Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The managedment of the pig manure, in the slurry or solid form (deep bedding), and how it is applied to the soil, in the surface or incorporated, must affect the dynamics of the C and the N in the soil. The objectives of this work were: 1) to evaluate the dynamics of the C and the N in soil and to evaluate the N supply to maize which were applied pig manure in the slurry and solid form, in no-tillage and minimum tillage system; and 2) to use the STICS model (BRISSON et al., 1998) to simulate the dynamics of N and water in the soil-plant system with the use of pig slurry in maize under no-tillage system. To reach the first objective, three experiments were realized. Two of them in the field conditions, during the period of 2002/03 in the Experimental Area of the UFSM/RS Soil Department in a typic Hapludult and one of them in laboratory conditions. The treatments consisted in the application or no application of pig manure in the slurry and solid form (deep bedding) on the crop oats residues with and without incorporation to the soil in the maize. Aiming to reach the second objective, a data set generated in the Experimental Area of the UFSM Soil Department during the period of 1998 to 2002, involving the N dynamics in the soil-plant system, with the use of pig slurry in notillage system was used. The gotten results had indicated that the N losses by NH3 volatilization were higher with the application of pig slurry than with the application of solid manure and that these losses decrease with the incorporation of the manure to the soil. The amounts of mineral N in the soil layer of 0-90 cm did not differ between the treatments with and without incorporation of the manure in spite of the lost N amount by volatilization has been higher in the treatment without incorporation. The incorporation of the manure to the soil did not increase the straw C decomposition and nor the N immobilization. The presence of the oats straw stimulated the immobilization of the ammoniacal N applied with the pig slurry. The solid manure presented low nitrogenous fertilizing otential to the maize when compared to the pig slurry in terms of the low mineralization rate of the organic N, present in the deep bedding. The N-N2O emission increased with the application of the pig slurry on the oats straw in relation to the system with straw and without pig slurry. The pig slurry ammoniacal 15N recovery by the maize in physiological maturation stage was only 14.9%. In the same period, only 49.2% of the ammoniacal 15N applied with the slurry pig slurry were recuperated in the soil and the plant (aerial part + roots), indicating that more than a half of the ammoniacal N applied with the pig slurry was lost through the volatilization, lixiviation and denitrification processes. The STICS model underestimates the amount of N lost by ammonia volatilization after the pig slurry application. The use of a factor in STICS to express the N losses by ammonia volatilization provided an improvement in the simulations of the N dynamics in the soil. The water dynamics in the soil layer of 0 - 60 cm was simulated by STICS with an error lower than 13.5%. These work results showed that the STICS reparametred model presents potential to be used in subtropical weather conditions in the simulation of the N and water dynamics in no-tillage system with the use of pig manure. / A forma como os dejetos de suínos são manejados, se na forma líquida ou sólida (cama sobreposta), e o modo de aplicação dos mesmos no solo, se na superfície ou incorporados, devem afetar a dinâmica do C e do N no solo. Os objetivos deste trabalho foram: 1) avaliar a dinâmica do C e do N no solo e o fornecimento de N ao milho com uso de dejetos de suínos na forma líquida e sólida, em sistema plantio direto e preparo reduzido do solo; e 2) utilizar o modelo STICS (BRISSON et al., 1998) para simular a dinâmica do N e da água no sistema solo-planta com o uso de dejetos líquidos de suínos em sistema plantio direto de milho. Para atingir o primeiro objetivo, foram realizados três experimentos, sendo dois em condições de campo, no período de 2002/03 na área Experimental do Departamento de Solos da UFSM/RS, em solo Argissolo Vermelho distrófico arênico, e um em condições de laboratório. Os tratamentos consistiram da aplicação ou não de dejetos de suínos na forma líquida e sólida (cama sobreposta), sobre os resíduos culturais de aveia com e sem incorporação ao solo, na cultura do milho. Com vistas ao alcance do segundo objetivo, foi utilizado um conjunto de dados gerados na área Experimental do Departamento de Solos da UFSM no período de 1998 a 2002 envolvendo a dinâmica do N no sistema solo-planta com o uso de dejetos líquidos de suínos em sistema plantio direto. Os resultados obtidos indicaram que as perdas de N por volatilização de NH3 foram maiores com a aplicação de dejetos líquidos de suínos do que com a aplicação de dejetos sólidos e que essas perdas diminuíram com a incorporação dos dejetos ao solo. As quantidades de N mineral na camada de 0-90 cm do solo não diferiram entre os tratamentos com e sem incorporação dos dejetos apesar da quantidade de N perdida por volatilização ter sido maior no tratamento sem incorporação. A incorporação dos dejetos ao solo não aumentou a decomposição do C da palha e nem a imobilização de N. A presença da palha de aveia estimulou a imobilização do N amoniacal aplicado com os dejetos de suínos. Os dejetos sólidos apresentaram baixo potencial fertilizante nitrogenado ao milho, comparado aos dejetos líquidos, em função da baixa taxa de mineralização do N orgânico presente na cama sobreposta. A emissão de N-N2O aumentou com a aplicação dos dejetos líquidos sobre a palha de aveia em relação ao sistema com palha e sem dejetos. A recuperação do 15N amonical dos dejetos líquidos pelo milho no estádio de maturação fisiológica foi de apenas 14,9%. Nesse mesmo período, apenas 49,2% do 15N amoniacal aplicado com os dejetos líquidos de suínos foram recuperados no solo e na planta (parte aérea + raízes), indicando que mais da metade do N amoniacal aplicado com os dejetos foi perdido através dos processos de volatilização, lixiviação e desnitrificação. O modelo STICS subestimou a quantidade de N perdida por volatilização de amônia, após a aplicação dos dejetos de suínos. O uso de um fator em STICS para expressar a perdas de N por volatilização de amônia proporcionou uma melhora nas simulações da dinâmica do N no solo. A dinâmica da água na camada 0 60 cm do solo foi simulada por STICS com um erro inferior a 13,5%. Os resultados desse estudo evidenciaram que o modelo STICS reparametrado apresenta potencial para ser utilizado em condições de clima subtropical na simulação da dinâmica do N e da água em sistema plantio direto com o uso de dejetos de suínos.

