientes, porém, para os dois ciclos da cultura. Dos três ambientes avaliados, o mais indicado para o cultivo do amendoim foi o instalado a céu aberto, no ciclo mais chuvoso da cultura. Em termos de ambiente protegido, o mais indicado para o cultivo e condução da cultura foi o de 75 µm. Os parâmetros vegetativos altura da planta e diâmetro de caule obtiveram resultados expressivos somente no primeiro ciclo da cultura nos três ambientes avaliados. Entre os ambientes protegidos, no qual foi instalado o filme plástico de 75 µm, para obtenção de uma boa produtividade no primeiro ciclo da cultura, deve ser aplicada uma faixa média de temperatura de ponto de orvalho de 20,1 0C; no ambiente a céu aberto, a faixa média de temperatura de ponto de orvalho deve estar em torno de 20,79 0C para obtenção de uma boa produtividade no ciclo mais chuvoso, ao passo que uma temperatura média de 6,22 0C no ciclo mais seco torna-se um fator limitante a não realização do plantio. A melhor época para o cultivo e condução do amendoim, seja num ambiente a céu aberto como num ambiente protegido, é a denominada amendoim das águas, compreendida geralmente entre setembro ou outubro até fevereiro do próximo ano. A concentração para uma aplicação ideal dos nutrientes estudados foi a de 100% da demanda requerida pela cultura, no período normal de cultivo do amendoim (ciclo chuvoso), considerando o fator pós-colheita. / The peanut is a crop of great economic importance that is easy to grow and is cultivated in several areas of Brazil and the world. The aim was to verify the influence of different environments and applications of calcium and potassium ions by fertigation on the peanut crop. The research was carried out at ESALQ/USP, of Biosystems Engineering Department. This was divided in two vegetative cycles, in which twelve lysimeters were used and filled with an Arenic Abruptic Paleudult soil. The treatments considered for the lysimeters was three solar environments of open sky and using two thicknesses of plastic films (75 and 150 micrometers of thickness). Each environment was replicated by 4 lysimeters. Irrigation management for the fertigation was determined as a function of the period of applications and the interval of irrigation. Climatic variables were collected by data logger (Hobo) (air temperature, air humidity, dew point temperature, density of radiant flow and precipitation. Crop height and stem diameter were evaluated as growth parameters. The parameters after harvest were total yield, number of nuts, and kernel moisture. Calcium and Potassium concentrations were also obtained as well as hydrogenionic potential. It was determine that the potassium ion presented in driest cycle with low mobility in soil for the three studied environments and the calcium ion also had low mobility in soil for the three environments for both cycles of the crop. Of the three evaluated environments, the best for tillage of peanut was that installed to open sky in the rainiest cycle of the crop. When considering the two protected environments, the best for tillage and growth of the crop was that of 75 µm. The vegetative parameters, plant height and stem diameter, only obtained expressive results in first cycle of the crop in the three evaluated environments. For protected environments, in which plastic film of 75 µm was installed, a good yield in first cycle of the crop required a medium value of dew point temperature of 20.1 oC, in the environment to open sky, the medium value of dew point temperature should be around 20.79 oC for obtaining of a good yield in the rainiest cycle. A medium temperature of 6.22 oC in the driest cycle becomes a limiting factor to the non development of the crop. The best time for tillage and growth of peanut in an environment to open sky and in a protected environment, is denominated \"waters peanut\", generally occurred between September or October through February of the following year. An ideal application of nutrients was 100% of the demand required by the crop, in normal period of peanuts tillage (raining cycle) considering factor after harvest.

