Double cropping soybean after small grain harvest does not always allow sufficient canopy growth to maximize photosynthesis and seed yield. This is due to a shorter growing season and moisture deficits common to the Mid-Atlantic USA. Leaf area index (LAI) is the ratio of unit leaf area of a crop to unit ground area and is a reliable indicator of leaf area development and crop biomass. An LAI of 3.5 to 4.0 by flowering is required to maximize yield potential. Soybean LAI will vary within and between fields due to soil differences, cultivar selection, and other cultural practices. Site-specific management strategies such as varying plant population may be used to manipulate LAI and increase yield in leaf area-limited systems. Furthermore, methods to remotely sense leaf area are in order to facilitate such management strategies in large fields. The objectives of this research were to: i) determine the effect of plant population density on soybean LAI and yield; ii) determine the relationship between LAI measured at different reproductive stages and yield; iii) investigate and validate relationships between LAI and yield for two cultivars in three crop rotations across varying soil moisture regimes; iv) validate relationships found in previous work between soybean LAI and yield across soil moisture regimes in grower fields; and v) determine if normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) values obtained from aerial infrared images can be used to estimate LAI and soybean yield variability. Increasing plant population increased LAI for cultivars at Suffolk in 2000 and 2001, but LAI increased with plant populations on soils with lower plant available water holding capacity (PAWHC) at Port Royal in 2001. In 2000 at Suffolk, seed yield increased quadratically with increasing population and cultivar did not affect the response. In 2001, no relationship occurred between yield and plant population at either Suffolk or Port Royal, but the relationship of yield and LAI depended on soybean development stage at both sites. However, this relationship was not consistent between sites or years. In another study, crop rotation affected LAI and yield one out of two years. However, LAI and yield in both study years were negatively impacted on soil types with lower PAWHC. Where significant, a linear relationship was observed between yield and LAI for all soil types. Studies on grower fields showed similar linear relationships between yield and LAI. Remote sensing techniques showed promise for estimation of LAI and yield. When obtained at an appropriate development stage, vegetation indices correlated to both LAI and yield, and were observed to be effective as a predictor of LAI until plants achieved LAI levels of 3.5 to 4.0. / Master of Science

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-25T19:30:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Silvano Harkatin.pdf: 1558277 bytes, checksum: 5f4533a401fd66edf359180bcca181b9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-11-25 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Integrated systems of agricultural production (ISAP), when well managed, can result in environmental benefits, including the optimization of the use of phosphorus (P) for food production. Brazilian soils are presented naturally low in P, and practices aimed at efficient use of this nutrient can result in economic and environmental benefits to society. The objectives of this study were: (i) measure the quantitative yield of annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam) and soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill); (ii) to evaluate the accumulation of P (annual ryegrass and soybean); (iii) investigate the changes in the attributes of soil fertility (pH and available-P); (iv) to assess the yield of dry matter available for grazing (DMA); (v) yield of crude protein (YCP); and (vi) concentrations of neutral detergent fiber (NDF), acid detergent fiber (ADF), crude protein (CP) and P in ryegrass in ISAP undergo sources (triple superphosphate - TSP, reactive phosphate - RP Arad and magnesium thermophosphate - MTP) and P levels (0, 60, 120 and 180 kg ha-1 P2O5 total). The experiment was installed in April / 2009 at farm Capon do Cipo, in the municipality of Castro (PR). The experimental design was a randomized complete block in incomplete factorial (3x3 + 1). After 48 months of study, soil samples from the 0-5, 5-10, 10-15 and 15-20 cm were collected to determine the concentrations of available P by two methods (Mehlich-1 – M-1 and ion exchange resin - IER) to assess the availability of P for the soybean crop (2012/13). Similar yields were observed among the evaluated sources (TSP, RP and MTP) at 48 months of experimental evaluation; However, higher accumulation of P were observed for the most soluble sources. The determination of P by the extractors (M-1 and IER) overestimated the concentrations of P in the soil in condition of application of RP. But best fixes between soil P and crop attributes were higher for extraction by IER in 0-20 cm layer. Lower concentrations of NDF in annual ryegrass were verified by applying MTP, without, however, presenting the highest concentrations of P. / Sistemas