Groat oil content and composition are important quality traits in oats (Avena sativa L). These traits are controlled by many genes with additive effects. The chromosomal regions containing these genes, known as quantitative trait loci (QTL), can be discovered through their close association with markers. This study investigated total oil content and fatty acid components in an oat breeding population derived from a cross between high oil ('Dal') and low oil ('Exeter') parents. A genetic map consisting of 475 DArT (Diversity Array Technology) markers spanning 1271.8 cM across 40 linkage groups was constructed. QTL analysis for groat oil content and composition was conducted using grain samples grown at Aberdeen, ID in 1997. QTL analysis for multiple agronomic traits was also conducted using data collected from hill plots and field plots in Ottawa, ON in 2010. QTLs for oil content, palmitic acid (16:0), stearic acid (18:0), oleic acid (18:1), linoleic acid (18:2) and linolenic acid (18:3) were identified. Two of the QTLs associated with oil content were also associated with all of the fatty acids examined in this study, and most oil-related QTL showed similar patterns of effect on the fatty acid profile. These results suggest the presence of pleiotropic effects on oil-related traits through influences at specific nodes of the oil synthesis pathway. In addition, 12 QTL-associated markers (likely representing nine unique regions) were associated with plant height, heading date, lodging, and protein content. The results of this study will provide information for molecular breeding as well as insight into the genetic mechanisms controlling oil biosynthesis in oat.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-25T19:29:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Shivelly Los Galetto.pdf: 1282228 bytes, checksum: 7b526c0d4cf80dfb8b2da93aafdd7187 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-02-20 / Fundação Araucária de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico do Paraná / Crop-livestock integration (CLI) is a practice that, when properly managed and associated with no-tillage (NT), has been improving a soil quality. However, most of soils in Brazil have a low level of phosphorus (P). Thus, the development of strategies to increase phosphorus use efficiency has been crucial for sustainable agribusiness in an agronomic and economic viewpoint. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the accumulation of P and yields of corn, soybean, black oat and ryegrass fertilized with sources and levels of P2O5 in CLI under NT and to evaluate the bioavailability of P for maize, extracted by the methods Melich-1 (M1), ion exchange resin (IER) and modified Morgan (MM), after 36 months of experimentation. The experiment was established in April 2009, in the municipality of Castro-PR in a Dystric Cambisol and the experimental design was an incomplete factorial (3x3+1), with four replications. The treatments consisted in surface (total area) application of levels (0, 60, 120 and 180 kg ha-1 yr-1 P2O5) during sowing of winter forage (black oat or annual ryegrass) in the form of triple superphosphate (TSP), reactive rock phosphate (RRP) and magnesium termophosphate (MTP). The dry matter yields for black oat (2009 and 2011) and ryegrass (2010), grain yield for maize (2009/10 and 2011/12) and soybean (2010/11), and P accumulation were evaluated in these crops. In 36 months of study, soil samples were collected from the layers 0-5, 5-10, 10-15 and 15-20 cm, to determine the concentrations of available P by different methods extractants (M1, IER and MM) and to assess the availability of P for maize (2011/12). The use of TSP, during sowing of black oat occasioned the highest yield of dry matter (DM) and P accumulation in DM (P-DM) in this crop. However, for the maize crop, the treatments did not affect grain yield (GY) and P accumulation in plant (P-Ac) at the first year of use. The treatments did not affect the yield of DM annual ryegrass and GY of soybean, in the second year of assessment. However, there was a greater accumulation of P-DM in the annual ryegrass, when applying MTP. For soybeans, the P-Ac was higher in the treatments with early application of TSP and MTP. The application of MTP during sowing of black oat occasioned the highest yield of DM and P-DM in this crop. The GY and P-Ac were higher in maize, occasioned by the use TFM, in the third year of study. Concentrations of available P in soil after 36 months of study, had variations according to each extractor. The ion exchange resin extracted greater amounts of P, followed by the extractor M1 and MM. In the treatments that received application of TSP, the M1 and IER extractants has obtained similar efficiency when correlated with the maize’s attributes (DMY, GY, P-DM and P-Ex). IER was the most efficient extractor which correlated with the P-DM and P-Ex when were applied sources insoluble in water (RRP and MTP). The MM extractor was ineffective to predicting the bioavailability of P for the maize grown