O conhecimento do comportamento vegetal quanto ao uso de nutrientes permite manusear ou modificar o sistema de cultivo para melhorar a eficiência na utilização de nitrogênio. O fornecimento de potássio para as plantas estimula o aproveitamento do nitrogênio, possibilitando que sua absorção, assimilação e, conseqüentemente, a produtividade sejam aumentadas. Com base nestes fatos, o objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar o efeito de combinações de doses de nitrogênio e de potássio na nutrição, no teor de clorofila e na atividade da enzima redutase do nitrato em plantas de trigo (Triticum aestivum L.). O experimento foi conduzido em casa de vegetação do Departamento de Ciência do Solo da ESALQ/USP, localizada no município de Piracicaba-SP, utilizando-se vasos de três litros onde foram acondicionadas amostras da camada 0-20 cm de um Argissolo Vermelho Amarelo Abrúptico. Utilizou-se esquema fatorial 52 fracionado, com combinações de cinco doses de nitrogênio (0; 70; 140; 210 e 280 mg dm -3) e de cinco doses de potássio (0; 50; 100; 150 e 200 mg dm-3), as quais foram distribuídas segundo delineamento experimental de blocos aleatorizados, com quatro repetições. As leituras SPAD das folhas do terço-médio das plantas de trigo foram realizadas 30 dias após a semeadura. Aos setenta e nove dias após a semeadura foi realizada determinação da atividade da enzima redutase do nitrato. Aos 80 dias após a semeadura, as plantas foram colhidas, separada em parte aérea, espiga e raízes, secadas, pesadas e submetidas à determinação da concentração de nutrientes e acúmulo de nitrogênio e potássio. Os resultados foram analisados por meio do programa estatístico SAS e mostraram que o equilíbrio entre o fornecimento de nitrogênio e potássio foi essencial para o crescimento adequado das plantas de trigo. Ficou evidente que a combinação entre as doses de nitrogênio e de potássio interagiu positivamente na produção de fitomassa e na concentração de nitrogênio, fósforo, potássio, cálcio e enxofre na parte aérea das plantas; o nitrogênio foi determinante para a concentração de magnésio no tecido vegetal. A interação entre as doses de nitrogênio e de potássio influenciou positivamente na produção de fitomassa e na concentração de nitrogênio na espiga. A concentração de potássio na espiga dependeu apenas do fornecimento das doses de nitrogênio. A produção de fitomassa das raízes foi incrementada com o fornecimento das doses de nitrogênio e de potássio, sendo suas concentrações de nitrogênio, magnésio e de enxofre influenciadas pelo suprimento de nitrogênio. A concentração de potássio nas raízes diminuiu e a de cálcio aumentou com as doses de nitrogênio, conforme equação de segundo grau. O fornecimento de potássio promoveu decréscimos lineares na concentração de magnésio na parte aérea e nas raízes das plantas de trigo. O nitrogênio aumentou a atividade da redutase do nitrato até as doses intermediárias, diminuindo nas doses elevadas. O teor de clorofila das folhas do terço-médio da planta foi influenciado pela interação entre as doses de nitrogênio e potássio e refletiu diretamente na produtividade de fitomassa da parte aérea e de espigas, assim como no acúmulo de nitrogênio pelas plantas de trigo. / The knowledge about plant nutrition allows managing crop systems in order to improve the nitrogen use efficiency. Supplying potassium to plants stimulates the efficiency use of nitrogen through plant uptake and assimilation, consequently increasing crop yields. Based on these facts, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of combined rates of nitrogen and potassium on the nutrition, chlorophyll content, and nitrate reductase activity in wheat (Triticum aestivumaestivum L.) plants. The experiment was conducted in a greenhouse of the Soil Science Department of the ESALQ/USP in Piracicaba State of São Paulo, Brazil. Three-liter pots were filled with 0-20 cm depth samples of Arenic Hapludult. A fractionated 52 factorial was used, with combinations of five nitrogen rates (0; 70; 140; 210 e 280 mg dm-3) and five potassium rates (0; 50; 100; 150 e 200 mg dm-3), which were set in a randomized block design with four replications. Thirty days after seeding SPAD values readings were taken on the leaves. Nitrate reductase activity was determined seventy-nine days after seeding and one day later plants were harvested and separated in shoot, roots, and ears. These plant materials were weighted and submitted to nutrient content and accumulation of nitrogen and potassium. Statistical analyses were performed by means of SAS software. Results presented that the balance between nitrogen and potassium supplies was essential to adequate wheat plant growth. It was clear that the combination of nitrogen and potassium rates had a positive influence on wheat dry mass yield as well as on nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, and sulphur contents in plant shoot. Nitrogen was essential to maintain adequate magnesium content in plant tissues. The interaction between nitrogen and potassium rates was important for plant yield and ear nitrogen content. Potassium content in the ears was affected only by nitrogen rates. Root dry matter yield increased with rates of nitrogen and potassium. Nitrogen, magnesium and sulphur contents in the roots were influenced only by nitrogen application. Potassium concentration in the roots reduced and calcium concentration increased with nitrogen rates according to a quadratic equation. Potassium supply caused linear decreases in magnesium content of shoots and roots. Nitrogen increased nitrate reductase activity up to the medium rates of application and reduced for the highest rates. Chlorophyll content in the leaves was influenced by the interaction between nitrogen and potassium rates, reflecting on the dry matter yield of plant shoot and ears, as well as on nitrogen accumulation in the wheat plants.