integrados de produção agropecuário (SIPAs), quando bem manejados, podem resultar em benefícios para o ambiente, inclusive, otimização de uso do fósforo (P) para produção de alimentos. Os solos brasileiros apresentam-se naturalmente pobre em P, e as práticas que visam eficiência de uso deste nutriente podem resultar em benefícios econômicos e ambientais para a sociedade. Os objetivos deste trabalho foram: (i) mensurar o rendimento quantitativo do azevém anual (Lolium multiflorum Lam) e da cultura da soja (Glycine max (L.) Merrill); (ii) avaliar o acúmulo de P (azevém anual e soja); (iii) averiguar as alterações nos atributos de fertilidade do solo (pH e P-disponível); (iv) avaliar o rendimento de massa seca disponível por pastejo (MSP); (v) rendimento de proteína bruta (RPB); e as (vi) concentrações de fibra insolúvel em detergente neutro (FDN), fibra insolúvel em detergente ácido (FDA), proteína bruta (PB) e P no azevém anual, em SIPA submetido a fontes (superfosfato triplo – SFT, fosfato natural reativo – FNR Arad e termofosfato magnesiano – TFM) e doses de P (0, 60, 120 e 180 kg ha-1 de P2O5 total). O experimento foi instalado em abril/2009 na Fazenda Capão do Cipó, no município de Castro (PR). O delineamento experimental empregado foi o de blocos completos casualizados em esquema fatorial incompleto (3x3+1). Aos 48 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 por dois métodos (Mehlich-1 – M-1 e resina trocadora de íons – RTI) para avaliação da disponibilidade de P para a cultura da soja (2012/13). Foram verificados rendimentos similares entre as fontes avaliadas (SFT, FNR e TFM) aos 48 meses de avaliação experimental; todavia, maiores acúmulos de P foram verificados para as fontes mais solúveis. A determinação de P pelos extratores (M-1 e RTI) superestimou as concentrações de P no solo em condição de aplicação de FNR. Porém, melhores correlações entre o P solo e os atributos das culturas foram maiores para a extração por RTI na camada 0-20 cm. Foram verificadas menores concentrações de FDN na pastagem de azevém anual mediante a aplicação de TFM, sem, no entanto, apresentar as maiores concentrações de P.

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / Soybean is a mainly agricultural world commodity, with United States, Brazil, and Argentina as mainly producers. This thesis had as objectives (i) evaluate the SoySim model to simulate growth, development, and yield of soybean cultivars with maturity groups greater than 4.2 in a subtropical region of Brazil and (ii) simulate the soybean yield potential and rainfed in the Rio Grande do Sul State in two climate futuro scenarios of IPCC (SRES A1B and RCP4.5) with the crop models SoySim and CROPGRO-Soybean. To reach the first objective, were used data from field experiments with 20 soybean cultivars, in 38 diferent sowing dates during 2010/2011, 2011/2012, 2012/2013, 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 growing seasons, in 12 locations at Rio Grande do Sul State. The soybean cultivars have maturity group varying between 4.8 and 8.2 and indeterminate and semi-determinate growth habit. The evaluation of the SoySim model show reasonable simulations of the variables of the V-stage and R-stage, final node number, and yield, but in general, the simulations that had the lower errors, were those with maturity groups lower than 6.0. For the second objective, the simulations with the emission scenarios SRES A1B and RCP4.5 forcing the crop models SoySim and CROPGRO-Soybean showed an increase on soybean yield in Rio Grande do Sul State until the end of the XXI century, with a positive change around 2 Mg ha-1 for the 2070-2099 period related to the baseline (1980-2009). / A soja é a principal commodity agrícola mundial, sendo os Estados Unidos, Brasil e Argentina os principais produtores. Esta tese teve como objetivos (i) avaliar o modelo SoySim na simulação do crescimento, desenvolvimento e rendimento de cultivares de soja com grupo de maturação maior que 4.2 na região subtropical do Brasil e (ii) simular a produtividade potencial e com limitação por água em soja no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul em dois cenários climáticos futuros do IPCC (SRES A1B e RCP4.5) com os modelos SoySim e CROPGRO-Soybean. Pra alcançar o primeiro objetivo, foram usados dados de experimentos de campo com 20 cultivares de soja, em 38 diferentes datas de semeadura durante os anos agrícolas de 2010/2011, 2011/2012, 2012/2013, 2013/2014 e 2014/2015, em 12 locais no Rio Grande do Sul. As cultivares de soja utilizadas possuem grupo de maturação variando entre 4.8 e 8.2 e tipo de crescimento indeterminado e semi-determinado. A avaliação do modelo SoySim mostrou razoável simulação dos estágios vegetativos e reprodutivos, número final de nós e produtividade, mas no geral, as simulações que obtiveram os menores erros foram aquelas com grupo de maturação menor que 6.0. Para o segundo objetivo, as simulações com os cenários de emissões SRES A1B e RCP4.5 forçando os modelos agrícolas SoySim e CROPGRO-Soybean mostraram um aumento na produtividade de soja no Rio Grande do Sul até o final do século XXI, com anomalia positiva de até 2 Mg ha-1 no período de 2070-2099 em relação ao período baseline (1980-2009).

