Submitted by Gabriela Lopes (gmachadolopesufpel@gmail.com) on 2018-08-13T17:46:02Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Cópia revisada ledemar-Luciano PDF.pdf: 1720131 bytes, checksum: 693af5179fe3089038ef47e6746002c4 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Aline Batista (alinehb.ufpel@gmail.com) on 2018-08-16T18:55:29Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Cópia revisada ledemar-Luciano PDF.pdf: 1720131 bytes, checksum: 693af5179fe3089038ef47e6746002c4 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-16T18:55:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Cópia revisada ledemar-Luciano PDF.pdf: 1720131 bytes, checksum: 693af5179fe3089038ef47e6746002c4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-09-29 / A produção de pêssego ocupa destaque entre as frutíferas de clima temperado no Brasil, sendo o Estado do Rio Grande do Sul responsável por 65 % da produção. Para obter elevada produtividade com frutos de qualidade, o pessegueiro requer adequado suprimento de água durante a primavera e o verão. Neste período, é frequente a ocorrência de déficit hídrico e a irrigação pode promover aumento de rendimento e qualidade dos frutos. Os objetivos deste trabalho foram: avaliar a resposta do pessegueiro à irrigação, quanto ao estado hídrico das plantas e a produtividade e qualidade dos frutos; determinar o manejo de água no solo mais adequado para a cultura do pessegueiro; e avaliar a influência da textura do solo no manejo da água. O estudo foi realizado em um pomar de pessegueiro comercial, cv Esmeralda, localizado no município de Morro Redondo - RS, durante as safras 2014/15, 2015/16 e 2016/17. Foram demarcadas duas áreas homogêneas em função da classe textural do solo, sendo classificadas como Franco Arenosa e Franco Argilo Arenosa. As plantas foram irrigadas por sistema de irrigação localizada por gotejamento. Os resultados mostraram que: a irrigação na fase de crescimento de fruto não influenciou a produtividade nem o tamanho dos frutos; a irrigação na fase de pós-colheita aumentou o crescimento vegetativo na safra seguinte mas não afetou a produção de frutos; os pessegueiros da área do pomar com solo franco arenoso produziram frutos maiores do que os da área com solo franco argilo arenoso; o manejo da irrigação baseado no potencial de água no ramo gera maior consumo de água, seguido pelo manejo baseado no teor de água no solo e, por último, o manejo baseado no clima / The production of peach stands out among the fruits of temperate climate in Brazil, being the State of Rio Grande do Sul (RS) responsible for 65% of the production. To achieve high productivity with quality fruits, the peach tree requires adequate water supply during spring and summer. During period, water deficit is frequent and irrigation can promote yield increase and fruit quality. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the peach response to irrigation, as the water status of plants and productivity and fruit quality; to determine the soil water management most appropriate for the peach tree; and to evaluate the influence of soil texture on water management. The study was carried out in a commercial peach orchard, cv Esmeralda, located in the municipality of Morro Redondo - RS, during the harvests of 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17. Two homogeneous areas were demarcated according to the textural class of the soil, being classified as Sandy Loam and Sandy Clay Loam. The plants were irrigated by a drip irrigation system. The results showed that: irrigation in the fruit growth phase did not influence fruit productivity nor fruit size; post-harvest irrigation increased vegetative growth in the next crop but did not affect fruit production; the peach orchard area with sandy loam soil produced larger fruit than the area with sandy loam clay soil; the management of irrigation based on the water potential in the branch generates greater water consumption, followed by management based on the water content in the soil and, finally, the management based on the climate.

The influence of soil water repellency (WR) on vegetation recovery after a fire is poorly understood. This dissertation presents strategies to broaden opportunities for enhanced post-fire rangeland restoration and monitoring of burned piñon and juniper (P-J) woodlands by: 1) mapping the extent and severity of critical and subcritical WR, 2) determining the influence of WR on soil ecohydrologic properties and revegetation success, and 3) evaluating the suitability of a wetting agent composed of alkylpolyglycoside-ethylene oxide/propylene oxide block copolymers as a post-fire restoration tool for ameliorating the effects of soil WR and increasing seedling establishment. Results indicate that: • Post-fire patterns of soil WR were highly correlated to pre-fire P-J woodland canopy structure. Critical soil WR levels occurred under burned tree canopies while sub-critical WR extended out to approximately two times the canopy radius. At sites where critical soil WR was present, infiltration rate, soil moisture, and vegetation cover were significantly less than at non-hydrophobic sites. These parameters were also reduced in soils with subcritical WR relative to non-hydrophobic soils (albeit to a lesser extent). Aerial photography coupled with feature extraction software and geographic information systems (GIS) proved to be an effective tool for mapping P-J cover and density, and for scaling-up field surveys of soil WR to the fire boundary scale. • Soil WR impairs seed germination and seedling establishment by decreasing soil moisture availability by reducing infiltration, decreasing soil moisture storage capacity, and disconnecting soil surface layers from underlying moisture reserves. Consequently, soil WR appears to be acting as a temporal ecological threshold by impairing establishment of desired species within the first few years after a fire. • Wetting agents can significantly improve ecohydrologic properties required for plant growth by overcoming soil WR; thus, increasing the amount and duration of available water for seed germination and seedling establishment. Success of this technology appears to be the result of the wetting agent increasing soil moisture amount and availability by 1) improving soil infiltration and water holding capacity; and 2) allowing seedling roots to connect to underling soil moisture reserves.

