Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / The proposed work aimed to investigate the entomological aspects in homogeneous stands of Acacia mearnsii (black wattle). It was considered: insects identification and damage quantification on seeds; treatment effect of seeds and the insecticides application on the aerial part of plants of direct sowing; the survey qualiquantitative by light traps mean; the main species of Coleoptera present in the suppressed trees; the attack characterization of Oncideres impluviata and its influence on wood volume of black wattle. The experiments were carried out in cultivated areas of black wattle situated at the municipality of Butiá and Minas do Leão in the carboniferous region of Rio Grande do Sul during March 2004 to July 2006. It was verified that the Stator limbatus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) caused expressive damage to the black wattle seeds. There was no statistical increase in relation to the use of insecticides to the directly sowing, however black wattle plants submitted to thiamethoxam application on the aerial part showed better development. Among the 11 orders collected by light traps the populations of lepidoptera, coleoptera and hemiptera were quantitatively pointed. Sigara sp. (Hemiptera: Corixidae), Conoderus alfredense (Coleoptera: Elateridae) and Plectris crassa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) were the species more frequents, abundant and constants collected by the light traps. At the qualitative survey made in suppressed trees it was observed 40 species of Coleoptera distributed in ten families, focusing in Curculionidae with twelve representatives, Cerambycidae with ten and Scarabaeidae with nine species. It was verified that O. impluviata attacks the high parts of the tree, independent of age, from the borders into the stand and cuts the branches averaging 14mm of diameter and 1.4 m of length. These branches present high contents of nitrogen and phosphorus in their chemical composition when compared to non-cut branches. The attack of O. impluviata did not reduce the wood volume produced for black wattle trees. / O trabalho proposto teve como objetivo o estudo de aspectos entomológicos em povoamentos homogêneos de Acacia mearnsii (acácia-negra), considerando a identificação de insetos e quantificação de seus danos em sementes; o efeito do tratamento de sementes e a aplicação de inseticidas na parte aérea de plantas de semeadura direta; o levantamento quali-quantitativo, por meio de armadilha luminosa; as principais espécies de Coleoptera presentes em sub-bosque; a caracterização do ataque de Oncideres impluviata e a sua influência no volume de madeira de acácia-negra. Os experimentos foram realizados em áreas de plantio e povoamentos de acácia-negra situados nos municípios de Arroio dos Ratos, Butiá e Minas do Leão, na região carbonífera do Rio Grande do Sul, no período de março de 2004 a julho de 2006. Verificou-se que Stator limbatus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) causa expressivos danos a sementes de acácia-negra. Não houve diferença significativa em relação ao uso de inseticidas para a semeadura direta. Das 11 ordens coletadas por meio de armadilha luminosa, destacam-se quantitativamente as populações de lepidópteros, coleópteros e hemípteros. Sigara sp. (Hemiptera: Corixidae), Conoderus alfredense (Coleoptera: Elateridae) e Plectris crassa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) foram as espécies muito freqüentes, muito abundantes e constantes, coletadas através de armadilha luminosa. No levantamento qualitativo realizado em sub-bosques foram observadas 40 espécies de Coleoptera, distribuídas em dez famílias, com destaque para os Curculionidae com doze representantes, Cerambycidae com dez e Scarabaeidae com nove espécies. Constatou-se que O. impluviata ataca nas partes mais altas da árvore, independente da idade, tanto nas bordas como no interior de povoamentos. O. impluviata anela galhos com diâmetros e comprimentos médios de 1,4 cm e 1,4 m, respectivamente. Estes galhos apresentam maiores teores de nitrogênio e fósforo em sua composição química quando comparados com galhos não-anelados. O ataque de O. impluviata não reduziu o volume de madeira produzido por árvores de acácia-negra.