in a soil with high content of clay and Fe and Al oxides, which received the application of rates and sources of P in a CLI system under NT. / A integração lavoura-pecuária (ILP) tem sido uma prática que, quando bem manejada e associada ao sistema plantio direto (PD), aumenta a qualidade do solo. Todavia, a maioria dos solos brasileiros apresenta baixa fertilidade natural de fósforo (P). Desta forma, o desenvolvimento de estratégias que aumentem a eficiência de uso de fertilizantes fosfatados possibilita um agronegócio mais sustentável do ponto de vista agronômico e econômico. Os objetivos desse estudo foram avaliar o acúmulo de P e o rendimento das culturas de milho, soja, aveia preta e azevém anual adubados com fontes e doses de P2O5 na ILP em PD. Ainda, avaliar a biodisponibilidade de P para a cultura do milho, extraído pelos métodos de Melich-1 (M1), Resina trocadora de íons (RTI) e Morgan modificado (MM), após 36 meses de experimentação. O experimento foi instalado em abril/2009, no município de Castro-PR em um Cambissolo Háplico textura muito argilosa. Foi empregado delineamento em blocos ao acaso em esquema fatorial incompleto (3x3+1) com quatro repetições. Os tratamentos consistiram na aplicação superficial (em área total) de doses (0, 60, 120 e 180 kg ha-1 ano-1 de P2O5) por ocasião da semeadura da forrageira de inverno (aveia preta ou azevém anual), nas formas de superfosfato triplo (SFT), fosfato natural reativo (FNR) e termofosfato magnesiano (TFM). Foram avaliados os rendimentos de massa seca da aveia preta (2009 e 2011) e azevém anual (2010), de grãos de milho (2009/10 e 2011/12) e soja (2010/11), e o acúmulo de P nessas culturas. Aos 36 meses de estudo, foram coletadas amostras de solo das camadas de 0-5, 5-10, 10-15 e 15-20 cm, para determinação das concentrações de P disponível pelos diferentes métodos extratores (M1, RTI e MM) e, para avaliação da disponibilidade de P para a cultura do milho (2011/12). O uso de SFT, por ocasião da semeadura da aveia preta proporcionou maior rendimento de massa seca total (MST) e acúmulo de P na MST (P-MST) nesta cultura. No entanto, para a cultura do milho, os tratamentos não influenciaram o rendimento de grãos (RG) e acúmulo de P na parte área (P-Ac), no primeiro ano de uso. Os tratamentos não influenciaram o rendimento de MST do azevém anual e o RG de soja no segundo ano de avaliação. Porém, houve maior acúmulo de P-MST do azevém anual mediante aplicação de TFM e, para a soja, o P-Ac foi maior nos tratamentos com aplicação antecipada de SFT e TFM. A aplicação de TFM por ocasião da semeadura da aveia preta proporcionou maior rendimento de MST e P-MST nesta cultura, e também, maior RG e P-Ac no milho, no terceiro ano de estudo. A RTI extraiu maiores quantidades de P disponível, seguida do extrator de M1 e do MM. Nos tratamentos que receberam aplicação de SFT, os extratores de M1 e RTI obtiveram eficiência semelhante quando correlacionados com os atributos de RMS, RG, P-MS e P-Ex do milho. Para as fontes insolúveis em água (FNR e TFM), o P extraído pela RTI melhor se correlacionou com o P-MS e o P-Ex. A solução de MM foi ineficiente para prever a biodisponibilidade de P para o milho, cultivado em solo com alto teor de argila e óxidos de ferro e alumínio, que recebeu a aplicação de doses e fontes de P, em um sistema de ILP em PD.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-25T19:30:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 FLAVIA BIASSIO RIFERTE.pdf: 1208016 bytes, checksum: a3a41200773a41b4df4e551bc10e6c96 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-29 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The success of agroforestry system (AFS) is the result of appropriate combinations of crops, forage and tree component and soil fertility. Changes in the microclimate in AFS, can affect the potassium use efficiency by crops. The high absorption of potassium (K) by the plants of white oat, corn and eucalyptus make potassium fertilization an essential practice in AFS. The objectives of this study were to quantify (i) the dry matter yield (DM) and nutrient accumulation in shoots of white oat (season 2014); (ii) the DM and grain yield, and the nutritional status of maize (season 2014/15); (iii) potassium use efficiency by crops in succession (white oat - maize); and (iv) assess the main soil fertility attributes after the white oat crop (season 2014) and maize (season 2014/2015) in AFS fertilized with K. The experiment was installed in Model Farm of Agronomic Institute of Paraná (IAPAR), in the city of Ponta Grossa (PR) in an Oxisoil úmbrico. The experimental design was a randomized complete block with split plots and three replications. The plots consist of four transects - growing distances from trees (transects: 1 - 0- 4 m away; 2 - 4-8 m away; 3 - 8-12 m distance and 4 - 12-16 m away). In the subplots were studied four annual K2O levels (0, 100, 200 and 300 kg ha-1 year-1), as potassium chloride (600 g kg-1 K2O), applied to the surface, and half of each levels applied at sowing of each crop (white oat - winter and maize - summer). The DM yields and nutrients accumulation in the shoots of white oat were determined on management with herbicide. In maize, was evaluated the nutritional status and measured DM and grain yields. Also, values of pH, contents of calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg) and K exchangeable, base saturation (V) and the percentage of K in the effective CECe were determined in the layers of 0-5, 5-10, 10-15, 15-20, 20-40 and 40-60 cm. The DM yield and the accumulation of nutrients in the shoots of white oat decreased due to the shade provided by the eucalyptus. To this culture in AFS, the levels of K2O increased the yield of DM and the accumulation of sulfur (S) in the shoot. In situation of shading of 64.5%, recycling of nutrients by white oat provided for the subsequent corn crop, better nutrition and, on average, higher DM and grain yields. In this situation, the addition of K2O (up to 230 kg ha- 1 year-1) would provide higher yield of corn grain. This decrease in K level directly implies greater potassium use efficiency, lower production cost and could make possible the cultivation of corn in AFS in the Campos Gerais region. The application of potassium fertilizer high water solubility, in the surface of the soil, reduced, in some situations, Ca and Mg content in the surface layer, it favored the mobility of K and increased its content of this nutrient throughout the soil profile and thus their participation in CECe. The tree component reduced nutrient concentrations in transecta 1 (most influential eucalyptus region), resulting in lower pH values and V in subsurface soil layers (below 20 cm deep). / O sucesso do sistema agroflorestal (SAF) é resultante das combinações adequadas de culturas agrícolas, forrageiras e componente arbóreo e da fertilidade do solo. Modificações no microclima, em SAF, podem afetar a eficiência de uso de potássio (K) pelas culturas agrícolas. A elevada absorção de K pelas plantas de aveia branca, milho e eucalipto tornam a fertilização potássica uma prática essencial. Os objetivos deste trabalho foram quantificar (i) o rendimento de matéria seca (MS) e acúmulo de nutrientes na parte aérea da aveia branca (safra 2014); (ii) o rendimento de MS e de grãos, e o estado nutricional do milho (safra 2014/15); (iii) a eficiência de uso de K pelas culturas em sucessão (aveia branca – milho) e (iv) avaliar os principais atributos de fertilidade do solo, após o cultivo de aveia branca (safra 2014) e milho (safra 2014/2015), em SAF fertilizado com K. O experimento foi instalado na Fazenda Modelo do Instituto Agronômico do Paraná, em Ponta Grossa (PR) em um Latossolo Vermelho Distrófico úmbrico. O delineamento experimental empregado foi de blocos casualizados, em esquema de parcelas subdivididas com três repetições. As parcelas consistiram em quatro transectas –distâncias de cultivo em relação às árvores (transectas: 1 – 0-4 m de distância; 2 – 4-8 m de distância; 3 – 8-12 m de distância; e 4 – 12-16 m de distância). Nas subparcelas foram estudadas quatro doses anuais de K2O (0, 100, 200 e 300 kg ha-1 ano-1), na forma de cloreto de potássio, aplicadas em superfície, em área total, sendo a metade de cada dose aplicada por ocasião da semeadura de cada cultura (aveia branca – inverno e milho – verão). Foram determinados os rendimentos de MS e acúmulos de macronutrientes na parte aérea da aveia branca por ocasião do manejo com herbicida. Com relação ao milho, foi avaliado o estado nutricional e mensurado os rendimentos de MS e grãos. Ainda, determinou-se os valores de pH; os teores de cálcio (Ca), magnésio (Mg) e K trocáveis; saturação por bases (V) e o percentual de K na CTC efetiva do solo, nas camadas de 0-5, 5-10, 10-15, 15-20, 20-40 e 40-60 cm. O rendimento de MS e o acúmulo de macronutrientes na parte aérea da aveia branca foi diminuído devido ao sombreamento proporcionado pelo eucalipto. Para essa cultura em SAF, as doses de K2O aumentam o rendimento de MS e também, o acúmulo de enxofre (S) na parte aérea. Em situação de sombreamento com intensidade de 64,5%, a reciclagem de nutrientes pela aveia branca proporcionou, para a cultura de milho, melhor nutrição e, na média, maiores rendimentos de MS e de grãos. Nessa situação, a adição de K2O (até 230 kg ha-1 ano-1) proporcionaria maior rendimento de grãos de milho. A diminuição na dose de K implica diretamente em maior eficiência de uso do potássio, menor custo de produção e possibilita viabilizar o cultivo de milho em SAF na região dos Campos Gerais. A aplicação de fertilizante potássico de alta solubilidade em água, na superfície do solo, diminuiu, em algumas situações, os teores de Ca e Mg na camada superficial, favoreceu a mobilidade do K e aumentou seu o teor deste nutriente ao longo do perfil do solo e, consequentemente sua participação na CTCe. O componente arbóreo diminuiu as concentrações de nutrientes na transecta 1 (região de maior influência do eucalipto), resultando em menores valores de pH e V nas camadas subsuperficiais do solo (abaixo de 20 cm de profundidade).