A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Medicine, 2016 / Although it is well known that an increase in sodium intake (Na+) increases BP and is involved in the development of salt-sensitive hypertension (SS-HTN), the mechanism responsible for this increase in BP is uncertain. Further while low dietary potassium (K+) is also associated with the development of SS-HTN it is uncertain to what extent dietary potassium (K+) affects Na+-induced increases in BP. The purpose of this study was to determine whether Na+-induced increases in BP and target organ changes are altered by reductions in K+ intake. Four-month-old male Sprague-Dawley (SO) rats were randomly assigned to three dietary intervention groups for six weeks: a normal Na+ (0.3%), normal K+ (1.6%) group (CON, n=12), a high Na+ (6%), normal K+ (1.6%) group (NK+-HNa+, n=12) and a high Na+ (6%), low K+ (0.01%) group (LK+-HNa+, n=12). Tail-cuff BP, body weight, food and water intake were measured weekly. At termination, urine parameters, right kidney weight as well as left ventricular dimensions and function were measured. Vascular reactivity of the mesenteric and renal arteries was also assessed using a wire-myograph. During the diet intervention, water intake was significantly higher in the NK+-HNa+ and LK+-HNa+ groups compared to the CON group (P<0.0001). Although food intake was significantly lower in the NK+-HNa+ and LK+-HNa+ groups compared to the CON group during the first week (P=0.03 and P=0.05 respectively), no significant differences in body weight were observed between the groups (P>0.05). The urinary Na+/K+ ratio was higher in the LK+ HNa+ compared to the CON and NK+ -HNa+ groups (P<0.001). Following the 6 week dietary intervention, the systolic BP was significantly higher in the NK+-HNa+ and the LK+-HNa+ groups compared to the CON group (P=0.05 and P=0.04 respectively). The diastolic BP was significantly higher in the NK+-HNa+ and LK+-HNa+ groups compared to the CON group (P=O.05 and P=O.02, respectively). The increase in BP was not different between the NK+-HNa+ and LK+-HNa+ groups (P>O.05). In the mesenteric arteries, there was a significant increase in vascular responsiveness to phenylephrine in the NK+-HNa+ group compared to the CON group (P=O.02). However the vascular responsiveness to phenylephrine in the mesenteric arteries was similar between the NK+-HNa+ and LK+-HNa+ groups (P=O.82). No significant differences in vascular reactivity were observed in the renal arteries between the three groups. No significant differences were observed in the left ventricular dimensions and function between the different diet groups (P>O.05). In conclusion, 6 weeks of high Na+ intake increases BP, induces greater phenylephrine-induced contractions in mesenteric arteries but does not affect heart dimensions and function. The greater phenylephrine-induced contractions with a high Na+ intake may be responsible for the increase in BP. However a reduction in dietary K+ intake does not have any effect on the high Na+-induced changes in BP or mesenteric artery reactivity. / AC2016

Com o objetivo de avaliar os efeitos de combinações de doses de nitrogênio e potássio nos atributos bioquímicos, fisiológicos, produtivos e nutricionais do Panicum maximum Jacq. cv. Mombaça cultivado em solução nutritiva e utilizando sílica moída como substrato, conduziu-se um experimento em casa-de-vegetação no período de novembro de 2000 a fevereiro de 2001. Foi empregado o desenho experimental composto central modificado de um esquema fatorial 52 incompleto, perfazendo um total de 13 combinações das doses de nitrogênio e potássio (28N-19,5K; 28N-234K; 28N-429K; 112N-117K; 112N-312K; 210N-19,5K; 210N-234K; 210N-429K; 336N-117K; 336N-312K; 462N-19,5K; 462N-234K e 462N-429K), as quais foram distribuídas segundo o delineamento experimental de blocos ao acaso, com quatro repetições. Aos 36 dias após o transplante das plântulas procedeu-se o primeiro corte das plantas e o material da parte aérea foi