Different systems use and management tend to degrade the soil structure. The reduction of soil physical quality has direct consequences for the growth and development of plants, as well as the dynamic flow of water and nutrients. The objective of this study was evaluate the effects of different systems of use and management in the flow and availability of soil water, to quantify the effects of management practices on the physical-mechanical properties of the soil and what is the response of plants due to handling. The systems that were analyzed are: i) integrated crop livestock (ICL), ii) continuous no-tillage (NT), for a period exceeding 15 years, iii) chisel plow tillage (T+CP ) iv) tillage scarified with a harrowing (T+S+H). v) native Forest (FOREST) six layers of soil (0,00-0,05, 0,05-0,10, 0,10-0,15 were evaluated, 0,15-0,20, 0,20-0,30 and 0,30-0,40 m). The FOREST showed the highest infiltration rates (5200 mm h-1), and the greater amount of water available (0,31 m³ m-3) and was the FOREST that had the highest value of the index S. The ICL system was the system that had the lowest infiltration rates (140 mm h-1), the lowest values of available water (0,09 m3 m-3) and the system T+CP showed lower index S. The physical-mechanicalattributes of FOREST soil, presents the largest pore volume, the higher pressure pre-consolidation, the lowest density, the lowest maximum density, the relative density and a the lower rate of compression. The mechanical intervention promotes the reducing of compression state, and these effects are longer than 320 days. The agricultural systems where no tillage demonstrate the formation of a compacted subsurface layer (0,05-0,20 m). The growth and development of plants was higher in T+CP and T+S+H, with the largest number of nodes per stem and greater in number of productive nodes was found in these systems. The highest yield was found in the NT system (3.548 kg) and the lowest yield was found in the ICL system (2.821 kg). The FOREST presents the best water conditions, especially because there are no human actions and presents a low compression state. The mechanical intervention favors the water infiltration and low S index, also promoting increased values of porosity and compression index. The NT and ICL systems, due to the period of 15 years without tillage, combined with high traffic of machinery and animal trampling exhibit more compacted, consequently lower rate of infiltration and water availability and reduced values of S index, also have high values of pre-consolidationpressure, of soil density, of relative density and compression rate. The tillage system with straw in high quantity is effective in maintaining higher yield of soybean. The mechanical intervention provides a favorable environment for the growth and development of plants. / Os diferentes sistemas de uso e manejo, quando conduzidos de forma inadequada, tendem a degradar a estrutura do solo. A redução da qualidade física do solo traz consequências diretas no crescimento e desenvolvimento de plantas, bem como na dinâmica e fluxo de água e nutrientes. O objetivo do trabalho foi avaliar os efeitos de diferentes sistemas de uso e manejo no fluxo e disponibilidade de água no solo, quantificar os efeitos dos manejos sobre as propriedades físico - mecânicas do solo e qual a resposta das plantas. Os sistemas analisados foram: i) sistema plantio direto com integração lavoura pecuária (ILP); ii) sistema plantio direto contínuo (SPD), por um período superior a 15 anos; iii) sistema plantio direto escarificado (SPD+E); iv), sistema plantio direto escarificado com uma gradagem (SPD+E+G) e; v) Mata nativa (MATA). Foram avaliadas seis camadas de solo (0,00-0,05, 0,05-0,10, 0,10-0,15, 0,15-0,20, 0,20-0,30 e 0,30-0,40 m). Quanto aos atributos hídricos do solo a MATA apresentou as maiores taxas de infiltração (5200 mm h-¹), maior quantidade de água disponível (0,31 m³ m-3), também na MATA foi onde obteve-se o maior valor do índice S, que indica que esse solo apresnta uma melhor qualidade física. Já o sistema ILP foi o sistema que apresentou as menores taxas de infiltração (140 mm h-1), os menores valores de água disponível, (0,09 m³ m-3) e o sistema SPD+E apresentou menor valore de índice S. Quanto aos atributos físico - mecânicos do solo a MATA apresenta maior volume de poros, maior índice de compressão, esse sistema ainda tem a menor densidade, menor densidade máxima, densidade relativa e menor pressão de pré-consolidação. A escarificação do solo promove redução do estado de compactação, sendo que seus efeitos têm durabilidade maior do que 320 dias. Os sistemas de uso agrícolas onde não há mobilização do solo evidenciam a formação de uma camada compactada em sub-superfície (0,05-0,20). O crescimento e desenvolvimento de plantas foi maior no sistema SPD+E e SPD+E+G, sendo que o maior número de nós por haste e maior numero de nós produtivos foram encontrados nesses sistemas. A maior produtividade foi encontrada no sistema SPD (3.548 kg ha-1), e a menor produtividade foi no sistema ILP (2.821 kg ha-1). A MATA apresentam as melhores condições hídricas, principalmente por não sofrer ação antrópica e apresentar baixo estado de compactação. A intervenção mecânica favorece a infiltração de água e melhora o índice S, também promovendo aumento dos valores de porosidade e índice de compressão. Os sistemas SPD e ILP, devido ao período de 15 anos sem revolvimento, somado com elevado tráfego de máquinas e ao pisoteio animal apresentam maior estado de compactação, consequentemente, menor taxa de infiltração, menor disponibilidade de água e valores de índice S reduzidos, também apresentando elevados valores de pressão de pré-consolidação, densidade solo e densidade relativa. O sistema plantio direto é eficaz para manter elevadas produtividades de soja. A intervenção mecânica propicia um ambiente favorável para o crescimento e desenvolvimento de plantas.

