ABSTRACT The study was conducted to evaluate the growth and physicochemical quality of West Indian cherry cv. BRS 366-Jaburu, as a function of saline water irrigation and potassium fertilization. The research was conducted under greenhouse conditions in Campina Grande-PB. The experimental design was randomized blocks in a 2 x 4 factorial arrangement, which consisted of two levels of irrigation water electrical conductivity - ECw (0.8 and 3.8 dS m-1) and four levels of potassium of 50, 75, 100 and 125% of the recommendation, in which the dose of 100% was equivalent to 19.8 g of K2O per plant year-1, with three replicates and one plant per replicate. Water salinity of 3.8 dS m-1 inhibited the absolute and relative growth in diameter of the rootstock and scion of West Indian cherry plants, in the period from 100 to 465 days after transplanting. The interaction between saline levels and potassium doses was significant for hydrogen potential, soluble solids and anthocyanins levels in BRS 366-Jaburu West Indian cherry fruits, with the highest values obtained in plants fertilized with 125, 125 and 50% of the K2O recommendation and under water salinity of 3.8, 3.8 and 0.8 dS m-\ respectively. Increasing doses of K did not attenuate the effects of salt stress on the relative growth in rootstock stem diameter, fruit polar diameter and anthocyanin contents of West Indian cherry. Soluble solid contents in West Indian cherry pulp increased with application of K2O. | RESUMO O trabalho foi desenvolvido objetivando avaliar o crescimento e a qualidade físico -química de frutos de aceroleira cv. BRS 366-Jaburu, em função da irrigação com água salina e adubação potássica. A pesquisa foi realizada sob condições de casa de vegetação em Campina Grande-PB. Utilizaram-se o delineamento em blocos casualizados, em esquema fatorial 2 x 4, sendo dois níveis de condutividade elétrica da água de irrigação - CEa (0,8 e 3,8 dS m-1) e doses de potássio de 50, 75; 100 e 125% da recomendação, sendo a dose correspondente a 100% igual a 19,8 g de K2O por planta ano-1, com três repetições e uma planta por parcela. A utilização de água com salinidade de 3,8 dS m-1 inibiu o crescimento absoluto e relativo em diâmetro do porta-enxerto e do enxerto da aceroleira, no período de 100 a 465 dias após o transplantio. A interação entre os níveis salinos e as doses de potássio foi significativa para o potencial hidrogeniônico, os sólidos solúveis e teores de antocianinas em frutos de aceroleira BRS 366 -Jaburu, sendo os maiores valores obtidos nas plantas adubadas com 125, 125 e 50% da recomendação de K2O e salinidade da água de 3,8; 3,8 e 0,8 dS m-1, respectivamente. Doses crescentes de potássio não atenuaram os efeitos do estresse salino sobre o crescimento relativo em diâmetro do porta-enxerto, o diâmetro polar dos frutos e os teores de antocianinas da aceroleira. Os teores de sólidos solúveis da polpa dos frutos de aceroleira aumentaram com aplicação de K 2O.

RESUMO O objetivo do trabalho foi avaliar os efeitos da aplicação de gesso e vinhaça na produção de matéria seca, nutrição e atributos químicos do solo cultivado com alfafa. O experimento foi realizado em delineamento experimental de blocos ao acaso, em esquema fatorial 3 × 5, com três doses de vinhaça, 0, 150 e 300 m3 ha-1 e cinco doses de gesso agrícola (0, 3, 6, 9 e 12 Mg ha-1). Foram avaliados a composição química e matéria seca da parte aérea (MSPA) e os atributos químicos do solo (0-0,2 e 0,21-0,4 m). As doses de vinhaça aumentaram os teores de potássio, enquanto as doses de gesso promoveram acréscimos lineares nos teores de cálcio e enxofre no solo. A saturação de bases foi crescente e o magnésio teve efeito quadrático na camada de 0,21-0,4 m em função das doses de gesso. Os teores de cálcio, magnésio e fósforo na folha da alfafa foram menores com a aplicação de vinhaça. As doses de gesso promoveram acréscimos lineares na MSPA da alfafa. A dose de 150 m3 ha-1 já foi suficiente para aumentar a MSPA. Os teores de cálcio e magnésio na folha tiveram ajuste quadrático, com máximo acúmulo de cálcio em 9,5 Mg ha-1 e o magnésio com ponto de mínimo na dose de 8,7 Mg ha-1 de gesso. Os teores foliares de enxofre sob doses de vinhaça e os de potássio na maior dose obtiveram máximo acumulo na presença de 9 Mg ha-1 de gesso. | ABSTRACT The objective of this work was to evaluate the effects of the application of phosphogypsum and vinasse on soil chemical properties and productivity and nutritional characteristics of alfalfa (Medicago sativa). The experiment was conducted in a randomized block design, using a 3×5 factorial arrangement, with three vinasse rates (0, 150 and 300 m3 ha-1) and five phosphogypsum rates (0, 3, 6, 9 and 12 Mg ha-1). The alfalfa chemical composition and shoot dry matter (SDW) and soil chemical properties (in the layers 0.0-0.2 and 0.21-0.4 m) were evaluated. The vinasse rates increased the soil potassium contents, while the phosphogypsum rates promoted linear increases in soil calcium and sulfur contents. The base saturation was increased and the magnesium content showed a quadratic response on the layer 0.21-0.4 m with the increase in phosphogypsum rates. The calcium, magnesium and phosphorus contents in the alfalfa leaves were lower with vinasse application. The phosphogypsum rates promoted linear increases in alfalfa SDW. Vinasse rated 150 m3 ha-1 was been enough to SDW increase. Calcium and magnesium contents in the leaves fitted a quadratic model, with maximum calcium content in the phosphogypsum rate of 9.5 Mg ha-1 and the minimum magnesium content in the phosphogypsum rate of 8.7 Mg ha-1. The leaf sulfur contents in all vinasse rates and leaf potassium contents in the highest vinasse rate showed maximum accumulation at near 9 Mg ha-1 of phosphogypsum.