separado em folhas emergentes, lâminas das duas folhas recém-expandidas, lâminas das folhas maduras e colmos mais bainhas. Aos 29 dias após o primeiro corte realizou-se a segunda colheita, procedendo-se a separação da parte aérea como no primeiro corte e sendo as raízes separadas da sílica e lavadas. Os resultados evidenciaram interação significativa (P<0,01) entre as doses de nitrogênio e potássio na produção de massa seca da parte aérea no primeiro e segundo cortes e das raízes do capim-Mombaça, na área foliar em ambos os cortes, no teor de clorofila nas lâminas de folhas recém-expandidas na ocasião do primeiro crescimento, no número de perfilhos e folhas verdes expandidas na ocasião do segundo corte, na atividade da enzima redutase do nitrato no primeiro crescimento e no comprimento total e superfície total de raízes. O teor de clorofila foi significativamente (P<0,01) influenciado pelas doses de nitrogênio na ocasião do segundo corte e as doses de nitrogênio (P<0,01) e potássio (P<0,05) promoveram efeitos significativos no perfilhamento do capim-Mombaça por ocasião do primeiro corte. No primeiro corte das plantas a produção de folhas verdes expandidas mostrou significância (P<0,01) para o componente quadrático da regressão em função do suprimento de nitrogênio na solução e significância (P<0,01) para o componente linear da regressão em função do suprimento de potássio na solução. A atividade enzimática da redutase do nitrato variou significativamente (P<0,01) somente para as doses de nitrogênio por ocasião do segundo corte das plantas. As concentrações de nitrogênio e potássio nos componentes da parte aérea nos dois períodos de crescimento das plantas e nas raízes foram influenciadas pelo fornecimento das doses de nitrogênio e de potássio na solução nutritiva. / With the objective of evaluating the effects of nitrogen and potassium on biochemical and physiological parameters on mineral nutrition and yield of Panicum maximum Jacq. cv. Mombaça. An experiment was carried out in a greenhouse from November 2000 to February 2001. The forage was grown in nutrient solution using ground quartz as substrate. The experimental arrange used was an incomplete 52 factorial of nitrogen and potassium and the 13 combinations between nitrogen and potassium (28N-19.5K; 28N-234K; 28N-429K; 112N-117K; 112N-312K; 210N-19.5K; 210N-234K; 210N-429K; 336N-117K; 336N-312K; 462N-19.5K; 462N-234K and 462N-429K) were obtained according to design points of the modified central composite nonrotatable design that was set in a randomized block design, with four replications. Plants were first harvested 36 days after transplanting and the plant tops was separated in emergent leaves (EL), lamina of recently expanded leaves (RL), lamina of mature leaves (ML) and stems plus sheaths (SS). Twenty nine days after the first harvest the plants were harvested again and the plant tops were separated as in the first harvest and roots were also collected and washed. Results showed nitrogen X potassium interaction was significant (P<0.01) for the plant tops dry matter yield on the first and the second harvests and roots dry matter, leaf area, SPAD values on RL on the first harvest, plant tillering and number of green expanded leaves on the second harvest, nitrate reductase activity on the first harvest, total root length and total root surface. The SPAD values were significantly (P<0.01) changed at the second harvest by nitrogen rates and, tillering was significantly affected by nitrogen (P<0.01) and potassium rates (P<0.05) at the first harvest. The number of green expanded leaves at the first harvest was significantly (P<0.01) influenced by the supply of nitrogen and significantly (P<0.01) affected by potassium rates. At the second plant growth nitrogen rates significantly (P<0.01) influenced nitrate reductase activity. Nitrogen and potassium concentrations in plant tops and roots at both growth periods were affected by nitrogen and potassium rates in the nutrient solution.