Made available in DSpace on 2016-02-26T12:59:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 FabioRegisdeSouza.pdf: 366648 bytes, checksum: e3369b4592d98936387b7c897e095540 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-02-27 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Adoption of soil manure systems with or without conditioners can improve or reduce its physical quality, changing the answers of crops to the same ones. Thus, this paper aimed to evaluate the agronomic performance of soybean crop and the soil physical attributes. The paper was conducted in an area granted under a lending to Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias da Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, located at coordinates 22º 12 42,74 S e 54º 56 17,26 W, and 452 m high. The climate is Cwa, according to Koppen s rating. The soil on the experiment place is classified as Dystrophic Red Latosoil, originally under cerrado vegetation. For the soil physical attributes the experimental design was in randomized blocks with arrangement of subdivided plots, where the treatments were two manure systems (tillage system and conventional sowing, on the plots) and dosages of 0 and 2000 kg ha-1 of gypsum (subplots) and five depths (0-0,05, 0,05-0,10, 0,10-0,15, 0,15-0,20 and 0,20-0,30 m, being the subplots with four replications, it was decided to consider the studied depths as subplots independent on the randomization. For the agronomic features, the used experimental design was of randomized blocks, with four replications in experimental design of subdivided plots, being that the plots had the manure systems and as subplot the presence and absence of the gypsum residual effect with four replications. The obtained results show that the tillage system with gypsum residual effect increased the plants final height. The results show that the soil density was bigger under the tillage system and the gypsum residual effect influenced on the soil density at 0,10-0,15 m deep. The manures and gypsum residual effect made the porosity bigger at 0-0,05 m deep. The macroporosity was bigger at 0-0,05 m deep under conventional sowing and the microporosity was increased with the depth under the manure systems. The penetration resistance was increased in greater depths. The tillage system, with or without gypsum residual effect, provided the aggregates bigger geometric diameters. The aggregates morphological features varied in depth, both in tillage system and conventional sowing, and in presence or absence of gypsum residual effect. / Adoção de sistemas de manejo do solo com ou sem condicionadores podem promover ou reduzir sua qualidade física, alterando as resposta das culturas aos mesmos. Assim, este trabalho teve por objetivo avaliar as desempenho agronômico da cultura da soja e os atributos físicos do solo. O trabalho foi conduzido em uma área cedida em regime de comodato à Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias da Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, localizada nas coordenadas 22º 12 42,74 S e 54º 56 17,26 W, com altitude de 452 metros. O clima é do tipo Cwa, segundo a classificação de Köppen. O solo do local do experimento é classificado como Latossolo Vermelho Distroférrico, originalmente sob vegetação de cerrado. Para os atributos físicos do solo o delineamento experimental foi em blocos casualizados com arranjo de parcelas subsubdivididas, onde os tratamentos foram dois sistemas manejo (plantio direto e convencional, nas parcelas) e doses de 0 e 2000kg ha-1 de gesso (subparcelas) e cinco profundidades (0-0,05, 0,05-0,10, 0,10-0,15, 0,15-0,20 e 0,20-0,30 metros , sendo as subsubparcelas) com quatro repetições, optou-se por considerar as profundidades estudadas como subsubparcelas independente da casualização. Para as características agronômicas o delineamento experimental utilizado foi em blocos casualizados, com quatro repetições em esquema experimental de parcelas subdividida, sendo que as parcelas tiveram os sistemas de manejo e como subparcela à presença e ausência do efeito residual de gesso com quatro repetições. Os resultados obtidos demonstram que o plantio direto com efeito residual de gesso aumentou a altura final das plantas. Os resultados mostram que a densidade do solo foi maior no plantio direto e o efeito residual de gesso influenciou na densidade do solo na profundidade de 0,10-0,15 m. Os manejos e efeito residual de gesso promoveram maior porosidade na profundidade de 0-0,05 m. A macroporosidade foi maior na profundidade de 0-0,05 m no plantio convencional e a microporosidade aumentou com a profundidade nos sistemas de manejo. A resistência à penetração aumentou em maiores profundidades. O plantio direto com ou sem efeito residual de gesso proporcionou maiores diâmetros geométricos de agregados. As características morfológicas dos agregados variaram em profundidade, tanto em plantio direto, plantio convencional e na presença ou ausência de efeito residual de gesso.