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-25T19:30:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Thays Schneider.pdf: 1808530 bytes, checksum: 30d501a211bd2062abba571e9202b79e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-05-31 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The Integrated Crop-Livestock System (ICLS) is in a form of integrated production, which achieve a higher environmental, economic and social sustainability. Because of the efficient nutrient cycling and biodiversity of crops, the system combines food production with environmental conservation. The lack of research in the context of the potassium (K) dynamic in subtropical soils under ICLS and how the shading provided by the arboreal component alters the production, determined the focus of this research. The main objective of this project consists in evaluating the effects of shade (provided by eucalyptus) on the attributes of plants and soil fertility under conditions of K rates (0, 100, 200 and 300 kg ha-1 yr-1 K2O) applied on the soil surface in the entire area. Two experiments are being conducted simultaneously in an Typic Hapludox on a model farm of the Agronomic Institute of Paraná (IAPAR), Ponta Grossa (PR). The experiment employs an experimental design in randomized complete block with split plots and three replications. The plots (4 x 24 m) consists of annual plants (corn, oat and soybean) and the distances considered in relation to eucalyptus (shading effect) were: 0-4, 4-8, 8-12 and 12-16 m. The subplots (4 x 6 m) receive doses (0, 100, 200 and 300 kg ha-1 yr-1 of K2O) K (as potassium chloride), at the soil surface at the time of seeding culture of autumn-winter (oat) and at seeding of the summer crop (corn and soybeans). The second experiment was also a randomized complete block design with split plot and three replications. The plots were characterized by rows of eucalyptus and subplots doses of K (similar to the first experiment). In the maize crop (2012/13 and 2014/15) and soybean (2013/14) were evaluated nutritional status (for macronutrients) and grain maize yield (GYM and GYS). During oat growing (2013 and 2014) were evaluated the dry matter yield (DMY), height and macronutrient accumulation. The evaluation of nutritional status of eucalyptus was conducted in the summer (2013/14), and the nutrients in the leaf litter under the canopy. Soil samples of layers 0-5, 5-10, 10-15, 15-20, 20-40 and 40-60 cm were performed in both experiments at 6, 12 and 30 months after the start of the experiment (Sep / 2012). After that, was determined pH concentration, H + Al, C, Ca, Mg, K, Al, CEC and effective CEC (ECEC), base saturation (%) and aluminum (m%) and the percentage of K, Ca and Mg in the effective CEC. In general, higher concentrations of cations was observed in less shaded transects, which favored the largest DMY for oats/2014 (2218.83 kg ha-1) and GYM (10,470.1 kg ha-1 in 2012/13 and 8742, 5 kg ha-1 in 2014/15) and GYS (1989.0 kg ha-1). Moreover, high concentrations of Ca and Mg were detected in the whole profile favoring saturation in these ECEC in second experiment. Leaching was not observed in profile in the second experiment. The concentration of N, P and K in shoots of eucalypt was within the proper range, but the opposite was observed for Ca, Mg and S. The reduction of the concentration of N, P, K, Mg and S in the litter, may indicate a biochemical decomposition. However, the concentration of Ca in the litter, suggests the influence of biogeochemical cycling. K doses did not affect the production of eucalyptus at 8 years. / O sistema integrado de produção agropecuária (SIPA) consiste em uma das formas de produção integrada, o qual busca maior sustentabilidade ambiental, econômica e social. Em razão da eficiente ciclagem de nutrientes e biodiversidade de culturas, o sistema alia a produção de alimentos com a conservação do meio ambiente. A ausência de pesquisa no âmbito da dinâmica do potássio (K) em solos subtropicais sob SIPA e como a restrição de radiação proporcionado pelo componente arbóreo altera a produção, determinou o foco desta pesquisa. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar os efeitos da restrição de radiação (proporcionado pelo eucalipto) sobre os atributos de plantas e de fertilidade do solo, em condições de doses de K (0, 100, 200 e 300 kg ha-1 ano-1 de K2O) aplicadas na superfície do solo, em área total. Dois experimentos paralelos foram implantados (em setembro/2012) em um Latossolo Vermelho na Fazenda Modelo, município de Ponta Grossa (PR). O primeiro experimento empregou delineamento experimental em blocos completos casualizados com parcelas subdivididas e três repetições. As parcelas (4 x 24 m) consistem das plantas anuais (milho, aveia branca e soja) e as distâncias consideradas em relação ao eucalipto (efeito da restrição de radiação) foram: 0-4, 4-8, 8-12 e 12-16 m. As subparcelas (4 x 6 m) recebem as doses (0, 100, 200 e 300 kg ha-1 ano-1 de K2O) de K (na forma de cloreto de potássio), na superfície do solo, por ocasião da semeadura da cultura de inverno (aveia branca, para produção de forragem) e na semeadura da cultura de verão (milho e soja, para produção de grãos). O segundo experimento também foi em blocos completos casualizados