The purpose with this experiment was to evaluate the sucupira-preta seeds tolerance to the desiccation. Seeds initially with 10.63% of humidity were submitted to a drying until reaching the following water tenors: 10.63% (control); 10.0%; 9.5%; 9.0%; 8.5%; 7.5%; 7.0%; and 6.5%. Then they were preheated for 24 hours in recipients with air relative humidity of about 100% to avoid harming by the quick absorption. Next, they were scarified with water sandpaper number 120 and accommodated in Petri plate on filter paper and set to germinate in germination chamber type BOD at 25 ºC and photoperiod for 12 hours, during 30 days. Radicle with 2 mm long was the germination criterion used in this experiment. The experimental design was the completelyKeywords randomized, with four replications of 25 seeds per treatment. The averages were compared using Tukey test at 5% of probability. Sucupira-preta seeds tolerate dehydration until they touch on 9% of water tenor, when they show germination of 24%, not differing from the control (31%). Due to these results they can be classified as orthodoxy, feature that enable the storage away from their natural environment.

It was studied vegetal remainders into four mountain areas: Serra de Bodopitá (Area1), Serra de Bodocongó (Area 2), Serra do Monte (Area 3) and Serra do Canoió (Area 4) located in paraiban Cariri. The study aimed at determines the phytossociolical parameters and for this was used the program Mata Nativa 2. It was also calculated the indexes of Shannon, Pielou equability, diversity of species and families. From the 2972 sampled individuals, 633 belonged to Area 1, 602 to Area 2, 908 to Area 3 and 829 to Area 4. All of them were distributed in 54 species belonged to 25 botanic families. It was observed that the families Fabaceae and Euphorbiaceae had the largest number of species and individuals and after them Cactaceae, Anacardiaceae and Apocynaceae. The Shannon indexes values in Areas 1, 2, 3 and 4 were respectively 2.65; 2.93; 2.35 e 2.59 nats.esp.-1 . The founded densities were 3165 individuals.ha-1 in Area 1, 3010 individuals.ha-1 in Area 2, 4540 individuals.ha-1 in Area 3 and 4145 individuals.ha-1 in Area 4. The four areas had the same species with the most importance values being them: Caesalpinia pyramidalis, Aspidosperma pyrifolium, Bauhinia cheilantha, Piptadenia stipulacea.

We evaluated five levels of fertilizer with ammonium sulfate in the formation of seedlings of Sunrise papaya variety of soil conditions of Mossoró-RN. The levels were evaluated: 0, 0.3, 0.6, 0.9, 1.2 grams of ammonium sulfate / litre of substrate. The experimental design was a randomized complete block, with five treatments and five repetitions, each plot consists of 15 plants useful in black disposable plastic bags, with 1.8 l of substrate by containers. Determined to two percentage germ, one to twenty days and the other trintas daysafter sowing. At 45 days after sowing, it was evaluated: height of seedlings, stem diameter, number of leaves, dry weight of the shoot, dry weight of the root system. It appeared that the ammonium sulfate caused delay in germination of seeds and seedlings affected the training of up to 45 days after sowing.

The present work had as objective uses a model of lineal programming algorithm to optimize the use of the water in the District of Irrigation Baixo Acaraú-CE proposing the "best" combination of crop types and areas established of 8,0 ha. The model aim maximize the net benefit of small farmer, incorporating the constraints in water and land availability, and constraints on the market. Considering crop types and the constraints, the study lead to the following conclusions: 1. The water availability in the District was not a limiting resources, while all available land was assigned in six of the seven cultivation plans analyzed. Furthermore, water availability was a restrictive factor as compared with land only when its availability was made to reduce to 60% of its actual value; 2. The combination of soursop and melon plants was the one that presented the largest net benefit, corresponding to R$ 5,250.00/ha/yr. The planting area for each crop made up to 50% of the area of the plot; 3. The plan that suggests the substitution of the cultivation of the soursop, since a decrease in annual net revenue of 5.87%. However, the plan that contemplates the simultaneous substitution of both soursop and melon produced the lowest liquid revenue, with reduction of 33.8%.