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Le biome boréal, emmagasinant d’importantes quantités de carbone en son sol et recouvrant une majorité du territoire alaskien, fennoscandien et russe, contribue grandement au système climatique. Toutefois, les variabilités climatiques et les propriétés de l’écosystème, notamment en ce qui a trait à la présence ou l’absence de pergélisol, complexifient la quantification de la variabilité des bilans de carbone du biome boréal, au sein duquel se retrouvent des écosystèmes forestiers, lentiques et de zones humides. Ces bilans de carbone sont grandement influencés par le début et la fin de la saison de croissance photosynthétique, étant à leur tour dépendants de plusieurs variables environnementales telles que la température de l’air et du sol, le contenu du sol en eau, les stades de développement de la végétation, etc. Cette recherche vise à quantifier l’impact de ces variabilités environnementales sur la variabilité des moments où se produisent le début et la fin de la saison de croissance photosynthétique, en distinguant les forêts boréales avec et sans pergélisol. La saison de croissance photosynthétique est caractérisée à partir de la productivité primaire brute dérivée de mesures covariance des turbulences provenant de 40 sites-années d’observation à travers la forêt boréale nord-américaine où l’épinette noire est l’espèce d’arbre dominante. Les variables environnementales considérées étaient les températures de l’air et du sol, les stades de développement de la végétation, le couvert nival, le rayonnement photosynthétiquement actif et le contenu du sol en eau. Le cadre statistique choisi incluait le calcul des coefficients de corrélations de Pearson, l’analyse des points communs et la modélisation par équations structurelles. Les résultats de cette étude montrent que la variabilité du début de la saison de croissance dans les sites sans pergélisol est contrôlée directement par la variabilité annuelle des stades de développement de la végétation ainsi que par le moment où survient le dégel du sol. Ce résultat souligne ainsi l’importance de l’accès à l’eau liquide du sol afin que la végétation initie la photosynthèse. Aucune variable environnementale ne pouvait significativement expliquer le contrôle du début de la photosynthèse au sein des sites avec pergélisol. À l’automne, le contenu du sol en eau ainsi que le début du couvert nival influencent directement la variabilité de la fin de la saison de croissance photosynthétique. Il est alors montré que la disponibilité de l’eau peut mener à une cessation plus hâtive de la photosynthèse à l’automne. L’effet de l’apparition du couvert nival est quant à lui opposé dans les sites avec et sans pergélisol. Son retard dans les sites sans pergélisol témoigne d’une température de l’air suffisamment élevée pour que les précipitations tombent sous forme liquide, prolongeant ainsi les activités photosynthétiques. Son retard dans les sites avec pergélisol signifie plutôt des précipitations neigeuses moindres, retardant ainsi l’apparition d’une couche isolante pour le sol, qui aurait pu allonger la saison de croissance photosynthétique. Cette étude contribue à clarifier les processus contrôlant le début et la fin de la saison de croissance photosynthétique et aidera à améliorer la compréhension des effets des changements climatiques sur la force du puits de carbone de la forêt boréale nord-américaine. / The boreal forest, storing large amounts of carbon in its soil and covering a majority of the Alaskan, Canadian, Fennoscandian and Russian territory, is an integral part of the climate system. However, climatic variability and ecosystem properties, particularly with regards to the presence or absence of permafrost, limits our understanding of the carbon balance variability in the boreal biome, which comprises forest, lake and wetland ecosystems. The boreal carbon sink-source strength is greatly influenced by phenological events, including the start and end of the photosynthetic growing season, which are themselves dependent on several environmental variables such as air and soil temperature, soil water content, vegetation development stages, etc. This research aims to provide new insights on the influence of environmental variability on the variability in the timing of the photosynthetic growing season, by broadly distinguishing between boreal forests with and without permafrost. The photosynthetic growing season is characterized using gross primary productivity derived from eddy covariance measurements of net ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange. Data from 40 black spruce- dominated site-years of observation across the North American boreal forest are used. The considered environmental predictors were air and soil temperatures, vegetation development stages, snow cover, photosynthetically active radiation and soil water content. The statistical framework included the calculation of Pearson