com parcela subdividida e três repetições. As parcelas foram caracterizadas por renques de eucalipto e as subparcelas as doses de K (similarmente ao primeiro experimento). Nas culturas de milho (2012/13 e 2014/15) e soja (2013/14) foram avaliados o estado nutricional (para os macronutrientes) e o rendimento de grãos (RGM e RGS). Durante o cultivo da aveia branca (2013 e 2014), foram avaliados o rendimento de massa seca (RMS), altura e acúmulo de macronutrientes. A avaliação do estado nutricional do eucalipto foi realizada no verão (2013/14), bem como os nutrientes na serapilheira sob a copa. Coletas de solo das camadas 0-5, 5-10, 10-15, 15-20, 20-40 e 40-60 cm foram realizadas em ambos os experimentos aos 6, 12 e 30 meses após o início do experimento (Set/2012), visando determinar as concentrações de pH, H+Al, C, Ca, Mg, K, Al, CTC potencial (CTC) e efetiva (CTCe), saturação de bases (V%) e de alumínio (m%) e a porcentagem de K, Ca e Mg na CTC efetiva. Maior influência da restrição de radiação em relação às doses de K foi observado para o experimento 1. Redução do K trocável foi observado aos 30 meses, o que reduziu a 1% a saturação de K na CTCe. Em geral, maiores concentrações de cátions foram observadas em transectos menos sombreados, o que favoreceu o maior RMS para aveia/2014 (2218,83 kg ha-1) e RGM (10470,1 kg ha-1 em 2012/13 e 8742,5 kg ha-1em 2014/15) e RGS (1989,0 kg ha-1). Por outro lado, concentrações altas de Ca e Mg foram verificadas em todo perfil, favorecendo a saturação destes na CTCe no segundo experimento. Lixiviação não foi observada no perfil no segundo experimento. As concentrações de N, P e K na parte aérea do eucalipto esteve dentro da faixa adequada, contudo concentrações baixas foram observados para Ca, Mg e S. A redução da concentração de N, P, K, Mg e S na serapilheira, pode indicar decomposição bioquímica. Todavia, aumento da concentração de Ca na serapilheira sugere a influência da ciclagem biogeoquímica. Doses de K não afetaram a produção do eucalipto aos 8 anos.

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Os objetivos deste trabalho foram: (i) quantificar o aporte dos resíduo e de macronutrientes em SIPA, sob Cambissolo Háplico de textura média, nos Campos Gerais do Paraná; (ii) estimar a taxa de decomposição do resíduo e a liberação de macronutrientes da cultura de soja e da biomassa de forragem anual de inverno (consórcio de aveia preta e azevém anual), em SIPA. O delineamento experimental empregado foi o de blocos completos casualizados com três repetições. Os tratamentos consistiram de combinações de presença de componente arbóreo (eucalipto + grevílea) e doses (90 e 180 kg ha-1) de nitrogênio mineral (ureia – 450 g kg-1 de N) aplicado na pastagem anual de inverno. De modo a melhor representar o ambiente arborizado, foi feita a subdivisão da unidade experimental em cinco distâncias. O experimento foi implantado em 2006; no entanto, as avaliações inerentes a este trabalho foram realizadas no período compreendido entre os meses de dezembro/2014 a outubro/2015. Nesse período foram inseridos aleatoriamente litter bags de resíduo de forragem anual de inverno e de soja, nos tratamentos com ausência e presença do componente arbóreo, respectivamente. As amostragens do material contido nos litter bags foram realizadas aos 7, 15, 30, 60, 90 e 120 dias após a semeadura das culturas (tanto verão quanto de inverno). Foram realizadas as seguintes avaliações: quantidade e qualidade do resíduo vegetais, taxa de decomposição do resíduo vegetal remanescente e de liberação dos macronutrientes (nitrogênio - N, fósforo - P, potássio - K, cálcio - Ca, magnésio - Mg e enxofre - S) dos resíduos, tanto da fase de lavoura como da fase pastagem, ao longo do tempo. A interação entre os fatores avaliados afetou a liberação do S do resíduo do pasto e o K do resíduo de soja. O sistema arborizado, bem como a menor dose de nitrogênio, ocasionou menor massa de resíduo (tanto da pastagem como da lavoura) quando comparado aos demais tratamentos. A quantidade de resíduo da pastagem foi afetada pela distância das árvores. Maiores concentrações dos macronutrientes (K, Ca e Mg) no resíduo da pastagem, ao final do período de pastejo, foram observadas no sistema arborizado. A ausência do componente arbóreo ocasionou maiores concentração de Ca e Mg no resíduo da soja. Além da maior quantidade de massa de resíduo da soja na maior dose de N, tal resíduo apresentava maior concentração em K e S do que a menor dose. Variações na taxa de decomposições de massa seca remanescente dos resíduos da pastagem e soja também foram influenciadas pela distância em relação aos renques arbóreos. A liberação de N, P, K e Mg do resíduo pasto e de P, Mg e S do resíduo da soja não foi influenciada pelos tratamentos. A decomposição do resíduo da pastagem e seu respectivo efeito proporcionou uma maior ciclagem de nutrientes para a soja do que o oposto. / Integrated crop-livestock systems (ICLS) enable synergism between agricultural, livestock and/or forestry activities carried out in the same area, focusing maximization of production factors. Changes in ICLS microclimates can affect the deposition and decomposition of plant residues, as well as macronutrient and nutrient cycling present in the system. The