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-02-26T12:59:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 FabioRegisdeSouza.pdf: 366648 bytes, checksum: e3369b4592d98936387b7c897e095540 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-02-27 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Adoption of soil manure systems with or without conditioners can improve or reduce its physical quality, changing the answers of crops to the same ones. Thus, this paper aimed to evaluate the agronomic performance of soybean crop and the soil physical attributes. The paper was conducted in an area granted under a lending to Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias da Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, located at coordinates 22º 12 42,74 S e 54º 56 17,26 W, and 452 m high. The climate is Cwa, according to Koppen s rating. The soil on the experiment place is classified as Dystrophic Red Latosoil, originally under cerrado vegetation. For the soil physical attributes the experimental design was in randomized blocks with arrangement of subdivided plots, where the treatments were two manure systems (tillage system and conventional sowing, on the plots) and dosages of 0 and 2000 kg ha-1 of gypsum (subplots) and five depths (0-0,05, 0,05-0,10, 0,10-0,15, 0,15-0,20 and 0,20-0,30 m, being the subplots with four replications, it was decided to consider the studied depths as subplots independent on the randomization. For the agronomic features, the used experimental design was of randomized blocks, with four replications in experimental design of subdivided plots, being that the plots had the manure systems and as subplot the presence and absence of the gypsum residual effect with four replications. The obtained results show that the tillage system with gypsum residual effect increased the plants final height. The results show that the soil density was bigger under the tillage system and the gypsum residual effect influenced on the soil density at 0,10-0,15 m deep. The manures and gypsum residual effect made the porosity bigger at 0-0,05 m deep. The macroporosity was bigger at 0-0,05 m deep under conventional sowing and the microporosity was increased with the depth under the manure systems. The penetration resistance was increased in greater depths. The tillage system, with or without gypsum residual effect, provided the aggregates bigger geometric diameters. The aggregates morphological features varied in depth, both in tillage system and conventional sowing, and in presence or absence of gypsum residual effect. / Adoção de sistemas de manejo do solo com ou sem condicionadores podem promover ou reduzir sua qualidade física, alterando as resposta das culturas aos mesmos. Assim, este trabalho teve por objetivo avaliar as desempenho agronômico da cultura da soja e os atributos físicos do solo. O trabalho foi conduzido em uma área cedida em regime de comodato à Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias da Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, localizada nas coordenadas 22º 12 42,74 S e 54º 56 17,26 W, com altitude de 452 metros. O clima é do tipo Cwa, segundo a classificação de Köppen. O solo do local do experimento é classificado como Latossolo Vermelho Distroférrico, originalmente sob vegetação de cerrado. Para os atributos físicos do solo o delineamento experimental foi em blocos casualizados com arranjo de parcelas subsubdivididas, onde os tratamentos foram dois sistemas manejo (plantio direto e convencional, nas parcelas) e doses de 0 e 2000kg ha-1 de gesso (subparcelas) e cinco profundidades (0-0,05, 0,05-0,10, 0,10-0,15, 0,15-0,20 e 0,20-0,30 metros , sendo as subsubparcelas) com quatro repetições, optou-se por considerar as profundidades estudadas como subsubparcelas independente da casualização. Para as características agronômicas o delineamento experimental utilizado foi em blocos casualizados, com quatro repetições em esquema experimental de parcelas subdividida, sendo que as parcelas tiveram os sistemas de manejo e como subparcela à presença e ausência do efeito residual de gesso com quatro repetições. Os resultados obtidos demonstram que o plantio direto com efeito residual de gesso aumentou a altura final das plantas. Os resultados mostram que a densidade do solo foi maior no plantio direto e o efeito residual de gesso influenciou na densidade do solo na profundidade de 0,10-0,15 m. Os manejos e efeito residual de gesso promoveram maior porosidade na profundidade de 0-0,05 m. A macroporosidade foi maior na profundidade de 0-0,05 m no plantio convencional e a microporosidade aumentou com a profundidade nos sistemas de manejo. A resistência à penetração aumentou em maiores profundidades. O plantio direto com ou sem efeito residual de gesso proporcionou maiores diâmetros geométricos de agregados. As características morfológicas dos agregados variaram em profundidade, tanto em plantio direto, plantio convencional e na presença ou ausência de efeito residual de gesso.

