Orientador: Adalton Mazetti Fernandes / Coorientador: Rogério Peres Soratto / Banca: Marcelo de Almeida Silva / Banca: Pablo Forlan Vargas / Resumo: A produtividade da batata depende da capacidade da planta sintetizar carboidratos nas folhas e mobilizá-los para os tubérculos em crescimento. Assim, o crescimento foliar excessivo nos estágios tardios do ciclo da cultura pode afetar negativamente a produtividade de tubérculos. Em condições favoráveis ao crescimento da parte aérea das plantas, o uso de retardantes ou reguladores do crescimento vegetal pode ser uma alternativa para melhorar a produtividade da cultura, através da redução no porte das plantas e do aumento na alocação de matéria seca (MS) para os tubérculos em crescimento. Desta forma, objetivou-se com este trabalho avaliar o efeito dos reguladores de crescimento vegetal cloreto de mepiquat, cloreto de chlormequat, proexadiona cálcica e placobutrazol, no crescimento, produtividade e qualidade de tubérculos das cultivares de batata Agata e Mondial. Foram conduzidos dois experimentos independentes, um com a cultivar Agata e outro com a cultivar Mondial. Ambos os experimentos foram instalados no delineamento experimental de blocos ao acaso no esquema fatorial 4x5+1, com quatro repetições. Os tratamentos foram representados por quatro reguladores vegetais (cloreto de mepiquat, cloreto de chlormequat, paclobutrazol e proexadiona cálcica), aplicados nas doses de 25, 50, 100, 200 e 400 g ha-1 do i.a., além do tratamento controle (sem aplicação de regulador vegetal). Na cultivar Agata todos os reguladores de crescimento tiveram efeito semelhante sobre as características ... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Potato yield depends on the plant's ability to synthesize carbohydrates in the leaves and mobilize them for growing tubers. Thus, excessive leaf growth in the late stages of the crop cycle can negatively affect tuber yield. Under conditions favorable to shoot growth, the use of retarders or plant growth regulators may be an alternative to improve crop yield by reducing plant size and increasing dry matter (DM) the growing tubers. Thus, the aim of this work was evaluate the effect of plant growth regulators mepiquat chloride, chlormequat chloride, prohexadione calcium and placobutrazol on the growth, yield and quality of potato tubers of Agata and Mondial cultivars. Two independent experiments were conducted, one with the cultivar Agata and the other with the cultivar Mondial. Both experiments were installed in a randomized complete block design in the 4x5+1 factorial scheme, with four replications. The treatments were represented by four plant regulators (mepiquat chloride, chlormequat chloride, paclobutrazol and proexadione calcium), applied at the rates of 25, 50, 100, 200 and 400 g ha-1 of i.a., in addition to the control treatment (without the application of plant growth regulator). In the Agata cultivar, all growth regulators had a similar effect on the growth and yield characteristics of tubers, but the prohexadione calcium regulator decreased the postharvest quality of the tubers. In the Mondial cultivar the growth regulator paclobutrazol was more efficient in reducing the vegetative growth of the plants and maintaining the postharvest quality of the tubers. In both cultivars the greatest effects on growth and commercial yield of tubers occurred between the rates of 50 and 100 g ha-1 of i.a.. In the cultivar Agata the rates of growth regulators reduced the commercial yield of tubers, but in the cultivar Mondial the commercial yield of tubers increased with the application ... / Mestre

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High temperature limit successful potato cultivation in the lowlands of tropical regions. One effect of high temperature may be an increase in gibberellin activity that is inhibitory to tuberization. Paclobutrazol blocks gibberellin biosynthesis and reduces its level in the plant. The effect of paclobutrazol on potato was examined under non-inductive conditions in a greenhouse and under field conditions in the hot tropical lowlands of eastern Ethiopia. Paclobutrazol was applied as a foliar spray or soil drench at rates equivalent to 0, 2, 3, and 4 kg a. i. per ha. Paclobutrazol increased chlorophyll a and b content, and photosynthetic efficiency, enhanced early tuber initiation, delayed physiological maturity, and increased tuber fresh mass, dry matter content, specific gravity and crude protein content. It reduced the number of tubers per plant and extended the tuber dormancy period. Paclobutrazol reduced shoot growth, and plant height, and increased the partitioning of assimilates to the tubers while reducing assimilate supply to the leaves, stems, roots and stolons. Stomatal conductance and the rate of transpiration were reduced. In addition, paclobutrazol treatment increased tuber N, Ca and Fe content while reducing P, K and Mg content. Growth analyses indicated that paclobutrazol decreased leaf area index, crop growth rate, and total biomass production. It increased specific leaf weight, tuber growth rate, net assimilation rate, and partitioning coefficient (harvest index). Microscopic observations showed that leaves of treated plants developed thicker epicuticular wax layers. The epidermal, palisade and spongy mesophyll cells were larger. It increased the thickness of the cortex and the size of vascular bundles and pith cells of the stem. It also increased the width of the cortex and favoured the formation of more secondary xylem vessels, resulting in thicker roots. Deposition of starch grains in the stem pith cells, and cortical cells of the stem and root, were stimulated in response to paclobutrazol treatment. In most instances the method of application did not affect the efficiency of paclobutrazol. The effect of cultivar and reproductive growth on growth, photosynthetic efficiency, water relations, dry matter production, tuber yield and quality of potato was also the subject of investigation. Non-flowering, flowering and fruiting plants of cultivars Al-624, Al-436, CIP-388453-3(A) and CIP-388453-3(B) were evaluated under field conditions of a sub-humid tropical highland of eastern Ethiopia. Cultivars exhibited differences with respect to leaf stomatal conductance, rate of transpiration, net photosynthesis, biomass production and allocation, tuber yield, tuber size distribution, specific gravity, dry matter content and nutrient composition. Fruiting plants had higher leaf stomatal conductance, and higher rates of transpiration and photosynthesis rates. The leaf area index, tuber growth rate, and partitioning coefficient (harvest index) of the fruiting plants were reduced, but crop growth rates and net assimilation rates were higher. Without affecting total dry matter production, fruit development reduced the amount partitioned to the leaves, stems, roots, and tubers. Fruit development reduced total and marketable tuber mass and tuber numbers. The effect of MCPA and paclobutrazol were studied under greenhouse and field conditions. Single foliar sprays were applied during the early and full bud development stages at rates of 0, 250, 500, and 750 g a.i. ha-1. Both MCPA and paclobutrazol greatly reduced the number of flowers and completely inhibited berry set. MCPA did not affect the number, yield, dry matter content and specific gravity of tubers. Without affecting the number of tubers, paclobutrazol increased tuber yield, dry matter content and specific gravity. / Thesis (DPhil (Horticultural Science))--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Plant Production and Soil Science / unrestricted