Orientador: Kathia Fernandes Lopes Pivetta / Resumo: A propagação in vitro e conservação ex situ, são técnicas, que podem ser aprimoradas através da escolha adequada da fonte luminosa, das formulações do meio de cultivo e de crioprotetores. O presente estudo teve por objetivos: (i) estudar fontes de luz a partir de lâmpadas fluorescentes e diodos emissores de luz (LEDs) e formulações de meio de cultivo na germinação e no desenvolvimento inicial da espécie de orquídea Brassavola perrinii e (ii) avaliar a eficiência da solução vitrificante (PVS2) combinada ao floroglucinol 1% em nitrogênio líquido para a criopreservação de sementes maduras das espécies Encyclia cordigera e Epidendrum ciliare. Os experimentos foram instalados em delineamento inteiramente casualizado e ambos foram duplicados. No primeiro os tratamentos foram arranjados em esquema fatorial 5x4 com cinco condições de luz: LF - lâmpada fluorescente; LB - LED branco; LA - LED azul; LV- LED vermelho e LAV – LED azul (50%) e vermelho (50%) e quatro formulações de meio de cultivo (MS, ½MS, VW e K), com quatro repetições e média de 125 sementes por parcela. Aos 90 dias após a semeadura foram avaliadas a porcentagem de germinação, de protocormos clorofilados e o desenvolvimento dos protocormos através das classes: P1, P2, P3 e P4 para cálculo do índice de desenvolvimento protocormos. No segundo experimento foram oito tratamentos: 1) germinação in vitro direta; 2) imersão direta em nitrogênio líquido, sem crioprotetores; 3) PVS2 por 60 min; 4) PVS2 por 120 min; 5) PVS2 por 1... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: In vitro propagation and ex situ conservation, are techniques that can be improved through the appropriate choice of light source, formulations of the culture medium and cryoprotectants. The aims this work was: (i) study the effect of light sources from fluorescent lamps and light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and cultivation medium formulations on the germination and initial development of Brassavola perrinii orchid and (ii) evaluate the efficiency of the vitrify solution (PVS2) combined with phloroglucinol 1% in liquid nitrogen for the cryopreservation of mature seeds of the species Encyclia cordigera and Epidendrum ciliare. The experiments were installed in a completely randomized design and both were duplicated. In the first, the treatments were arranged in a 5x4 factorial scheme with five light conditions: LF - fluorescent lamp; LB - white LED; LA - blue LED; LV- Red LED and LAV - Blue LED (50%) and red (50%), and four cultivation medium formulations (MS, ½MS, VW and K), with four replications and an average of 125 seeds per plot. At 90 days after sowing, the percentage of germination, of chlorophyll protocorms and the development of protocorms through the classes: P1, P2, P3 and P4 to calculate the protocorms development index. In the second experiment, there were eight treatments: 1) direct in vitro germination; 2) direct immersion in liquid nitrogen, without cryoprotectants; 3) PVS2 for 60 min; 4) PVS2 for 120 min; 5) PVS2 for 180 min; 6) PVS2 + floroglucinol1% for 60 min; 7... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor

My work uses plant material and soil as a record of personal, cultural, and ecological history. History is not only held in the buildings and monuments, but in the soil itself. I gather this soil and foliage from both cultivated and uncultivated locations for my artwork. Using traditional domestic techniques of drying and canning, I preserve the materials that I have gathered. These will then be sewn together, cooked, and encrusted into objects. Despite my labor of preserving, these organic art supplies are transient. When made into works of art, they can be viewed in their vulnerable state, fighting against time, as they decay. .

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.