The increase in soybean production in Manitoba has raised many questions about phosphorus management for achieving high yields of modern varieties. Soybean’s tolerance to seed-placed fertilizer and response to added fertilizer P were evaluated in a 28 site-year study, and the yield response to soil test P concentrations was evaluated in seven site-years, in a second study. Plant stand reduction caused by fertilizer toxicity when applied with the seed was rare, but was most likely in soils with medium to coarse texture or when seeding equipment lightly disturbed the soil, or provided little seed bed utilization. Severe plant stand reduction decreased seed yield in two site-years. Seed yield increase to P fertilization was rarely observed, regardless of fertilizer P rate, P placement or soil test P. In only one site-year there was a significant effect of fertilizer rate, where 45 and 90 kg P2O5 ha-1 increased yield by approximately 15%, compared to the control. Regardless of soil test P, seed yield response to soil P fertility was never observed. / October 2016

It is not known whether seed inoculated soybean intercropping can increase the number of nodules, nitrogen uptake and yield of the subsequent main crop, soybean. For this reason, the soybean intercropping approach, sole or mixed cropping with buckwheat, was adopted to examine the influence of inoculation and intercropping of soybean and buckwheat on the subsequent main crop, soybean. Field trials were conducted from 2016 to 2019 in Germany and Poland. For this purpose, soils on which soybeans had not been grown in the past were selected as experimental plots and laid out in a split-plot design. It was surprising that even without inoculation a nodule growth could be documented. However, intercrop inoculation resulted in an average of 12 times more nodules per plant at four out of five sites. In addition, a 43% higher number of nodules was found on the lateral roots of the main soybean crop when intercropping with inoculated soybean occurred. The influence of the intercrop on the main crop soybean also depended on their growth in late summer and autumn. Further, there was a medium relationship (R = 0.7) between the number of nodules in the intercrop soybean and the nitrogen content of the soybean grain in the main crop. In terms of soybean grain yield, a single inoculation of the intermediate soybean crop contributed an average of 5% higher yield and inoculation of both the intercrops, and the main crop improved yield by 15%.