aims of this study were (i) to quantify the contribution of plant residues and macronutrients in ICLS, under loamy-sand Typic Distrudept, in the Paraná Campos Gerais area; and (ii) to estimate the decomposition of the residue and the release of macronutrients from the soybean crop and the biomass of annual winter forage (consortium of black oats and annual ryegrass) in ICLS. The experimental design was a randomized complete block with three replicates. The treatments consisted of combinations of the presence of an arboreal component (eucalyptus + Grevillea) and doses (90 and 180 kg N ha-1year-1) of mineral nitrogen (as urea - 450 g kg-1 N) applied to the annual intercropped pasture. In order to better represent the forested environment, the experimental unit was subdivided into five distances. The experiment was implemented in 2006. However, the evaluations inherent to this study were carried out from December 2014 up to October 2015. During this period, litterbags of a consortium of black oat residues with ryegrass and soybean were randomly inserted in the treatments with the absence and presence of the arboreal component, respectively. Samplings of the material contained in the litterbags were carried out at 7, 15, 30, 60, 90 and 120 days after crop sowing (both in summer and winter). The following evaluations were performed: amount and quality of the plant residue, decomposition rate of the remaining plant residue and macronutrient release (nitrogen - N, phosphorus - P, potassium - K, calcium - Ca, magnesium - Mg and sulfur - S) of the residue, both in the tillage phase and in the pasture stage, over time. The forested system, as well as the lower nitrogen dose, presented lower residue mass (both in the pasture and in the crop) compared to the other treatments. Tree distances also affected the amount of grass residue. The highest mean macronutrient concentrations (K, Ca and Mg) in the pasture residue at the end of the grazing period was observed in the arboreal system. The no-tree system resulted in higher concentrations of Ca and Mg in the soybean residue when compared to the arboreal system. In addition to the greater amount of soybean residue mass at the highest N dose, this residue presented higher N, K and S concentrations compared to the lowest dose. Variations in the decomposition rate of remaining pasture and soybean residue dry mass also occurred as a function of distance from tree trunks. The evaluated factors did not affect the release of P, K and Mg from the pasture residue and P, Mg and S from the soybean residue. The interaction between the evaluated affected S release from the pasture residue and K from the soybean residue. The decomposition of the residue of pasture and its respective effect rovided a greater cycling of nutrients for soybean.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-08T16:24:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 PGCA13MA094.pdf: 3484558 bytes, checksum: 4cd098df0840598b9d19fbbc52ff65cb (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-03-04 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / In regions with subtropical climates the use of grasses intercropping, mainly oats and ryegrass is a common practice, but the advantages and disadvantages of the intercrop in relation the pure culture are little studied. The aim of this work was to evaluate the production and persistence of black oat and ryegrass swards grown pure or intercropping throughout the period of use. The three treatments were randomly distributed into a complete blocks design with four replicates. The pre-grazing sward heights were 23, 20 and 17 cm for the oat, intercrop and ryegrass treatments, respectively. The post-grazing sward heights were 40% lower than their initial heights. Morphogenesis was performed using the technique of marked tillers and dynamic and tiller population density (TPD) was determined with three 10-cmdiameter PVC rings per paddock. The treatments did not differ in the final length of intact leaf, being the October month with the lowest values (approximately 48% lower). The phyllochron was not affected by the form of cultivation, but the values were increasing with the advance of the growing season. The leaf elongation rate decreased over the months, with a mean value of 0.14 cm / perfilhos.graus-day for all treatments. The advance of the growing season resulted in increases stem elongation rates, with the species in the intercrop having smaller increments in the final months. In general, rates of senescence reduced with the advance of months, and the intercrop increased tissue death of ryegrass. The intercrop TPD remained constant until October, inverting the participation of species in August. Of the tillers existing on the last grazing cycle, approximately 0, 40 and 20% were first generation of the oats, ryegrass and intercrop, respectively. Thus, despite of ryegrass pure have the lowest rate of tillering, it have the same rate of population stability of the intercrop. The pure ryegrass had the highest average net accumulation rates by offering smaller forage losses by senescence. Tiller size/density compensation was observed in the three plant communities (treatments) according to the self-thinning rule. In addition, no relationships