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Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:28:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2007-12-19Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:18:18Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 carvalho_lb_me_jabo.pdf: 604690 bytes, checksum: 9effc91615f0ae69118f48865d1d6e4e (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Funep / A interferência das plantas daninhas em agroecossistemas olerícolas é muito intensa em função do sistema de produção das culturas nesse tipo de ambiente. Para o desenvolvimento de programas de manejo das plantas daninhas, estudos ecológicos das comunidades infestantes são de suma importância em razão da vegetação daninha ser conseqüência das condições ecológicas criadas artificialmente pelo homem nos agroecossistemas. O presente trabalho foi desenvolvido com objetivo de realizar estudos fitossociológicos na comunidade infestante da cultura da beterraba de mesa e determinar os períodos críticos de interferência dessa comunidade sobre a cultura quando estabelecida por meio de semeadura direta. Os tratamentos consistiram em períodos semanais crescentes de convivência e controle das plantas daninhas, a partir de 14 dias após a semeadura. A comunidade infestante foi avaliada por meio do número de indivíduos e da matéria seca acumulada correspondente, para cada população de planta daninha e época avaliada. Na comunidade infestante estudou-se a composição específica, a densidade populacional, o acúmulo de matéria seca, os índices fitossociológicos, a diversidade e a similaridade. A cultura foi colhida 91 dias após a semeadura, quando se avaliou o diâmetro transversal e a produção de raízes. Na cultura estudou-se o efeito da interferência das plantas daninhas na produção total de raízes e os períodos críticos de interferência das plantas daninhas sobre a produtividade comercial de raízes. Nos períodos de convivência, Coronopus didymus foi importante pela densidade e acúmulo de matéria seca, no período de crescimento da beterraba, enquanto, no terço final do ciclo, Nicandra physalodes foi importante devido ao acúmulo de matéria seca. Nos períodos de controle, Amaranthus viridis, Galinsoga parviflora e N. physalodes foram importantes pelo... / Weed interference is very strong in olericultural agroecosystems due to the established crop production system in these environments. Ecological studies of weed communities are extremely important for development of weed management programs because of weeds are a consequency of the ecological conditions unnaturally created by humans in agroecosystems. The objective of this research was to realize phytossociological studies on the weed community of the table beet and to determine the critical periods of interference of this community on the crop when the beet was established by direct sowing. The treatments were weedy and weed-free increased weekly periods, starting 14 days after sowing. The weed community was evaluated based on the number of individuals and their correspondent dry matter accumulation for each weed population and interference time. The weed community was studied based on species composition, population density, dry matter accumulation, phytossociological indexes, diversity and similarity. The beet was gathered 91 days after sowing, evaluating the root transversal diameter and the root production. About the beet crop, it was studied the effects of weed interference on the total root production and the critical periods of weed interference affecting marketable beet yield. Coronopus didymus was important due to density and dry matter accumulation on beet growing period, in weedy periods, while Nicandra physalodes was important due to dry matter accumulation on the thirty part of the crop cycle. Amaranthus viridis, Galinsoga parviflora and N. physalodes was important due to dry matter accumulation, in weed-free periods. The diversity and evenness indexes were characteristic of weed communities of agroecosystems, with more evenness values at the beginning and at the middle of the cycle, and less evenness at the final, when mortality and dry matter accumulation for some species ...(Complete abstract, click electronic access below)

Resumo: A interferência das plantas daninhas em agroecossistemas olerícolas é muito intensa em função do sistema de produção das culturas nesse tipo de ambiente. Para o desenvolvimento de programas de manejo das plantas daninhas, estudos ecológicos das comunidades infestantes são de suma importância em razão da vegetação daninha ser conseqüência das condições ecológicas criadas artificialmente pelo homem nos agroecossistemas. O presente trabalho foi desenvolvido com objetivo de realizar estudos fitossociológicos na comunidade infestante da cultura da beterraba de mesa e determinar os períodos críticos de interferência dessa comunidade sobre a cultura quando estabelecida por meio de semeadura direta. Os tratamentos consistiram em períodos semanais crescentes de convivência e controle das plantas daninhas, a partir de 14 dias após a semeadura. A comunidade infestante foi avaliada por meio do número de indivíduos e da matéria seca acumulada correspondente, para cada população de planta daninha e época avaliada. Na comunidade infestante estudou-se a composição específica, a densidade populacional, o acúmulo de matéria seca, os índices fitossociológicos, a diversidade e a similaridade. A cultura foi colhida 91 dias após a semeadura, quando se avaliou o diâmetro transversal e a produção de raízes. Na cultura estudou-se o efeito da interferência das plantas daninhas na produção total de raízes e os períodos críticos de interferência das plantas daninhas sobre a produtividade comercial de raízes. Nos períodos de convivência, Coronopus didymus foi importante pela densidade e acúmulo de matéria seca, no período de crescimento da beterraba, enquanto, no terço final do ciclo, Nicandra physalodes foi importante devido ao acúmulo de matéria seca. Nos períodos de controle, Amaranthus viridis, Galinsoga parviflora e N. physalodes foram importantes pelo ...(Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Weed interference is very strong in olericultural agroecosystems due to the established crop production system in these environments. Ecological studies of weed communities are extremely important for development of weed management programs because of weeds are a consequency of the ecological conditions unnaturally created by humans in agroecosystems. The objective of this research was to realize phytossociological studies on the weed community of the table beet and to determine the critical periods of interference of this community on the crop when the beet was established by direct sowing. The treatments were weedy and weed-free increased weekly periods, starting 14 days after sowing. The weed community was evaluated based on the number of individuals and their correspondent dry matter accumulation for each weed population and interference time. The weed community was studied based on species composition, population density, dry matter accumulation, phytossociological indexes, diversity and similarity. The beet was gathered 91 days after sowing, evaluating the root transversal diameter and the root production. About the beet crop, it was studied the effects of weed interference on the total root production and the critical periods of weed interference affecting marketable beet yield. Coronopus didymus was important due to density and dry matter accumulation on beet growing period, in weedy periods, while Nicandra physalodes was important due to dry matter accumulation on the thirty part of the crop cycle. Amaranthus viridis, Galinsoga parviflora and N. physalodes was important due to dry matter accumulation, in weed-free periods. The diversity and evenness indexes were characteristic of weed communities of agroecosystems, with more evenness values at the beginning and at the middle of the cycle, and less evenness at the final, when mortality and dry matter accumulation for some species ...(Complete abstract, click electronic access below) / Orientador: Robinson Antonio Pitelli / Coorientador: Arthur Bernardes Cecílio Filho / Banca: Pedro Luis da Costa Aguiar Alves / Banca: Dagoberto Martins / Mestre

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