RESUMO O cultivo intensivo de hortaliças com frequentes fertilizações químicas pode ocasionar acúmulo de nutrientes no solo que, por sua vez, pode reduzir a produtividade das culturas, além de prejudicar o ambiente através de contaminação de lençóis freáticos, mananciais e rios. Assim, com objetivo de avaliar o efeito de doses de P (0, 100, 200, 300 e 400 kg ha-1 de P2O5) e K (0, 60, 120, 180 e 240 kg ha-1 de K2O) no crescimento e produtividade de cultivares de rabanete (Sakata 19 e Sakata 25), em solo com altos teores desses nutrientes, foram realizados dois experimentos, em delineamento de blocos ao acaso, com os fatores cultivares e doses arranjados em esquema fatorial 2 x 5, com três repetições. Foram avaliados o número de folhas por planta, área foliar, massa seca da parte aérea e da raiz, produtividade total e comercial, porcentagem de raízes rachadas e os teores de P e K na planta e no solo. A cultivar ‘Sakata 19’ apresentou melhor desempenho que a ‘Sakata 25’ nos dois experimentos. A fertilização com P ou K não influenciou o crescimento e a produtividade das cultivares de rabanete. Portanto, culturas de rabanete, com ambas cultivares avaliadas, não precisam ser fertilizadas com P e K quando implantadas em Latossolo com altos teores desses nutrientes. | ABSTRACT The intensive cultivation of vegetables with frequent chemical fertilization may cause accumulation of nutrients in the soil. This, in turn, may reduce crop yields and damage the environment due to contamination of ground water and rivers. Thus, to increase the effects of P (0, 100, 200, 300 and 400 kg ha -1 of P2O5) and K (0, 60, 120, 180 and 240 kg ha-1 of K2O) doses on the growth and productivity of radish cultivars (Sakata 19 and Sakata 25) in a soil with high levels of these nutrients, two experiments were conducted in randomized blocks with the factors cultivars and doses arranged in a 2 x 5 factorial design with three replications. Number of leaves per plant, leaf area, shoot and root dry mass, total and commercial productivity, percentage of cracked roots and P and K contents in the plant and in the soil were evaluated. The Sakata 19 cultivar performed better than the Sakata 25 in both experiments. The fertilization with P or K did not influence the growth and the productivity of both radish cultivars. Therefore, both cultivars of radish evaluated do not need to be fertilized with P and K when planted in a Latosol with high levels of these nutrients.