Objectives: To measure the level of hydrogen peroxide penetration into the pulp chamber and to evaluate its whitening efficacy when the tooth is treated with an innovative double layer of potassium nitrate desensitizing agent and hydrogen peroxide whitening gel. Methods: Extracted human molar teeth (n=160) were collected. Roots were trimmed 3 mm apical to the cemento-enamel junction, the pulp was removed and a cavity prepared, leaving a standardized wall of 2 mm thickness, which retained 100 µL of acetate buffer solution. A standardized whitening area of 6 mm in diameter was established buccally by painting the rest of the tooth with gray nail varnish. The teeth were randomly assigned into four groups. Group 1: no treatment (glycerin gel, negative control); Group 2: double layer of 20 L 5% potassium nitrate (Relief ACP, Philips Oral Healthcare) and 100 L 25% hydrogen peroxide (Zoom Chairside Whitening Gel, Philips Oral Healthcare); Group 3: double layer of 40 L 5% potassium nitrate and 100 L 25% hydrogen peroxide; and Group 4: 100 L 25% hydrogen peroxide (positive control). All groups received three 45-minute sessions of in-office whitening with light activation at 3-day intervals. Hydrogen peroxide penetration was assessed spectrophotometrically using leucocrystal violet and horseradish peroxidase. Color measurements were assessed with VITA Easyshade at baseline, 1-day, and 1-month post-whitening. Tooth color change was measured per Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage methodology. One-way ANOVA with Tukey multiple comparisons adjustment was performed to compare group differences in overall tooth color change (Delta E*) and hydrogen peroxide penetration (type I error = 0.05). Results: Hydrogen peroxide penetration levels were not significantly different between Group 2 and Group 4; however, the levels were significantly higher than Group 1 and Group 3 (p< 0.0001). Groups 2, 3 and 4 showed no differences for overall tooth color change but differed significantly from the negative control group (Group 1) at 1-day and 1-month post-whitening. Conclusions: Hydrogen peroxide penetration was affected when pretreated by potassium nitrate desensitizer; however, the double layer technique did not adversely affect the whitening efficacy.

Objectives: Evaluate and assess the effect of an innovative double layer, single application desensitizing/whitening technique on Nitrate penetration and total color change. Methods: Specimens were prepared from extracted caries free human molars (n=160). Teeth were randomly assigned into four groups: 100μl 25% hydrogen peroxide “Philips Zoom chairside” as control group (CTRL), double layer treatment of 20μl 5% potassium nitrate “Relief ACP, Philips oral care” and 100μl 25% hydrogen peroxide (DL20), double layer treatment of 40μl 5% potassium nitrate and 100μl 25% hydrogen peroxide (DL40), and one layer treatment of 40 μl 5% potassium nitrate (PN40). Spectrophotometric color measurements (Vita EasyShade) were done at base line (T0), one day (T1), and one month (T2) following the treatment. Nitrate penetration was measured using a nitrate/nitrite assay kit. Group comparisons of tooth color difference measurements, and nitrate penetration readings were made using the Kruskal-Wallis test. Adjustment was made for pairwise treatment comparisons using the Tukey method in conjunction with an overall 0.05 level of significance. Results: 160 teeth were used. Color difference (ΔE) results at (T1) and (T2) showed no significant difference among the CTRL, DL20, DL40 groups. But there was a statistical significant difference between those groups and the single layer (PN40) group (p

Root exudates include important chelating compounds and can change the rhizosphere pH by several units. These changes are essential for nutrient uptake and can also alter solubility of soil contaminants and increase plant uptake. Mild root-zone stress may increase exudation and more severe stress can damage membranes and increase root turnover, all of which increase root-zone carbon. Increased carbon from this rhizodeposition can increase microbial activity, which might help degrade contaminants. We studied the effect of three types of stress on root exudation of crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum): low K+, drought, and flooding. These stresses were compared to two types of controls: 100% NO3- and high NH4+:NO3- ratio. We developed an improved axenic system to keep plants microbe-free for 70 days while analyzing exudates for total organic carbon (TOC) and organic acids. Axenic conditions were confirmed by plate counts of the leachate and microscopic observations of the leachate and roots. Optimal conditions for plant growth were maintained by monitoring temperature, light, humidity, water, O2, CO2, nutrient availability, and root-zone pH. Plants were grown in Ottawa sand that was layered by size to optimize water availability. Total organic carbon released over the 70-day growth period in mg per gram dry plant was 2.6 in the control, 2.3 in the NH4+ treatment, 3.7 in the flood and K+ stress treatments, and 4.4 in the drought treatment, which was the only treatment significantly higher than controls (p = 0.05). TOC and organic acid levels in the exudates peaked before the end of the study. The peak TOC levels, expressed as mg TOC per gram new dry plant mass, were 1.9 in the control, 3.0 in the NH4+ treatment, 2.9 in the flood, and 5.8 in the drought and K+ stress treatments. Organic acids were measured by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Malic acid was the predominant organic acid, and accounted for the majority of the TOC in the drought treatment. Oxalic, succinic, fumaric, and malonic acids accounted for less than 10% of the TOC. These data indicate that stress may enhance phytoremediation by changing root-zone exudate composition.