correlation coefficients, commonality analyses and structural equation modeling. This study shows that the variability in the start of the growing season in permafrost-free sites is directly controlled by the variability in vegetation development stage as well as by the thawing of seasonally frozen ground. This result thus emphasizes the importance of access to liquid soil water for the vegetation to initiate photosynthesis. No environmental variable could significantly explain photosynthesis recovery in sites with permafrost. In fall, the soil water content as well as the start of snow cover directly influence the variability in the end of the photosynthetic growing season. These results suggest that the availability of water can limit photosynthesis in the fall. The effect of snow cover is opposite in sites with and without permafrost. A delay in the appearance of continuous snow cover in sites without permafrost indicates that the air temperature is high enough for precipitation to fall in liquid form and for photosynthesis to continue. In contrast, its delay in sites with permafrost indicates less snowfall, thus delaying the appearance of an insulating layer for the soil, which could have lengthened the photosynthetic growing season. This study sheds light on the controls of the annual variation of the timing of the photosynthetic growing season and will help understanding of the effects of climate change on the strength of the North American boreal forest carbon sink.

Das Wurzelwachstum von Winterweizen wurde erfasst und modelliert, um teilflächenspezifisches Boden- und Düngemanagement zu verbessern. Die Variation von Wurzellängendichten im Feld wurde über zwei Vegetationsperioden hinweg an zwei unterschiedlichen Standorten in Ostdeutschland untersucht. Zur Auswertungserleichterung der hohen Anzahl an Wurzelproben, wurde eine halbautomatische Methode zur Bildanalyse von Wurzeln entwickelt. Der Einfluss von Änderungen bezüglich Bodenwasserstatus und Bodendichte bzw. Durchdringungswiderstand auf das Wurzelwachstum wurde untersucht. Die erhobenen Felddaten dienten gleichzeitig dazu, die Bodenwasser- und Wurzelwachstumsberechnung des Modells CERES-Wheat zu validieren. Das Modell simulierte die unterschiedlichen Bodeneigenschaften sowie die Wurzellängendichten und Bodenwassergehalte nur unzureichend. Der Effekt von Änderungen der Niederschlagsmengen auf die Simulationen von Wurzellängendichten und Bodenwassergehalten wurde anhand einer Unsicherheitsanalyse getestet und war extrem gering. Des Weiteren wurde eine Methode für praktische Zwecke entwickelt, mit der die Generierung von räumlich hoch aufgelösten Bodeninformationen unter Verwendung limitierter Eingangsdaten möglich ist. Die Modellkalkulationen basieren auf der Dempster-Shafer-Theorie. Anhand von multitemporal und multimodal erfassten Bodenleitfähigkeitsdaten, die Eingangsdaten für den Modellansatz sind, wurden Bodentypen und Texturklassen bestimmt. Das Modell generiert eine digitale Bodenkarte, die flächenhafte Informationen über Bodentypen und Bodeneigenschaften enthält. Die Validation der Bodenkarte mit zusätzlich erhobenen Bodeninformationen ergab gute bis sehr gute Ergebnisse. / Winter wheat root growth was measured and modelled to improve site-specific soil and fertilizer management in commercial wheat fields. Field variations in root length densities were analysed at two contrasting sites in East-Germany during two vegetation seasons. A semi-automated root analysing method was developed to facilitate analyses of large numbers of samples. Influences of variations in soil water states, bulk densities and penetration resistances on spatial distributions of roots were quantified. Differences in soil characteristics were large between the two sites and affected root growth considerably. The same field data was used for validating the soil moisture and root growth calculations of the widely applied growth model CERES-Wheat. Simulations of root length densities, soil physical properties and soil water contents were inadequate. The effects of changes of rainfall variabilities on simulated root length densities and soil water contents were tested by uncertainty analysis but were negligible low. A methodology for generating soil information for practical management purposes at a high degree of spatial resolution using limited input information was developed. The corresponding model calculations were carried out based on the Dempster and Shafer theorem. Soil types and texture classes were determined with multimodally and multitemporally captured data of soil electrical conductivities which are required input data of the new model approach. The model generates a digital map with extensive information of spatial variations in soil properties. The validation of the generated soil map with soil data from independent measurements yielded close correlation between measured and calculated values.

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