A cama de semeadura é uma das principais condições físicas do solo para crescimento das plantas. A avaliação da qualidade física desse ambiente do solo, onde ocorre a germinação e emergência das culturas, é de fundamental importância para compreender os fatores que afetam o seu desenvolvimento. A presente pesquisa foi realizada, inicialmente, no Brasil, com o objetivo de avaliar a qualidade física da cama de semeadura do solo, pela determinação de propriedades estruturais e físico-hídricas do solo, e parâmetros de emergência das culturas milho e soja em sistema plantio direto de longa duração submetido à escarificação mecânica e biológica do solo. O trabalho foi desenvolvido em área pertencente à Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Paraná. Os tratamentos avaliados foram: sistema plantio direto por 16 anos, sistema plantio direto submetido à escarificação mecânica até 0,25 m de profundidade e sistema plantio direto submetido à escarificação biológica por meio do nabo forrageiro. As amostragens de solos foram realizadas aos seis e 18 meses após a implantação dos tratamentos, correspondentes às semeaduras das culturas do milho (Outubro de 2009) e da soja (Novembro de 2010) nas camadas 0-5 e 5-10 cm de profundidade. Para o experimento desenvolvido nos Estados Unidos, o objetivo foi avaliar a qualidade física da cama de semeadura do solo, pela determinação do intervalo hídrico ótimo, e parâmetros de emergência da cultura do trigo, em dois experimentos de longa duração que envolveu sistemas de cultivo e sistemas de preparo do solo. Esses experimentos foram conduzidos em área da Kansas State University, em Hays, Kansas, EUA. Os sistemas de preparo do solo envolveram a rotação trigo/sorgo/pousio sob o preparo convencional, reduzido e plantio direto implantados há 46 anos. Os sistemas de cultivo consistiram das sucessões trigo/pousio, trigo/sorgo/pousio e trigo/trigo manejadas sob preparo reduzido e plantio direto, implantados há 35 anos. A amostragem do solo foi realizada na cama de semeadura do trigo (Outubro/Novembro de 2011) nas camadas 0-5 e 5-10 cm de profundidade. Os dados foram submetidos à análise de variância e, quando significativos, as médias dos tratamentos foram comparadas pelo teste Tukey. Os resultados do estudo feito no Brasil demonstraram que a escarificação mecânica apresentou um baixo efeito residual sobre as propriedades físicas do solo, indicando ser desnecessária sua aplicação com vistas a melhorar a qualidade física do solo. A cultura do nabo forrageiro, como alternativa de escarificação biológica, pode ser incluída no sistema de rotação de culturas, uma vez que se mostrou eficiente em melhorar algumas propriedades físicas do solo. No estudo realizado nos EUA, no experimento sobre sistemas de preparo, o preparo reduzido resultou em melhor condição física da cama de semeadura do solo. O preparo convencional foi o tratamento que apresentou uma condição física do solo menos favorável ao crescimento inicial das plantas. O sistema de cultivo trigo/trigo sob preparo reduzido apresentou o melhor IHO da cama de semeadura. O procedimento boundary line demonstrou que os parâmetros de emergência das culturas foram dependentes das propriedades físicas da cama de semeadura do solo. / The seedbed is one of the most important soil physical conditions for plant growth. The evaluation of the soil physical quality in such soil environment is essential to understand the factors that affect crop development, as it is where seed germination and plant emergence and establishment take place. The objective of the experiment carried out in Brazil was to evaluate: the physical quality of the soil seedbed by the determination of its structural and physical-hydric properties; and the emergence parameters of the corn and soybean crops under long-term no tillage submitted to mechanical and biological chiseling. This experiment was carried out in Ponta Grossa, Paraná State, Brazil, at the farm-school belonging to Ponta Grossa State University. The treatments were no-tillage for 16 years, no-tillage submitted to mechanical chiseling at 0.25 m soil depth and no-tillage submitted to biological chiseling by a forage radish crop. Soil samples were collected at six and 18 months after the treatments were implemented, corresponding to a maize seedbed (October 2009) and a soybean seedbed (November 2010), for the 0 to 5 and 5 to 10 cm soil depths. For the experiments developed in the United States, the objective was to evaluate: the physical quality of the soil seedbed by the least limiting water range determination; and the wheat emergence parameters from two longterm experiments involving different cropping systems (35 years) and soil tillage systems (46 years). These experiments were conducted in an area belonging to Kansas State University located in Hays, Kansas, USA. The tillage systems experiment consisted of a wheat/sorghum/fallow rotation under conventional, reduced and no tillage. The cropping systems experiment consisted of wheat/fallow, wheat/sorghum/fallow and wheat/wheat rotations cultivated under reduced and no tillage. Soil samples were collected from the wheat seedbed (October/November 2011) at the 0 to 5 and 5 to 10 cm soil depths. The data were submitted to the variance analysis and, when significant, the means were compared by the Tukey test. The results from the experiment performed in Brazil showed that the mechanical chiseling had a lower residual effect on the soil physical properties, indicating that it is unnecessary when the aim is to improve the soil physical quality. The forage radish cultivation, as an alternative of biological chiseling, can be included in the crop rotation system once it was efficient at improving some soil physical properties. For the tillage systems experiment, which was conducted in the United States, the reduced tillage treatment resulted in a better physical condition of the soil seedbed. The conventional tillage was the treatment that presented the least favorable soil physical condition for the initial plant growth. The wheat/wheat cropping system under reduced tillage showed the best least limiting water range of the soil seedbed. The boundary line approach demonstrated that the crop emergence parameters were dependent on the physical properties of the soil seedbed.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-07-29T14:42:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao - Rafaela Alves Fernandes.pdf: 429619 bytes, checksum: 2f6106da4b46e3059b4843ba3da85ad4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-08-17 / The aim of this study was to evaluate the diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMFs) in different systems of management of the soil, in an Oxisoil in the Brazilian Cerrado Savannah, located at the experimental campus the Federal University the Goiás (UFG), Campus Jataí, (Goiás, Brazil). Ten samples were collected in tree management (coffee plantation, no tillage and pasture) and a native Cerrado Savannah. The collection were realized in two seasons, dry and wet, and AMF communities were propagated in trap culture, in the greenhouse, with Brachiaria brizantha, as host plant. 