Submitted by Gabriela Lopes (gmachadolopesufpel@gmail.com) on 2018-07-16T20:14:36Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Versao final da monografia Jeferson versão definitiva 2 (1)-1.pdf: 159729 bytes, checksum: 4d19f28227e500b46e5d8ad6ee00ffb8 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Aline Batista (alinehb.ufpel@gmail.com) on 2018-07-17T21:27:10Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Versao final da monografia Jeferson versão definitiva 2 (1)-1.pdf: 159729 bytes, checksum: 4d19f28227e500b46e5d8ad6ee00ffb8 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Aline Batista (alinehb.ufpel@gmail.com) on 2018-07-17T21:29:36Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Versao final da monografia Jeferson versão definitiva 2 (1)-1.pdf: 159729 bytes, checksum: 4d19f28227e500b46e5d8ad6ee00ffb8 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-07-17T21:29:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Versao final da monografia Jeferson versão definitiva 2 (1)-1.pdf: 159729 bytes, checksum: 4d19f28227e500b46e5d8ad6ee00ffb8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-04-29 / Em busca de tecnologias inovadoras que tragam resultados na manutenção da qualidade fisiológica de campo de sementes de soja, instalados em regiões não propícias para produção de sementes, a principal necessidade da empresa I. Riedi é de produzir suas próprias sementes, para dessa forma, facilitar a logística de comercialização. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar o desempenho do produto a base de látex e silicone de nome comercial GRIP®, na diminuição dos efeitos danosos da chuva na fase de pré-colheita de campos de produção de sementes de soja. Os experimentos foram conduzidos em duas regiões distintas em altitude dentro do Estado do Paraná na cidade de Clevelândia à 925m de altitude e em Cascavel a 550m de altitude, localizadas no oeste e sudoeste do Estado, respectivamente. Testaram-se três tratamentos: sementes colhidas antes da chuva, após a chuva com aplicação de GRIP® e após a chuva sem aplicação de GRIP®. Os dois experimentos foram conduzidos utilizando a cultivar SYN1059 RR, blocos ao acaso com 7 repetições. Todos os dados obtidos na analise foram submetidas a análise de variância, foi efetuada a comparação de médias, através do Teste de Tukey ao nível de significância de 5%. O programa Sisvar® foi utilizado para execução da analise e obtenção dos resultados. No momento em que o campo de sementes encontrava-se na fase de pré-colheita e precedendo uma chuva em 24horas, efetuou-se aplicação do polímero nas parcelas. Imediatamente após a chuva as sementes de soja da parcela foram colhidas no momento em que atingiram o ponto de colheita (14%) e as amostras foram encaminhadas ao laboratório para determinar germinação e vigor no tempo zero (imediatamente após a colheita) e 3 meses de armazenamento. Conclui-se que para região de baixa altitude o produto GRIP® não preserva a qualidade fisiológica das sementes de soja produzidas após chuva. Na região de alta altitude o produto mostrou um desempenho superior para vigor após as sementes de soja terem recebido chuva na pré-colheita. / In search of innovative technologies that bring results in maintaining the physiological quality of soybean field, installed in areas not conducive to seed production, the primary need of I. Riedi company is to produce their own seeds, to thus facilitate the marketing logistics. This study aimed to evaluate the performance of the product based on latex and silicone trade name Grip®, in reducing the damaging effects of rain in the pre-harvest soybean seed production fields phase. The experiments were conducted in two different regions in altitude within the state of Paraná in the city of Clevelândia at 925m altitude and Cascavel to 550m above sea level, located in the west and southwest of the state, respectively. Were tested three treatments: seeds harvested before the rain, rain after application Grip® with and without rain after application Grip®. Both experiments were conducted using the cultivar SYN1059 RR, a completely randomized with six replications, randomized blocks. The statistical program used was Minitab with Tukey at 5% significance. At the moment the seed was in the field pre-harvest stage and preceding a rain in 24 hours, was executed application on portions of the polymer. After the rain seeds were harvested and compared in laboratory results (germination and vigor) at zero time (immediately after harvest) and 3 months of storage. It is concluded that for low-altitude region Grip® the product does not preserve the physiological quality of soybean seeds produced after rain. In the high-altitude region the product showed superior performance to force after the soybeans have received rain in the pre-harvest.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-07-29T16:24:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Janine Mesquita Goncalves.pdf: 4483420 bytes, checksum: b7bd509097f70a385369f3019e4dad00 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-02-27 / The soybean is grown and consumed throughout the world. Brazilian production is concentrated mainly in the Mid-South. However, few studies on the accumulation of nutrients are made for improving the efficiency of production processes. We talk about the best fertilizer and sophisticated defensive, but if the plant does not respond well to all these stimuli do not result in profits for producers and more food for the population. The advent of transgenic cultivars reduced production costs, but the accumulation of nutrients in these plants is unknown. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the accumulation of nutrients in conventional and transgenic cultivars subjected to the same conditions. The experiment was conducted at the Federal Institute Goiano - Urutaí Campus, from 12 November 2010 to 15 April 2011. We collected whole soybean plants at 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100 days after planting. The plants were taken to the laboratory washed in tap water and divided into stems, leaves, flowers and pods, passed in distilled water, dried in a forced air at 70 ° C and ground in Willey type mill. We analyzed the N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S, Cu, Fe, Mn and Zn. The results were subjected to analysis of variance, means and regression testing. It was concluded that the greatest accumulation of biomass and thus nutrient does not guarantee high yields in soybean. / A cultura da soja é plantada e consumida em todo o mundo. A produção brasileira concentra-se principalmente na região Centro-Sul. Porém, poucos estudos sobre o acúmulo de nutrientes são realizados para melhoria da eficiência dos processos produtivos. Fala-se em melhores adubos e sofisticados defensivos, mas se a planta não responder bem a todos estes estímulos, não resultará em lucros para os produtores e mais alimentos para a população. O advento das cultivares transgênicas reduziram os custos de produção, porém o acúmulo de nutrientes nestas plantas é desconhecido. Para tanto, este estudo teve por objetivo avaliar o acúmulo de nutrientes em cultivares convencionais e transgênicas submetidas às mesmas condições. O experimento foi conduzido no Instituto Federal Goiano Campus Urutaí, no período de 12 de novembro de 2010 a 15 de abril de 2011. Foram coletadas plantas inteiras de soja aos 20, 40, 60, 80 e 100 dias após o plantio. As plantas foram levadas para o laboratório lavadas em água corrente e divididas em caules, folhas, inflorescências e vagens, passadas em água destilada, secas em estufa de circulação forçada de ar a 70 ºC e trituradas em moinho tipo Willey. Foram analisados os nutrientes N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S, Cu, Fe, Mn e Zn. Os resultados foram submetidos à análise de variância, testes de médias e regressão. Concluiu-se que o maior acúmulo de fitomassa e consequentemente de nutrientes não garante altas produtividades na cultura da soja.

Zoysiagrass (Zoysia spp.) is utilized as a warm-season turfgrass because of its density, visual quality, stress tolerance, and reduced input requirements. Turf managers often exploit winter dormancy in warm-season turfgrass to apply nonselective herbicides such as glyphosate and glufosinate to control winter annual weeds. Although this weed control strategy is common in bermudagrass (Cynodon spp.), it has been less adopted in zoysiagrass due to unexplainable turf injury. Many university extension publications recommend against applying nonselective herbicides to dormant zoysiagrass despite promotional language found in a few peer-reviewed publications and product labels. Previous researchers have used vague terminology such as "applied to dormant zoysiagrass" or "applied prior to zoysiagrass green-up" to describe herbicide application timings. These ambiguous terms have led to confusion since zoysiagrass typically has subcanopy green leaves and stems throughout the winter dormancy period. No research has sought to explain why some turfgrass managers are observing zoysiagrass injury when the literature only offers evidence that these herbicides do not injure dormant zoysiagrass. We sought to explore various herbicides, prevailing temperatures surrounding application, heat unit based application timings, and spray penetration into zoysiagrass canopies as possible contributors to zoysiagrass injury. The results indicated that a wide range of herbicides may be safely used in dormant zoysiagrass. However, as zoysiagrass begins to produce more green leaves, herbicides such as metsulfuron, glyphosate, glufosinate, flumioxazin, and diquat become too injurious. Glufosinate was consistently more injurious regardless of application timing than glyphosate and other herbicides. When temperatures were 10 °C for 7 d following treatment, a delayed effect of glyphosate and glufosinate effect on digitally-assessed green cover loss was noted on zoysiagrass sprigs. In subsequent studies on turf plugs, a 14-d incubation period at 10 °C reduced glyphosate but not glufosinate effects on turf green color reduction. Glyphosate applied at 125, and 200 GDD5C can safely be applied to zoysiagrass while glufosinate applied at the same timings caused inconsistent and often unacceptable zoysiagrass injury in field studies conducted at Blacksburg, VA, Starkville, MS, and Virginia Beach, VA. Zoysiagrass green leaf density was described as a function of accumulated heat units consistently across years and locations but variably