were found when each species was analysed individually in the intercrop treatment. For the species tested the developmental stage of sward has greater influence on the morphogenesis and structural characteristics than cultivation form. The morphological similarity of oats and ryegrass enables evaluated traits similar in both forms of cultivation. When intercropping the temperate climate grasses under rotational grazing, size/density compensation mechanisms occurred throughout the grazing cycles and in the plant communities the same form of the pure cultivation to maintain the leaf area index and production capacities of the pastures / Em regiões de clima subtropical a utilização de gramíneas em consórcio, principalmente aveia e azevém, é uma prática comum, porém as vantagens e desvantagens do consórcio em relação ao cultivo puro são pouco estudadas. Objetivou-se avaliar a produção e a longevidade de pastos de aveia-preta e azevém anual cultivados puros ou em consórcio ao longo de todo o período de utilização. Os três tratamentos foram distribuídos em blocos completos casualizados com quatro repetições, tendo cada unidade experimental 98 m2. As alturas em pré-pastejo foram 23, 20 e 17 cm para a aveia, o consórcio e o azevém, respectivamente, sendo rebaixados em 40% destas alturas. A morfogênese foi realizada por meio da técnica de perfilhos marcados e a dinâmica e densidade populacional de perfilhos (DPP) em três anéis de PVC com 10 cm de diâmetro por piquete. Os tratamentos não diferiram quanto ao comprimento final de folha intacta, ficando o mês de outubro com os menores valores (aproximadamente 48% menor). Não houve efeito da forma de cultivo para os valores de filocrono, porém os valores foram crescentes com o avanço da estação de crescimento. A taxa de alongamento foliar reduziu com o passar dos meses, com valor médio de 0,14 cm/perfilho.grau-dia para todos os tratamentos. O avanço da estação de crescimento resultou em incrementos nas taxas de alongamento de colmos, com as espécies no consórcio apresentando menores incrementos nos meses finais. De maneira geral, as taxas de senescência foliar reduziram com o avanço dos meses, sendo que o consórcio aumentou a morte de tecidos do azevém. O consórcio manteve a DPP constante até outubro, apresentando uma inversão na participação das duas espécies em agosto. Dos perfilhos existentes no último ciclo de pastejo, aproximadamente 0, 40 e 20% eram da primeira geração no azevém, na aveia e no consórcio, respectivamente. Com isso, apesar de apresentar a menor taxa de aparecimento de perfilhos o azevém cultivado puro apresentou o mesmo índice de estabilidade populacional do consórcio. O azevém cultivado puro apresentou as maiores taxas de acúmulo líquido médio por apresentar as menores perdas de forragem por senescência. A compensação tamanho/densidade de perfilhos foi observada segundo a lei do auto-desbaste (self thinning rule) nos três tratamentos quando levados em conta todos os perfilhos da área, não sendo encontrada relação quando as espécies foram analisadas individualmente no consórcio. Para as espécies testadas o estádio de desenvolvimento dos pastos apresenta maior influência sobre as características morfogênicas e estruturais do que a forma de cultivo. A semelhança morfológica da aveia e do azevém possibilita características morfogênicas e estruturais parecidas em ambas as formas de cultivo. É sugestivo que em consórcios entre gramíneas de clima temperado sob lotação intermitente os mecanismos de compensação tamanho/densidade operem na comunidade de plantas e ao longo dos ciclos de pastejo da mesma forma que nos cultivos puros, mantendo elevado índice de área foliar e capacidade produtiva

Competition between different species (interspecific competition) is an important factor to consider when estimating population trends, geographic distributions, and management options of species. Many historically common vascular plant species found in agricultural environments have been negatively affected by changes in community composition and in turn, changes in competition pressures. Even so, the relative importance of plant competition in an ecological context is still unclear. In this study I examine the competitive ability of the meadow plant cornflower (Centaurea cyanus L.) when grown together with common oat (Avena sativa) and common poppy (Papaver rhoeas), during a seven-week long growth chamber experiment. Seeds were sown in pots in four different setups; 1) C. cyanus control, 2) C. cyanus + P. rhoeas, 3) C. cyanus + A.sativa, 4) All three species. Six different growth parameters were measured (aboveground dry-weight, belowground dry-weight, root length, leaf area, number of leaves and above/belowground dry-weight ratio). I found that growth rates of C. cyanus were significantly inhibited according to all six growth parameters when C. cyanus competed solely with A. sativa. Competition from P. rhoeas had an insignificant effect on C. cyanus growth in five out of six growth parameters. Finally, I discuss the possibility that historically common meadow plants have declined in abundance in part because of weak competitive abilities, and that rare vascular plant species are negatively affected by growing in proximity with cereal crops.