42 AMF species were recovered, being 18 Acaulospora, 10 Scutellospora, 07 Glomus, 06 Gigaspora and 01 Paraglomus, and of these 10 couldn t be identified, what can be an indicative of new species. The spore density was higher in dry than wet season, but. had not significant differences between samples collected in field and trap culture, considering species richness and spores density. Gigaspora decipiens and Gi. margarita, were found in all areas and in all seasons. The coffee plantation had the largest spores density, but smaller richness, with predominance that of Gigasporaceae family, and areas with no tillage and pasture presented larger diversity. Shannon-Weiner indices were larger in the pasture area, showing the more equal distribution in these samples. In conclusion, the increasing land use intensity was negativetly correlated with AMF diversity, with might influence the development of the selected plant species. / O presente trabalho objetivou avaliar a diversidade de fungos micorrizícos arbusculares (FMAs) em diferentes sistemas de manejo e uso do solo, em um Latossolo Vermelho distroférrico de Cerrado, localizado, na fazenda experimental da Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG) Campus Jataí. Foram coletadas 10 amostras simples em cada um dos 4 sistemas de manejo e uso (cafezal, plantio direto, pastagem e Cerrado nativo). As coletas foram realizadas em set/2007 e em mar/2008. Parte do solo retirado de campo foi cultivado em casa de vegetação com Brachiaria brizantha, visando recuperação de espécies que não puderam ser encontradas in situ. Foram realizadas análises químicas de solo, extração, contagem e identificação das espécies de FMAs, através dos esporos e colonização radicular das amostras coletadas em campo. Foram recuperadas um total de 42 espécies, sendo 18 Acaulospora, 10 Scutellospora, 07 Glomus, 06 Gigaspora e 01 Paraglomus. De todas as espécies encontradas, 10 não puderam ser identificadas, o que pode ser um indicativo de potenciais novas espécies. Foram recuperados um maior número de espécies no período seco, em comparação ao período chuvoso. Não houve diferença entre as amostras coletadas em campo e as cultivadas em casa de vegetação, considerando número de espécies e densidade de esporos. As espécies Gi. decipiens e Gi. margarita foram encontradas em todas os sistemas, independentemente do período de coleta. A área de café apresentou menor diversidade de espécies, enquanto que os sistemas de plantio direto e pastagem foram as que apresentaram maior diversidade, demonstrada pelo índice de Shannon-Weiner. Podemos dizer, então que, quanto maior a intensidade de uso do solo, menor será a diversidade de FMAs, podendo influenciar no comportamento das espécies vegetais, presentes no sistema.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-07-29T16:24:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTACAO TATIELY GOMES BERNARDES 2008.pdf: 436182 bytes, checksum: ed86a8aa78f5feb99af31d615243e746 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-02-25 / In order to increase the productivity of the common bean crop several technologies are offered, but there is lack of studies to verify their efficiency. The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of growth regulator and the biological control of fungi of the soil through Trichoderma sp., seeking larger productivity of the commom bean plant irrigated in succession to different cover crops. The experiments were conducted in Fazenda Capivara - Embrapa Arroz e Feijão, in the municipality of Santo Antônio de Goiás, GO, in a Dystrophic Red Latosol. The experimental design was a randomized complete block on split-plot, with four replications. The plots of the two experiments consisted of cultures used as soil cover, as the leguminous: pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan L. Millisp), Stylosanthes guianensis cv. Campo Grande, and Crotalária spectabilis Roth., and the grasses: millet (Pennisetum glaucum L. R. Br.), Panicum maximum cv. Mombaça, Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu, B. brizantha associated with corn (Zea mays L.) and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench). To the 84 days after the cut of the cover crops common bean cultivar BRS Valente was sown under central pivot. Experiment 1: the subplot treatments were: a) control; b) 500 ml of growth regulator (RC - commercial product Stimulate) in 100 kg of seeds; c) 1250 ml of biological fungicide (FB - commercial product Trichodermil) in 100 kg of seeds; and, d) 500 ml of RC plus 1250 ml FB in 100 kg of seeds. They were evaluated severity of root rot, incidence of fusarium wilt, grain yield, mass of 100 grains, number of beans for plant, number of grains for bean and initial and final stand of the commom bean. Experiment 2: the subplots consisted of the following treatments: a) control; b) 500 ml of growth regulator (RC - commercial product Stimulate) in 100 kg of seeds; c) 250 ml of RC for hectare in the V4 development stage, foliar treatment; and, d) 500 ml RC in 100 kg of seeds and 250 ml of RC for hectare via foliar, in the V4 development stage. They were evaluated the grain yield, mass of 100 grains, number of beans for plant, number of grains for bean and initial and final stand of the commom bean. The obtained data of the studied variables were submitted to the variance analyses being applied the F test, and when there were differences among the averages, these were compared by the Tukey test at 5% of probability. Experiment 1: The treatments with Trichoderma sp. and growth regulators applied via seeds did not showed significant effect in the analyzed variables. The sorghum straw favored the increase of the severity of the root rot and of the fusarium wilt in the common bean crop, causing a lower grain yield. The highest grain yield was obtained in the millet straw. Experiment 2: The treatments with growth regulator applied via seeds and foliar did not significantly influenced the common bean grain yield. The predecessor cover crops influenced the common bean grain yield, and the millet was that provided the largest common bean grain yield. / Visando aumentar a produtividade do feijoeiro várias tecnologias são oferecidas, mas faltam estudos para verificar a eficiência destas. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o efeito de regulador de crescimento e o controle biológico de fungos do solo por meio de Trichoderma sp., visando maior produtividade do feijoeiro irrigado em sucessão à diferentes culturas de cobertura. Os experimentos foram conduzidos na Fazenda Capivara Embrapa Arroz e Feijão, no município de Santo Antônio de Goiás, GO, em Latossolo Vermelho distrófico. O delineamento experimental foi em parcelas subdivididas, em blocos completos ao acaso com quatro repetições. Na parcela dos dois experimentos constaram às culturas utilizadas como coberturas do solo, as leguminosas: guandu, estilosante e crotalária, e as gramíneas: milheto, mombaça, braquiária, braquiária consorciada com milho e sorgo. Aos 84 dias após o corte das culturas de cobertura foi realizado a semeadura do feijoeiro, cultivar BRS Valente, sob pivô central. Experimento 1: nas subparcelas os tratamentos foram: a) testemunha; b) 500 ml de regulador crescimento (RC produto comercial Stimulate) em 100 kg de sementes; c) 1250 ml de fungicida biológico (FB produto comercial Trichodermil) em 100 kg de sementes; e, d) 500 ml de RC com mais 1250 ml FB em 100 kg de sementes. Foram avaliadas a severidade de podridão radicular, incidência de murcha-de-fusário, rendimento de grãos, massa de 100 grãos, número de vagens por planta, número de grãos por vagem e estande inicial e final do feijoeiro. Experimento 2: nas subparcelas constaram os seguintes tratamentos: a) testemunha; b) 500 ml de regulador de crescimento (RC - produto comercial Stimulate) em 100 kg de sementes; c) 250 ml de RC por hectare no estágio de desenvolvimento V4, tratamento foliar; e, d) 500 ml RC em 100 kg de sementes e 250 ml de RC por hectare via foliar, no estágio de desenvolvimento V4. Foram avaliados o rendimento de grãos, massa de 100 grãos, número de vagens por planta, número de grãos por vagem e estande inicial e final.do feijoeiro. Os dados obtidos das variáveis estudadas foram submetidos às análises de variância aplicando-se o teste de F, e quando houve diferença entre as médias, estas foram comparadas pelo teste de Tukey a 5% de probabilidade. Experimento 1: Os tratamentos com Trichoderma sp. e reguladores de crescimento aplicados via sementes não apresentaram efeito significativo em relação as variáveis analisadas. A palhada de sorgo favoreceu o aumento da severidade das podridões radiculares e da murcha-de-fusário no feijoeiro, causando um menor rendimento do feijoeiro. O maior rendimento do feijoeiro foi obtido na palhada de milheto. Experimento 2: Os tratamentos com reguladores de crescimento aplicado via sementes e foliar não influenciaram significativamente no rendimento do feijoeiro. As plantas de cobertura antecessoras influenciaram no rendimento do feijoeiro, sendo que o milheto foi a cobertura que proporcionou maior rendimento do feijoeiro.