by turf mowing height. Turf normalized difference vegetative index was primarily governed by green turf cover but reduced by herbicide treatments, especially when applied at greater than 200 GDD5C. Substantial spray deposition occurred to subcanopy tissue regardless of nozzle type, pressure and height above the zoysiagrass canopy based on spectrophotometric assessment of a colorant admixture. However, increasing nozzle height above the turf canopy and avoiding air induction type nozzles significantly reduced the percentage of green tissue exposed at lower canopy levels. Absorption of radio-labeled glyphosate and glufosinate was up to four times greater when exposed to zoysiagrass stems compared to leaves. Glyphosate translocated more than glufosinate and both herbicides moved more readily from stem to leaf than from leaf to stem / Doctor of Philosophy / Zoysiagrass (Zoysia spp.) is utilized as a warm-season turfgrass because of its density, visual quality, stress tolerance, and reduced input requirements. Being that zoysiagrass is a warm-season turfgrass, it enters a dormancy period during the winter months. During this period, zoysiagrasses' active growth is halted, and leaves lose their green color and turn a golden-brown color. The winter dormancy period presents turfgrass managers with a unique opportunity to apply nonselective herbicides such as glyphosate and glufosinate to control a broad spectrum of winter annual weeds. Although this weed control strategy is common in bermudagrass (Cynodon spp.), it has been less adopted in zoysiagrass due to turfgrass managers observing unexplainable turfgrass injury. Many university extension publications recommend against applying nonselective herbicides to dormant zoysiagrass despite language found in peer-reviewed publications and product labels suggesting they could be safely applied. Previous researchers have used vague terminology such as "applied to dormant zoysiagrass" or "applied prior to zoysiagrass green-up" to describe herbicide application timings. These terms have led to confusion about when to make these applications since zoysiagrass typically has subcanopy green leaves and stems throughout the winter dormancy period. No research has sought to explain why some turfgrass managers observe zoysiagrass injury when the literature only offers evidence that these herbicides do not injure dormant zoysiagrass. Research projects were designed to explore various herbicides, temperatures surrounding herbicide applications, application timings, and spray penetration into zoysiagrass canopies as possible contributors to zoysiagrass injury. The results indicated that a wide range of herbicides may be safely used in dormant and semidormant zoysiagrass. However, as zoysiagrass begins to produce more green leaves and stems, herbicides such as metsulfuron, glyphosate, glufosinate, flumioxazin, and diquat become too injurious and should be avoided. Across multiple research studies, glufosinate was consistently more injurious regardless of application timing than glyphosate and other herbicides. When temperatures were 10 °C for 7-d following treatment, it delayed zoysaigrass response to glyphosate and glufosinate. In a subsequent study, when temperatures were at 10 °C for a 14-d period, glyphosate and the nontreated reached 50% green cover at the same time, which suggests cold temperatures could mitigate glyphosate injury on zoysiagrass over a 14-d period. The 10 ° temperature only delayed glufosinate injury on zoysiagrass, and no safening was observed. The results also indicated that as temperatures increased, glyphosate and glufosinate rate in which injury was observed increased on the zoysiagrass. Glyphosate applied at 125, and 200 GDD5C can safely be applied to zoysiagrass while glufosinate applied at the same timings caused inconsistent and often unacceptable zoysiagrass injury in field studies conducted at Blacksburg, VA, Starkville, MS, and Virginia Beach, VA. Zoysiagrass injury increased when glyphosate and glufosinate were applied later into the spring when more green leaves were present regardless of location. Accumulated heat units and zoysiagrass green leaf density were closely related, indicating that accumulated heat units could be a useful tool for turfgrass managers to track zoysiagrass spring green-up. Substantial spray deposition was found on subcanopy zoysiagrass leaves and stems regardless of nozzle type, pressure, and height above the zoysiagrass canopy based on recovered colorant at the upper, middle and lower levels of the zoysiagrass canopy. However, avoiding air induction-type nozzles and raising spray height may slightly decrease penetration of spray droplets into a zoysiagrass subcanopy, but a large percentage of droplets still reached the middle and lower canopy layers in this research. Absorption of radio-labeled glyphosate and glufosinate was up to four times greater when applied directly to zoysiagrass stolen compared to leaves. Glyphosate translocated more than glufosinate, and both herbicides moved more readily from stem to leaf than from leaf to stem. These data suggest limiting the number of green zoysiagrass leaves at application would be an effective method to avoid injury zoysiagrass when applying nonselective herbicides