The incorporation of cereal straw/stubble often immobilises nitrogen (N). This can help conserve N in soil in organic forms, thus reducing loss through leaching over dormant winter periods. However, N-depressions that arise during decomposition can reduce crop yield. The inclusion of a legume green manure can supply fixed-N, thus alleviating the low N availability to crops. In this study, the effect of lupin (Lupinus angustifolius L.) green manure incorporation on barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) straw/stubble decomposition, and N availability was investigated. A field experiment was used to determine the effects of the green manure on decomposition. Decomposition of straw/stubble was monitored using the litterbag technique. Following green manure incorporation, soil cores were incubated in a glasshouse to determine mineral-N availability. Though not significant, the inclusion of lupin green manure seemed to increase the decomposition of straw/stubble during the growth period, then slowing it after its incorporation at 110 d. This was described by a logarithmic pattern of loss of - 4.97 g AFDW residue day⁻¹, with 60% remaining after 140 d. Treatments without lupin had a linear decomposition of - 0.12 g AFDW residue day⁻¹, with 49% remaining after 140 d. The loss of cellulose confirmed the differences in decomposition with the inclusion of lupin resulting in 2.79% less cellulose remaining in straw/stubble after 140 d compared to its exclusion. Lupin significantly increased pot oat N uptake and DM yield by 55 % and 46 %, respectively, compared to its exclusion. However, this effect was not observed in field sown wheat yields and the soil mineral-N measurements made. This study showed that the potential of lupin to increase straw/stubble decomposition by improving the retention and availability of N, leading to long-term yield benefits, needed further investigation.

A series of experiments was carried out on cultivated oat (Avena sativa L. cv Amuri) to examine the efficacies of fluazifop-butyl and glyphosate against water stressed plants, plants grown in low and high nitrogen and plants treated with gibberellic acid (GA₃). Avena sativa L. was used as a test plant and on completion of the experiments, further studies were carried out on the weed species wild oat (Avena fatua L.). In the laboratory, plants maintained at wilting point for five days before and nine days after spraying and treated with fluazifop-butyl (0.5 kg a.i./ha) appeared healthy 32 days after herbicide application, while plants supplied with water throughout the experiment were completely chlorotic/necrotic and had main stem detachment from within the leaf sheaths. In the field, plants maintained unirrigated until 14 days after spraying with fluazifop-butyl (0.25 kg a.i./ha) or glyphosate (0.18 kg a.i./ha) showed greater tolerance to the herbicides than plants irrigated regularly. Values for seed head yield for water stressed and irrigated plants, 45 days after applying fluazifop-butyl, were 66 g and zero g dryweight/m² respectively. Comparable values for glyphosate treated plants were 65 g and 25 g dryweight/m². Radiolabel studies indicated that in comparision with well watered plants, water stressed plants absorbed 20% less applied ¹⁴C-glyphosate. In addition, the proportion of absorbed ¹⁴C-glyphosate translocated from the treated leaf was 15% less under water stress conditions. Uptake of ¹⁴C-fluazifop-butyl was similar under well watered and water stress conditions and was 30-40% of that applied. The proportion of absorbed ¹⁴C-activity which was transported was very low, but was greater under well watered conditions (7.6%) than under water stress conditions (4.4%). Under well watered conditions in the laboratory and field, fluazifop-butyl (0.25 kg a.i./ha) and glyphosate (0.18 kg a.i./ha) were less toxic at low nitrogen than high nitrogen. For example, 34 days after spraying with fluazifop-butyl under laboratory conditions total plant dry weight was 1.51 g and 0.56 g at 1.0 mol/m³ and 10 mol/m³ applied nitrate respectively. As with soil water content, soil nitrogen content had no effect on uptake of fluazifop-butyl. However, the proportion of absorbed fluazifop-butyl which was translocated out of the treated lamina was greater under high nitrogen conditions (26.1 %) than under low nitrogen conditions (9.3%). Under laboratory conditions, addition of 200 µg GA₃to the leaf sheaths two days prior to spraying with fluazifop-butyl or glyphosate increased the efficacy of both herbicides at low nitrogen. Similarly, under field conditions application of GA₃ (0.21 kg/ha) two days prior to spraying with glyphosate increased the performance of the herbicide against Avena sativa L. growing in a nitrogen depleted soil. At harvest, seed head yield for GA₃ treated and non-treated plants was zero and 7.4 g dry weight/m² respectively. Experiments with Avena latua L. showed that this species was tolerant of fluazifop-butyl and glyphosate when grown in low water or low nitrogen conditions. Under water stress conditions, pre-treatment with GA₃ increased the phytotoxicity of fluazifop-butyl to Avena latua L. Similarily, GA₃ enhanced the phytotoxicity of glyphosate to Avena latua L. grown under low nitrogen conditions. Reduced performance of fluazifop-butyl under stress conditions involves a reduction in translocation of herbicide to meristems, but other factors are likely to be involved. It was concluded that for glyphosate, reductions in uptake and translocation of the herbicide are important factors causing reduced performance of this herbicide under stress conditions. Possible reasons for GA₃ enhancement of fluazifop-butyl and glyphosate activity under stress conditions are discussed and the potential of growth regulators as adjuvants is considered.

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