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / The use of different tillage systems and winter crop plants over a long period of time on a clayed and naturally acid soil can promote changes in the forms of aluminum present in the soil, reducing the possibility of its toxicity to major crops. The aim of this study was to evaluate different forms of aluminum in a Oxisol in an experiment conducted by IAPAR (Southwest of Paraná) for 23 years. In the region, which was originally covered by Atlantic Forest, two systems of tillage (no-tillage (NT) and Conventional Planting System (CPS) were employed using the cultivation of six different species of winter plants (lupine blue, hairy vetch, black oats, turnip, wheat and fallow) in sequence to soybean and corn in the summer. In October 2009, there was the collection of soil samples at five different depths (0-5, 5 -10, 10-20, 20-30 and 30-40 cm). The forms of aluminum present in the soil were determined using various extractants: ammonium oxalate and 0.2 M sodium dithionite, sodium bicarbonate, for forms of aluminum present in the mineral fraction of soil; 1M potassium chloride, for the exchangeable form of aluminum in the soil, copper chloride 0.5 M lanthanum chloride and 0.33 M for the aluminum complexed forms of the active sites of soil organic matter (MOS), and 0.1 M sodium pyrophosphate. Three different methods were used for determining the aluminum content in the extracts: titration with 0.0125 M NaOH followed by back titration, atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) and fluoride ion selective electrode (ESIF)*, and the three methods have presented limitations. In the assessment of the forms of Al in the soil under different tillage systems and with different crops in the rotation system the ESIF method was used for determination of the aluminum content in the different extracts. The use of a tillage that promotes the maintenance of soil organic matter and biomass of soil with cover crops and NT, did not lead to reduced availability of exchangeable aluminum in the soil, whose structure (mineral oxides and 1:1 iron and aluminum clay minerals ) and naturally acid pH, constitute a source of this element, which can be toxic to plants. Concentrations of non exchangeable aluminum (organically complexed) in the surface layers of soil were higher for the treatments with vetch, turnip and fallow in NT. / A utilização de diferentes sistemas de preparo do solo e de cultivos de plantas de inverno por um longo período de tempo sobre um solo argiloso e naturalmente ácido pode promover alterações nas formas de alumínio no solo, reduzindo a possibilidade de toxidez às culturas principais. O objetivo do presente trabalho foi avaliar as diferentes formas de alumínio em um Latossolo Vermelho aluminoférrico em um experimento conduzido pelo IAPAR (no sudoeste do Paraná) por 23 anos. Na região que originalmente era coberta pela Mata Atlântica, avaliou-se dois sistemas de preparo do solo (Sistema de Plantio direto (SPD) e Sistema de Cultivo Convencional (SCC)) utilizando-se o cultivo de seis diferentes espécies de planta de inverno (tremoço azul, ervilhaca peluda, aveia preta, nabo forrageiro, trigo e pousio) em sequência às culturas de soja e de milho no verão. Em outro de 2009 realizou-se a coleta das amostras de solo em cinco diferentes profundidades (0-5, 5-10, 10-20, 20-30 e 30-40 cm). Determinou-se as formas de alumínio presente no solo com o uso de diferentes extratores: Oxalato de amônio 0,2M e ditionito-bicarbonato de sódio para avaliação das formas de alumínio presentes a fração mineral do solo; Cloreto de potássio 1M para determinação da forma trocável de alumínio no solo; Cloreto de Cobre 0,5M e Cloreto de lantânio 0,33M para avaliação das forma de alumínio complexados pelos sítios ativos da MOS, além do Pirofosfato de sódio 0,1M. Neste trabalho foram empregados três diferentes métodos de determinação do teor de alumínio nos extratos: titulometria por NaOH 0,0125M e retrotitulação, espectroscopia de absorção atômica (EAA) e por eletrodo seletivo de íons fluoreto (ESIF), sendo que os três métodos apresentaram limitações. Na avaliação dos sistemas de preparo do solo e das culturas no sistema de rotação utilizou-se o método do Eletrodo Seletivo de Íons Fluoreto para determinação do teor de alumínio nos diferentes extratores. O uso de um manejo que promova a manutenção dos teores de matéria orgânica e da biomassa do solo, com SPD e plantas de cobertura, não reduziram a disponibilidade de alumínio trocável no solo, sendo a estrutura mineral deste (argilominerais 1:1 e óxidos de ferro e alumínio), uma fonte deste elemento, podendo causar toxidez às plantas. Os teores de alumínio não trocável, organicamente complexado nas camadas superficiais do solo foram maiores para os tratamentos com ervilhaca, nabo e pousio sob SPD.