RESUMO Objetivou-se com este trabalho avaliar as trocas gasosas, os pigmentos cloroplastidicos e o crescimento do maracujazeiro ‘BRS Rubi do Cerrado’ em função da irrigação com águas salinas e adubação potássica, na fase de formação de mudas. O experimento foi conduzido sob condições de casa-de-vegetação no município de Pombal-PB. Foi utilizado o delineamento de blocos casualizados em esquema fatorial 5 x 2, sendo cinco níveis de condutividade elétrica da água - CEa (0,3; 1,1; 1,9; 2,7 e 3,5 dS m-1) e duas doses de potássio - DK (50 e 100% da recomendação) com quatro repetições e duas plantas por parcela. A salinidade da água a partir de 0,3 dS m-1 diminuiu a abertura estomática, a transpiração, a assimilação de CO2 e inibiu o crescimento das plantas de maracujazeiro ‘BRS Rubi do Cerrado’, aos 40 dias após o semeio. Não houve restrição de CO2 na cavidade subestomática das plantas de maracujazeiro cultivadas sob salinidade da água a partir de 0,3 dS m-1. A dose de potássio de 150 mg kg-1 de solo, correspondente a 100%, intensificou o efeito do estresse salino sobre a taxa de assimilação e a eficiência instantânea de carboxilação no maracujazeiro 'BRS Rubi do Cerrado'. Houve interação entre os níveis salinos da água e as doses de potássio para os teores de clorofila a e b do maracujazeiro 'BRS Rubi do Cerrado'. | ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to evaluate the gas exchange, chloroplast pigments and growth of ‘BRS Rubi do Cerrado’ passion fruit as a function of irrigation with saline water and potassium fertilization in the seedling formation stage. The experiment was conducted under greenhouse conditions in the municipality of Pombal-PB, Brazil. A randomized block design was used in 5 x 2 factorial scheme, corresponding to five levels of water electrical conductivity - ECw (0.3, 1.1, 1.9, 2.7 and 3.5 dS m-1) and two doses of potassium - KD (50 and 100% of the recommendation), with four replicates and two plants per plot. Water salinity from 0.3 dS m-1 reduced the stomatal opening, transpiration, CO2 assimilation and inhibited the growth of ‘BRS Rubi do Cerrado’ passion fruit plants, at 40 days after sowing. There was no CO2 restriction in the substomatal cavity of passion fruit plants grown under water salinity from 0.3 dS m-1. Potassium dose of 150 mg kg-1 of soil, corresponding to 100%, intensified the effect of salt stress on the assimilation rate and instantaneous carboxylation efficiency in 'BRS Rubi do Cerrado' passion fruit. There was interaction between water salinity levels and potassium doses for the chlorophyll a and b contents of 'BRS Rubi do Cerrado' passion fruit.

ABSTRACT Water resources in the semi-arid region of Northeast Brazil commonly contain high salt concentrations, compromising the quality of water for agriculture. Thus, adopting techniques that make the use of these resources feasible in agriculture is fundamental. The present study aimed to evaluate the gas exchanges, quantum yield and photosynthetic pigments of grafted West Indian cherry subjected to salt stress and potassium fertilization under greenhouse conditions in the municipality of Campina Grande, PB, Brazil. Treatments were distributed in randomized blocks, composed of two levels of electrical conductivity - ECw (0.8 and 3.8 dS m-1) of water and four doses of potassium (50, 75, 100 and 125% of the dose recommended for the crop), with three replicates. The dose relative to 100% corresponded to 19.8 g of K2O per plant. Gas exchanges, chlorophyll a fluorescence and photosynthetic pigments of West Indian cherry are negatively affected by irrigation using water with electrical conductivity of 3.8 dS m-1, which compromises the photosynthetic apparatus of the plant, a situation evidenced by the reduction in photosystem II quantum efficiency. Increasing potassium doses led to increments in transpiration, chlorophyll a maximum fluorescence and chlorophyll b content in West Indian cherry grown under salt stress, but do not attenuate the negative effects of irrigation with 3.8 dS m-1 water on its potential photochemical efficiency. | RESUMO Os recursos hídricos da região semiárida do Nordeste Brasileiro comumente possuem elevadas concentrações de sais, comprometendo a qualidade da água para agricultura. Desta forma, a adoção de práticas de manejo que viabilizem o uso de tais recursos na agricultura é fundamental. Neste trabalho, objetivou-se avaliar as trocas gasosas, o rendimento quântico e os pigmentos fotossintéticos da acerola enxertada submetida ao estresse salino e adubação potássica em condição de casa de vegetação no município de Campina Grande-PB. Os tratamentos foram distribuídos em blocos casualizados, sendo constituídos de dois níveis de condutividade elétrica da água - CEa (0,8 e 3,8 dS m-1) e quatro doses de potássio (50, 75; 100 e 125% da dose recomendada para a cultura), com três repetições. A dose de 100% correspondeu a 19,8 g de K2O por planta. As trocas gasosas a fluorescência da clorofila a e os pigmentos fotossintéticos da aceroleira são afetados negativamente pela irrigação com água de condutividade elétrica de 3,8 dS m-1 que compromete o aparato fotossintético da planta, situação observada através da redução da eficiência quântica do fotossistema II. As doses de potássio crescentes promovem incremento na taxa de transpiração, fluorescência máxima da clorofila a e no teor de clorofila b da aceroleira cultivada sob estresse salino, porém não atenuam os efeitos negativos da irrigação com água de 3,8 dS m-1 sobre a eficiência quântica potencial da acerola.