Orientador: Maria Helena Moraes / Banca: Sérgio Lázaro de Lima / Banca: Leandro Borges Lemos / Banca: Isabella Clerici de Maria / Banca: Antonio Costa / Resumo: O experimento, conduzido em Nitossolo Vermelho distroférrico, na Fazenda Experimental Lageado-FCA-UNESP-Botucatu, , teve por objetivo estudar no sistema de semeadura direta as prováveis alterações das propriedades físicas e químicas e das frações húmicas do solo, através da utilização da cultura do milheto em pré-safra a cultura da soja, em três épocas de semeadura e sob cinco manejos da fitomassa. O delineamento experimental foi o de blocos casualizados, com esquema de parcelas subdivididas, com quatro repetições. As parcelas foram representadas por três épocas de semeadura da cultura do milheto (E1, E2 e E3). As subparcelas foram representadas por manejos da ceifa da fitomassa, sendo: Manejo 1 (M1) - ceifa a cada florescimento e retirada da fitomassa; manejo 2 (M2) - ceifa a cada florescimento e permanência da fitomassa; manejo 3 (M3) - ceifa no florescimento e retirada da fitomassa; manejo 4 (M4) - ceifa no florescimento e permanência da fitomassa e manejo 5 (M5) - livre crescimento. Foram coletadas amostras de solo com estrutura deformada e indeformada para a realização das análises físicas e químicas. Tanto para a análise física quanto para a química, as mesmas profundidades foram amostradas: 0-0,05, 0,05-0,10, 0,10-0,20 e 0,20-0,40 m. Para o fracionamento químico da matéria orgânica, amostrou-se de 0-0,05 e 0,05-0,10 m. Em relação 2 as culturas avaliou-se a altura de plantas e a produtividade da soja e para o milheto, o seu sistema radicular, a quantidade de massa seca produzida pela parte aérea e a porcentagem de fitomassa em cobertura deixada sobre o solo. A produtividade de massa de matéria seca foi maior na primeira época de semeadura, excetuando-se o M3 para a segunda época e do M2 para a terceira época de semeadura. A segunda época de semeadura proporcionou maior fitomassa em cobertura... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: This work was carried out at Lageado Experimental Station' FCA' Unesp' Botucatu, from October 2001 until April 2004, consisting in a millet' soybean succession, in a no-tillage system, at three sowing, and the aim was evaluate the physicals and chemicals and humics fractions of a "Nitossolo Vermelho Distroférrico". The experimental design used was randomized blocks, in a split-plot schedule with four replications, having the sowing (S1, S2, S3) as parcel and harvest handling as subparcel. Where the harvest handling were 1 (H1)' harvest each blooming and covering withdrawal; 2 (H2)' harvest each blooming and covering permanency; 3 (H3)' only in the first harvest on blooming and covering withdrawal; H4 - only in the first harvest on blooming and covering permanency, and H5 'free growing, with no harvest. Disturbed and undisturbed samples were collected from four soil layers (0-0,05, 0,05-0,10 and 0,10-0,20 m) to evaluate the physical and chemical properties. The physical parameters measured were: bulk density, total porosity, macroporosity, microporosity, total clay, disperse clay, floculation degree, aggregation stability (dry sieving) and penetration resistance (Compact Test); the chemicals was: pH, organic mater, exchangele basis (Ca, Mg, K), cationic exchangeable capacity (CEC) and the quantification of the humic fractions (C-AH, C-AF and C-HU) All the parameters were performed on Department of Natural Research's (Soil Science-FCA), in different depths 0-0,05, 0,05-0,10, 0,10-0,20 e 0,20-0,40 m. About the humic fractions were analyseds only 0-0,05 e 0,05-0,10 m. The pearl millet matter drought mass productivity decreased in the order S1 > S2 >S3. The soil cover provided by fitomassa of milheto was larger in the S2 > S2 and S3 and in the H4 (with only fitomassa cut and permanence)... (Complete abstract, click eletronic address below) / Doutor

In 1908, two Canadian women published first novels that became instant best-sellers. Nellie McClung's Sowing Seeds in Danny initially outsold Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables, but by 1965 McClung's book had largely disappeared from Canadian consciousness. The popularity of Anne, on the other hand, has continued to the present, and Anne has received far more academic and critical attention, especially since 1985. It is only recently that Anne of Green Gables has been criticized for its ideology in the same manner as Sowing Seeds in Danny. The initial question that inspired this dissertation was why Sowing Seeds in Danny disappeared from public and critical awareness while Anne of Green Gables continued to sell well to the present day and to garner critical and popular attention into the twenty-first century. In light of the fact that both books have in recent years come under condemnation and stand charged with maternal feminism, imperial motherhood, eugenics, and racism, one must ask further why this has now happened to both Danny and Anne. What has changed? The hypothesis of the dissertation is that Danny's relatively speedy disappearance was partly due to a shift in Canadians' religious worldview over the twentieth century as church attendance and biblical literacy gradually declined. McClung's rhetorical strategies look back to the dominant Protestantism of the nineteenth century, in contrast to Montgomery's, which look forward to the twentieth-century's waning of religious faith. Although there is enough Christianity in Montgomery's novel to have made it acceptable to her largely Christian reading public at the beginning of the century, its presentation is subtle enough that it does not disturb or baffle a twenty-first-century reader in the way McClung's does. McClung's novel is so forthright in its presentation of Christianity, with its use of nineteenth-century tropes and conventions and with its moralising didacticism, that the delightful aspects of the novel were soon lost to an increasingly secular reading public. Likewise, the recent critical challenges to both novels spring from a worldview at odds with the predominantly Christian worldview of 1908. The goal of the dissertation has been to read Sowing Seeds in Danny and Anne of Green Gables within the religious contexts of a 1908 reader in order to avoid an unquestioning twenty-first-century censure of these novels, and to ascertain the reasons for their divergent popularity and recent critical condemnation.