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / The cattle breeding and crop production integrated systems in the south of Brazil is based mostly on grain production with summer crops and beef cattle production over winter pastures. This activity have been expanded quickly in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, due the increase of soybean cultivation over native grass fields areas and the requirement to improve the livestock productivity index in that state. However, few research works exists until this moment to show the best management systems to this areas mainly due to its distinct character of agriculture and livestock when are isolated activities. With this meaning, this work has the purpose to evaluate the effect in increase use intensity of winter pastures and different summer crops systems over the soil organic matter (SOM) dynamics and its granulometric fractions particulate and mineral associated SOM on this areas and the grain and beef cattle yield achieved. For that, a field experiment was carried out over a Palehudult soil, on the city of Jari RS, with complete randomized blocks experimental design on factorial treatment distribution, four replications, with the utilization of three winter pastures management systems: no grazing (NG), grazing even 28 days (G28) and grazing even 14 days (G14), composing in this way increasing grazing frequencies over that pastures; and three summer crops systems: soybean monoculture (Mon-S), corn monoculture (Mon-C) and soybean/corn rotation (Rot-S/C). The beef cattle yield during the winter was not significantly affected by the increase of the grazing frequencies, but the biomass production to soil cover by the pastures and the grain yield of summer crops was reduced when the use intensity of the winter pastures by the animals was increased. The C addition to the soil by vegetal residues varied between 2.92 and 7.59 Mg ha-1 year-1 to the treatments G14 Mon-S and NG Mon-M, respectively. So, the main SOM fraction affected by the employed management in each treatment was the particulate fraction, expressed by the POM-C pool. This pool showed be 49 times more sensitive to the applied management over the winter pastures than the mineral associated fraction, expresses by the AMOM-C pools. The application of the Hennín & Dupuis s mathematical model to the prediction of each pools of SOM showed higher turnover rates of POM-C, in relation to the SOC and AMOM-C pools. The k1 coefficient (humification rate of the C additioned to the soil) obtained by the mathematical model was 0.1215, 0.0936 and 0.1249 year-1, to POM-C, AMOM-C and SOC, respectively, while the k2 coefficient (mineralization rate of de SOC) was 0.1292, 0.0161 and 0.0185 year-1, to the same pools. Using this data, the POM-C and SOC simulated pools on stability were 2.75 and 19.73 Mg ha-1, respectively, to the treatment G14 Mon-S, and 7.13 and 51.21 Mg ha-1, respectively, to the treatment NG Mon-M. The t½ (half-life time) for POM-C, AMOM-C and SOC were 5, 43 and 37 years, respectively, and the MRT (mean residence time) were 8, 62 and 54 years, to the same pools, respectively. The treatments that not received grazing during the winter showed good potential to the atmospheric CO2 sequestration, while the increase of the grazing intensity reduced this potential, passing to actuate like a sink of atmospheric CO2 when the G28 and G14 frequencies had been applied. The POM-N pools had been equally more sensitive to the grazing and crop management applied than the AMOM-N or TN pools, being that the higher pools had been observed when soybean was utilized on monoculture over the areas that not received grazing and the lowers pools had been observed when the corn was cultivated on monoculture over areas that received grazing even 14 days during the winter. / A Integração Lavoura-Pecuária no sul do Brasil baseia-se principalmente na exploração de culturas produtoras de grãos, durante o verão, e na produção de carne bovina sobre pastagens de estação fria, durante o inverno. Esta atividade vem se expandindo rapidamente no Rio Grande do Sul, devido ao aumento da área de cultivo da soja sobre áreas de campo nativo e da necessidade de se melhorar os índices de produtividade da pecuária neste estado. No entanto, pouco trabalhos de pesquisa existem até o momento, a fim de indicar quais os melhores sistemas de manejo destas áreas, tendo em vista seu caráter distinto da agricultura e da pecuária quando atividades isoladas. Neste sentido, este trabalho tem por objetivo avaliar a influência do aumento da intensidade de utilização das pastagens de inverno e diferentes sistemas de culturas de verão sobre a dinâmica da MOS e de suas frações granulométricas particulada e associada a minerais nestas áreas, bem como a produtividade de grãos e de carne alcançadas. Para tanto instalou-se um experimento a campo sobre um Argissolos Vermelho-Amarelo Alumínico típico, no município de Jari RS, com delineamento experimental blocos ao acaso com parcelas dispostas em distribuição fatorial, com quatro repetições, que constou da utilização de três sistemas de manejo das pastagens de inverno, que eram compostas de Aveia Preta e Azevém, sendo eles: sem pastoreio (SP), pastoreio a cada 28 dias (P28) e pastoreio a cada 14 dias (P14), compondo assim freqüências crescentes de pastoreio sobre estas pastagens; e três sistemas de culturas de verão, a saber: monocultura de soja (Mon-S), monocultura de milho (Mon-M) e rotação soja/milho (Rot-S/M). Observou-se que o ganho de peso vivo animal durante o inverno não foi significativamente beneficiado pelo aumento da freqüência de pastoreios, porém a produção de fitomassa para cobertura de solo pelas pastagens e o rendimento de grãos da culturas de verão foi reduzido quando aumentou-se a intensidade de utilização das pastagens de inverno pelos animais. As adições de C ao solo via resíduos vegetais variou entre 2,92 e 7,59 Mg ha-1 ano-1, para os tratamentos P14 Mon-S e SP Mon-M, respectivamente. A principal fração da MOS afetada pelo manejo empregado em cada tratamento foi a fração particulada (COp), sendo que os estoques de CO nesta fração se mostraram 49 vezes mais sensíveis ao manejo aplicado sobre as pastagens de inverno do que a fração associada a minerais (COam). A aplicação do modelo matemático unicompartimental de Hennín & Dupuis para a modelagem dos estoques de cada fração da MOS demonstrou a maior velocidade de ciclagem do COp, em relação aos estoques de COT e COam. O coeficiente k1 (taxa de humificação do C adicionado ao solo) do modelo matemático obtidos foram de 0,1215, 0,0936 e 0,1249 ano-1, para o COp, COam e COT, respectivamente, enquanto que o coeficiente k2 (taxa de mineralização do CO) foram de 0,1292, 0,0161 e 0,0185 ano-1, para os mesmos compartimentos da MOS. Utilizando estes dados, simulou-se que os estoques de COp e COT na camada 0 -10 cm na estabilidade serão de 2,75 e 19,73 Mg ha-1, respectivamente, para o tratamento P14 Mon-S, e de 7,13 e 51,21 Mg ha-1, respectivamente, para o tratamento SP Mon-M. Além disto, o t½ (tempo de meia vida) do COp, COam e COT calculados foram de 5, 43 e 37 anos, respectivamente, e o TMP (tempo médio de permanência) calculados foram de 8, 62 e 54 anos, para os mesmos compartimentos, respectivamente. O solo nos tratamentos que não receberam pastoreios durante o inverno apresentaram bom potencial para seqüestro de CO2 atmosférico, enquanto que o aumento da intensidade de pastoreios reduziu este potencial, passando a atuar como fonte de CO2 para a atmosfera quando aplicou-se a maior freqüência de pastoreios. Os estoques de NTp foram também mais sensíveis ao manejo do pastoreio e de culturas do que os estoques de NTam ou NT, sendo que os maiores estoques foram observados quando utilizou-se a soja em monocultivo nas áreas que não receberam pastoreio e os menores quando o milho foi cultivado em monocultura em áreas que receberam uma freqüência de pastoreio de 14 dias no inverno.