ABSTRACT The possibility of early soybean fertilization carried out on the predecessor crop has several benefits, mainly operational ones, making the production system more conservationist and balanced. An experiment was carried out at the Anhumas Experimental Station, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (USP/ESALQ), located in Piracicaba, SP, Brazil, during 2001/2002, 2002/2003, and 2003/2004 agricultural years on a typic Hapludox aiming to evaluate the effects of the early fertilization on soybean yield. The fertilization consisted of applying 90 kg ha−1 of P2O5, 50 kg ha−1 of K2O, and micronutrients (Co, Cu, Fe, Mn, Mo, and Zn). The experiment was conducted in a randomized complete block design with three replications and 12 treatments consisting of different levels of early soybean fertilization carried out on the finger millet crop: T1, no fertilization; T2, conventional soybean fertilization; T3, early 50% K fertilization; T4, early 100% K fertilization; T5, early 50% P fertilization; T6, early 50% P and K fertilization; T7, early 50% P and 100% K fertilization; T8, early 100% P fertilization; T9, early 100% P and 50% K fertilization; T10, early 100% P and K fertilization; T11, early 100% P and K fertilization + micronutrients; and T12, early leaf fertilization with micronutrients. The results showed that the early soybean sowing fertilization with phosphorus and potassium carried out during finger millet sowing does not interfere with the thousand-seed weight and soybean yield.

ABSTRACT Little is known about the management of high-yield clonal Coffea canephora in the Amazonian Region, mainly for nutritional aspects and cultivation system efficiency. This study aimed to evaluate the influence of different nitrogen and potassium fertilization rates on coffee grain yield and fertilizer use efficiency of C. canephora trees. An experiment was performed at an experimental field of the Embrapa Rondônia in Porto Velho (RO), Brazil. It was carried out in a split-plot scheme with six doses of 20-00-20 NPK formulation (0; 250; 500; 1,000; 2,000; and 3,000 kg ha-1) and three years of evaluation (2014, 2015, and 2016). An interaction between fertilizer dose and crop year was observed. Fertilizer doses showed an exponential behavior, with maximum yields of 51, 114, and 79 bags ha-1 at 3,000 kg ha-1 in the crop years of 2014, 2015, and 2016, respectively. Such a behavior impacted average and accumulated yields in the three harvest seasons. As for crop year effect within each fertilizer dose, the highest yield was reached in the second harvest after pruning for renewal of orthotropic stems. Moreover, fertilizer use efficiency by plants decreased exponentially, with the highest value at the lowest dose. Increasing doses of 20-00-20 formulation promoted an exponential increase in grain yield but decreased its use efficiency by C. canephora plants. This management also stimulated a strong biannual production.

ABSTRACT This study was conducted with the objective of evaluating the quantum yield, photosynthetic pigments and biomass accumulation of mini watermelon cv. Sugar Baby, under strategies of irrigation with saline water and potassium fertilization. The experiment was conducted in a randomized block design, in a 8 × 3 factorial scheme, with three replicates, corresponding to eight strategies of irrigation with saline water applied at different phenological stages of the crop (control - irrigation with low-salinity water throughout the crop cycle, and salt stress in the vegetative, vegetative/flowering, flowering, flowering/fruiting, fruiting, fruiting/ fruit maturation and fruit maturation stage) and three potassium doses (50, 100 and 150% of the recommendation). The dose of 100% corresponded to 150 mg of K2O kg-1 of soil. Two levels of electrical conductivity of water were used: 0.8 and 4.0 dS m-1. Irrigation with water of 4.0 dS m-1 continuously in the vegetative and flowering stages increased the initial fluorescence and decreased the quantum efficiency of photosystem II of mini watermelon fertilized with 100 and 150% of K recommendation. Fertilization with 50% recommendation did not interfere in the fluorescence parameters of the mini watermelon, regardless of the irrigation management strategy. Chlorophyll a synthesis is inhibited by salt stress in the vegetative/flowering, flowering, flowering/fruiting, fruiting/maturation stages, as well as for total chlorophyll, except for the flowering stage. Application of 4.0 dS m-1 water in the flowering, fruiting/maturation and maturation stages promoted greater biomass accumulation in mini watermelon.