In 1908, two Canadian women published first novels that became instant best-sellers. Nellie McClung's Sowing Seeds in Danny initially outsold Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables, but by 1965 McClung's book had largely disappeared from Canadian consciousness. The popularity of Anne, on the other hand, has continued to the present, and Anne has received far more academic and critical attention, especially since 1985. It is only recently that Anne of Green Gables has been criticized for its ideology in the same manner as Sowing Seeds in Danny. The initial question that inspired this dissertation was why Sowing Seeds in Danny disappeared from public and critical awareness while Anne of Green Gables continued to sell well to the present day and to garner critical and popular attention into the twenty-first century. In light of the fact that both books have in recent years come under condemnation and stand charged with maternal feminism, imperial motherhood, eugenics, and racism, one must ask further why this has now happened to both Danny and Anne. What has changed? The hypothesis of the dissertation is that Danny's relatively speedy disappearance was partly due to a shift in Canadians' religious worldview over the twentieth century as church attendance and biblical literacy gradually declined. McClung's rhetorical strategies look back to the dominant Protestantism of the nineteenth century, in contrast to Montgomery's, which look forward to the twentieth-century's waning of religious faith. Although there is enough Christianity in Montgomery's novel to have made it acceptable to her largely Christian reading public at the beginning of the century, its presentation is subtle enough that it does not disturb or baffle a twenty-first-century reader in the way McClung's does. McClung's novel is so forthright in its presentation of Christianity, with its use of nineteenth-century tropes and conventions and with its moralising didacticism, that the delightful aspects of the novel were soon lost to an increasingly secular reading public. Likewise, the recent critical challenges to both novels spring from a worldview at odds with the predominantly Christian worldview of 1908. The goal of the dissertation has been to read Sowing Seeds in Danny and Anne of Green Gables within the religious contexts of a 1908 reader in order to avoid an unquestioning twenty-first-century censure of these novels, and to ascertain the reasons for their divergent popularity and recent critical condemnation.

Disputats. Universität Hohenheim, 2005.

In 1908, two Canadian women published first novels that became instant best-sellers. Nellie McClung's Sowing Seeds in Danny initially outsold Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables, but by 1965 McClung's book had largely disappeared from Canadian consciousness. The popularity of Anne, on the other hand, has continued to the present, and Anne has received far more academic and critical attention, especially since 1985. It is only recently that Anne of Green Gables has been criticized for its ideology in the same manner as Sowing Seeds in Danny. The initial question that inspired this dissertation was why Sowing Seeds in Danny disappeared from public and critical awareness while Anne of Green Gables continued to sell well to the present day and to garner critical and popular attention into the twenty-first century. In light of the fact that both books have in recent years come under condemnation and stand charged with maternal feminism, imperial motherhood, eugenics, and racism, one must ask further why this has now happened to both Danny and Anne. What has changed? The hypothesis of the dissertation is that Danny's relatively speedy disappearance was partly due to a shift in Canadians' religious worldview over the twentieth century as church attendance and biblical literacy gradually declined. McClung's rhetorical strategies look back to the dominant Protestantism of the nineteenth century, in contrast to Montgomery's, which look forward to the twentieth-century's waning of religious faith. Although there is enough Christianity in Montgomery's novel to have made it acceptable to her largely Christian reading public at the beginning of the century, its presentation is subtle enough that it does not disturb or baffle a twenty-first-century reader in the way McClung's does. McClung's novel is so forthright in its presentation of Christianity, with its use of nineteenth-century tropes and conventions and with its moralising didacticism, that the delightful aspects of the novel were soon lost to an increasingly secular reading public. Likewise, the recent critical challenges to both novels spring from a worldview at odds with the predominantly Christian worldview of 1908. The goal of the dissertation has been to read Sowing Seeds in Danny and Anne of Green Gables within the religious contexts of a 1908 reader in order to avoid an unquestioning twenty-first-century censure of these novels, and to ascertain the reasons for their divergent popularity and recent critical condemnation.

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.