The overall objective of the whole study was to assess whether conservation agriculture (CA) systems can work in the Eastern Cape Province (EC). The CA systems were engaged through cover cropping to address land degradation problems by emphasizing high biomass production in order to realize short term benefits such as moisture conservation, weed suppression and soil fertility benefits under rainfed conditions in the central region of the Eastern Cape province. Since rainfall is the most limiting factor to crop production in the EC, a within season rainfall distribution analysis was conducted to expose the quality of the season (onset, end and duration) and hence the feasibility of CA systems to guide agronomic decisions by farmers in EC. To assess season parameters, thirty four years of daily rainfall was collected from the University of Fort Hare Research station and used to conduct the rainy pentad (5 day rainfall totals) analysis and the daily rainfall analysis using INSTAT software programme. Based on the pentad analysis, results showed that Alice does not have a rainy season in 1 out of 2 years (50% probability) but has one in 1 out of 4 years (25% probability level). This criterion proved to be harsher and conservative when compared to the daily rainfall approach which is more precise in measuring trends on season parameters. The daily rainfall analysis indicated a 65% feasibility for the dry land cropping systems in the EC. The pentad analysis however was effective in illustrating seasonality and it showed that the wet season begins on the 1st of November, ending on the 22nd of March lasting for 140 days. Though the season duration appeared too long, the existence of dry spells during critical growth stages adversely affects the quality of the season. The daily rainfall analysis also managed to derive a signal which can guide planting decisions. For planting to be successful, this analysis determined that 20 mm of rain should be received in two consecutive days after the 1st of November. A screening trial for cover crop biomass production and weed suppression was conducted on-station Fort Hare Research Farm (32°46' S and 26° 50' E), and Msobombvu village (MSBV) (32°44' S, and 26° 55' E) over two seasons (2007/08 and 2008/09). Six summer cover crops i.e. cowpea (Vigna unguiculata), dolichos lablab (Dolichos argenteus), sunnhemp (Crotalaria juncea), buckwheat (Fagopyrum sagittatum), forage sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) and sunflower (Helianthus annus) were evaluated for biomass yield, and weed suppression. Decomposition rates, moisture conservation and residual effects of these cover crops on the succeeding main crop were also evaluated under dryland conditions. The screening trial was laid in randomized complete block design replicated three times. Forage sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) and sunflower (Helianthus annus) were identified as high biomass producers and their dry matter yields ranged from 8 -12 t ha-1. These cover crops can be useful in generating high biomass in rainfed cropping systems in the EC. Other cover crops produced 3 - 4 t ha-1 of biomass which fell short of the 6 t ha-1 expected benchmark. However, these biomass yields were important in weed management since all cover crop species showed a similar degree of weed suppression which surpassed the weed fallow treatment. As dead mulches, the cover crops failed to show residual moisture conservation and weed control benefits for the succeeding maize crop mainly because of poor residue persistence, and low harvestable fallow rainfall. Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum), was selected for further investigations in a follow up trial on station in 2008/09 season because of its weed smothering qualities, suitability to short cycle rotations, and possible allelopathic properties. The trial aimed at finding weed and cost effective management options of buckwheat that are none detrimental to the succeeding maize crop. Results showed that cropping systems where buckwheat is followed by a main crop may not work as they are unprofitable with respect to R100 rand invested. Though perceived to have allelopathic properties, buckwheat failed to demonstrate the possibilities of allelopathic action against weeds. Intercropping trial was conducted on-station in 2007/8-2008/09 seasons to try and find better ways of fitting legume cover crops into maize based cropping systems without compromising production of staple cereals on limited landholdings. The trials evaluated three factors in factorial combination, cover crop planting date, intercropping strategy, and cover crop species. The trial was laid as 2 x 2 x 3 factorial arranged in a split-split plot design. The main plot factor was cover crop planting date, cover crops simultaneously planted with maize and cover crop planted two weeks after planting maize (DKC 61-25). The sub-plot factor was intercropping strategy, strip intercropping and betweenrow intercropping. The sub-sub-plot factor was cover crop species, Dolichos lablab (Dolichos argenteus (Highworth), and Cowpea Vigna ungiculata (Agrinawa) plus control plots of sole maize. Results showed that same time planting of leguminous cover crops with maize using the in-between row intercropping patterns can derive appreciable system biomass (maize/cover crop) yields, utilize land efficiently whilst getting favourable maize grain yield. Based on the rainfall analysis, results showed that the probability of success when relay seeding cover crops after two weeks into standing maize is low (15% chances of success). This suggests that relay intercropping strategies would not work due to the unavailability of a good quality season.

Achieving high biomass yields of cover crops has been a challenge to the success of Conservation Agriculture (CA) practices in the Eastern Cape (EC). A study was conducted to evaluate strategies for optimizing cover crop biomass production. Trials were carried out to screen summer and winter cover crops, as well as evaluate intercropping patterns and planting dates for biomass, weed suppression and subsequent maize yield under irrigation. Four summer legume cover crop species were evaluated under a Randomised Complete Block Design (RCBD) design. The cover crops were fertilized with 13.34 kg ha-1 of N, 20 kg ha-1 P and 26.66 kg ha-1 K. In the 2008/09 summer season a maize crop was superimposed on the 2007/08 screening trial under no-till. The crop was fertilized with 60 kg ha-1 of N. An intercropping trial was conducted over two seasons as a way of investigating the best way of incorporating cover crops into farmers cropping systems. This was done bearing in mind the limitation of resources such as land. The trial evaluated 3 factors laid as a 2 x 2 x 3 factorial arranged in a split-plot design. The main factor was cover crop planting date (planting at maize planting or 2 weeks after maize planting). The sub plot factor was intercropping pattern (strip intercropping and between row intercropping). A trial was also conducted to evaluate the effect of planting date (End of April and mid May) and four winter legume cover crop species on cover crop biomass, weed suppression and maize grain yield. The experiment was laid out as a Randomised Complete Block Design (RCBD) replicated 3 times. In the subsequent summer season a maize crop was superimposed on the winter trial to test the residual effects of the cover crop species. Another study was conducted to evaluate winter cereal cover crop species for biomass accumulation, weed suppression and subsequent maize grain yield. The cover crops as well as a weedy fallow control plot treatments were laid out as a Randomised Complete Block Design replicated 3 times. In the subsequent summer season a maize crop was superimposed on the site under no-till to evaluate the residual effect of the cover crops on maize. The results showed sunhemp, cowpea and lablab as the best cover crops with high biomass and weed suppression whilst mucuna was the least. Sunhemp consistently yielded higher cover biomass averaging 11200 kg ha-1 over the two seasons whilst mucuna had a consistently lowest average biomass yield of 4050 kg ha-1. These cover crops were above the critical 6 t ha-1 for effective weed suppression. There was a significant (p<0.01) relationship of cover crop dry weight and weed dry weight in both seasons. Subsequent maize grain yield was significantly higher in the sunhemp plots (64.2 %) than the weedy fallow plot. Mucuna, lablab and cowpea had maize grain yield increases of 16.6%, 33% and 43.2% respectively. Intercropping cover crops at maize planting yielded higher cover crop dry weights than a delay in intercropping cover crops. A delay in intercropping resulted in significantly higher average maize grain yield of 4700 kg ha-1 compared to intercropping at maize planting (3800 kg ha-1) and sole maize (4300 kg ha-1) over the two seasons. Strip intercropping also yielded higher (5000 kg ha- 1) average maize grain yield compared to row intercropping (3600 kg ha-1) and sole maize (4300 kg ha-1). There was a significant (p<0.05) relationship between cover crop dry weight in the 2007/08 season and maize grain yield in the 2008/09 season. Early planting grazing vetch gave the highest biomass yield of 8100 kg ha-1 whilst early planted red clover had the lowest biomass of 635 kg ha-1. Low weed dry weights were also obtained from the early planted grazing vetch as opposed to the other treatments. There was a significant (p<0.001) relationship of cover crop dry weight and weed dry weight. In the subsequent 2008/09 summer season early planted grazing vetch had the highest maize yield of 7500 kg ha-1 which was 56.3 % more than the weedy fallow plot had 4800 kg ha-1. The weedy fallow plot also had high weed infestation than the cover crop plots. There were significant (p<0.01) relationships between cover crop dry weight and maize grain yield, winter weed dry weight and maize grain yield and summer weed dry weight and maize grain yield. The results also showed triticale (13900 kg ha-1) as the best winter cover crop for biomass production. Italian ryegrass (6500 kg ha-1) produced the least amount of biomass. In The subsequent maize crop white oats gave highest maize grain yield (6369 kg ha-1) which was 33 % more than the weedy fallow plot (4784 kg ha- 1). There were also significant (p< 0.01) relationships of maize grain yield and winter weed dry weight, maize grain yield and summer growing weeds. The various studies demonstrated that there is opportunity for high biomass production under small scale farmers irrigated conditions using cover crops both in winter and summer. Best bet cover crops were sunhemp, cowpea and lablab for summer and triticale, white oats, barley, Italian ryegrass and grazing vetch for winter. Cover crops can also be incorporated into farmers cropping systems as sole crops or intercrops within the maize based cropping systems. Strip intercropping can be used by farmers as a way of introducing cover crops. Critical to achievement of high biomass is the time of planting cover crops with high biomass when planting is done early. A 2 week delay in strip intercropping cover crop into maize can be used as a way of incorporating cover crops into farmers cropping systems with minimal maize yield reduction.

Orientador: Orivaldo Arf / Banca: João Antonio da Costa Andrade / Banca: Gustavo Pavan Mateus / Resumo: O objetivo do trabalho foi determinar o efeito do manejo do solo, do nitrogênio e do espaçamento entrelinhas na cultura do milho. O mesmo foi desenvolvido na Fazenda experimental da UNESP - Campus de Ilha Solteira, em Latossolo Vermelho Distrófico. O delineamento experimental foi em parcelas subdividas. Os tratamentos foram constituídos pela combinação de 3 manejos do solo (grade pesada + grade niveladora, escarificador + grade niveladora e plantio direto), 5 épocas de aplicação do nitrogênio : testemunha (sem N); 120 kg ha-1 na semeadura (S); 120 kg ha-1 em V6 ; 30 kg ha-1 (S) e 90 kg ha-1 em V6; 30 kg ha-1 (S) + 45 kg ha-1 em V4 + 45 kg ha-1 em V8) e 2 espaçamentos entrelinhas (0,45 e 0,90 m) com população fixa. Concluiu-se que o sistema plantio direto promoveu maior produtividade de grãos e maior lucratividade; a aplicação precoce de todo o N promoveu produtividade de grãos semelhante aos manejos com parcelamento; o espaçamento entrelinhas não influenciou a produtividade de grãos / Abstract: Agronomic practices that help the farmer to raise the yield and reduce costs must be studied to ensure the sustainability of agriculture. Thinking about it, an experiment was conducted to study the effect of soil management, nitrogen fertilization and of the row spacing in maize crop. It was developed in Distrophic Red Latossol. The experimental design was randomized in split plot. The treatments were constituted by the combination of 3 soil management (plow harrow + "floating harrows", chisel +" floating harrows" and no tillage), 5 times of nitrogen management (control without N, 120 kg ha-1 at sowing (S), 120 kg ha-1 in the V6 stage, 30 kg ha-1 (S) + 90 kg ha-1 in V6, 30 kg ha-1 (S) + 45 kg ha-1 in the V4 + 45 kg ha-1 in V8 and 2 row spacing (0,45 and 0,90 m) with the same plants population. It was concluded that the no tillage system promotes higher grain yield and greater profitability; the nitrogen management (all at sowing) promoted grain yield similar the treatments that the N was divided; and the row spacing didn't influenced the grain yield / Mestre