An experiment was carried out in the greenhouse of Plant Science Department at Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido (UFERSA), Mossoró-RN, during the period of may to june of 2007, with the evaluate the performance of rocket an green manuring. A completely randomized desings with seven treatments and four replications. The treatments consist of: (8,4; 16,8; 25,2; 33,6 e 42,0 g pot-1) plus two additional treatments (Control, 336g vaso-1 de bovine manure). The rocket cultivar grown was cv. Cultivada. The evaluated traits were: plant height, number of leaves per pot, dry mass and yield of grains. Increases in plant height, number of leaves yield mass and dry, per pot was the order of: 27,2%, 30,0%, 77,0 e 41,0%, respective. in function of amounts and scarlet starglory incorporated the soil.

This work was accomplished with the objective of evaluating the effect of different levels of salinity of the irrigation water in the development of cowpea. The used design was it entirely randomized with five treatments (0.5, 2.13, 2.94, 3.5 and 5.0 dS m-1) and three replications. The plants were collected to the 45 days after sowing, being appraised: the diameter of the stem, number of nodules in the roots, height, number of leaves, leaf area and total matter dries. The salinity influenced lineally in the vegetative growth of the bean cowpea, being all the reduced characteristics with of the saline level. The most affected characteristics for the largest saline level were leave area (65.90%), the matter dries (69.10%) and the number of nodules (98.71%).

The experiment was carried out at a greenhouse of Plant Science Department of the Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido (UFERSA), Mossoró-RN, with the objective of determing the best treatment with scarlet starglory to with soil on rocket performance cv. Cultivated. A completely randomized desing with six treatments and four replications. The treatments consist of: T1 (scarlet starglory in coverage 35 days) T2 (scarlet starglory in coverage 28 days); T3 (scarlet starglory in coverage 21 days); T4 (scarlet starglory in coverage 14 days); T5 (scarlet starglory in coverage 7 days); T6 - Control (no fertilized soil). The evaluated traits were: plant height, number of leaves per pot, dry mass and yield of grains. The different times of jitirana significantly in coverage plant height, number of leaves per pot, dry mass and yield. The time of 35 days was what provided the greatest increases in plant height, leaf number, yield of green mass and dry.

The present research evaluated the physical barriers influence in the water distribution profiles of five microsprinkler of the mark DAN 2001, with the respective combinations of diameters and drains same to 0,84 mm and 20 L h-1, 1,10 mm and 35 L h-1, 1,33 mm and 55 L h-1, 1,48 mm and 70 L h-1 and 1,75 mm and 95 L h-1, with the objective of evaluating the behavior of your distribution profiles in function of the factors: height and distance of physical barriers. The water distribution profiles without barrier of the microsprinkler that use the two smaller diameters and the two smaller drains present, in general, an initial tendency of growth of the precipitations, followed for reduction and increase gradativo until reaching maximum value, decreasing until reaching the end again, where the reach ray of the microsprinkler corresponds to the last value above registered zero. The diameters and rains respectively same 1,33 mm and 55 L h-1, 1,48 mm and 70 L h-1 and 1,75 mm and 95 L h-1 had the water distribution profiles similar for all the heights and distances of the barriers, just differentiating the intensities of precipitations, and the reach rays of the microsprinkler. The water distribution profiles for all the mouthpieces and your respective rotors had values of precipitations same to zero for the physical barriers of different heights placed 1,0 m of distance, fact that due to the presence of barriers in the place of installation of a collector.

This experiment was conducted in greenhouse nursery (50%) located in the orchard, Federal University of Lavras (UFLA) in order to assess the initial response of seedlings of cherry-the-woods to the effect of doses of single superphosphate. The design was a randomized blocks with four treatments, four repetitions and sixteen plants per plot. We used 4 doses of single superphosphate (0, 2.5, 5.0 and 10.0 kg/m3 of substrate). Thefertilization with the single superphosphate was made in the substrate, at the time of filling the bags for production of switches. We evaluated the characteristics: height changes (cm), the root length (cm), number of leaves per plant, dry matter of shoots, roots and the total (g / plant). There was a significant effect of doses of single superphosphate for all characteristics except for the length of root and dry root. Since the doses of 5.29, 10.0, 5.86 and 6.15 10.0 kg/m3 of the substrate that provided greater height (17.18 cm), number of leaves (9.85); dry of shoot (2.04 g) and total dry weight (2.76 g), respectively.

This work was carried out to evaluate the use of a hydrogel polymer in melon crop under different irrigation depths, with the objective of improve water retention, and efficiency of water and nutrient utilization by plants. One trial consisted of two treatments with four replications: a treatment with irrigation depth corresponding to 75% of gross depth and 27g of the soil conditioner per plant; the control with irrigation depth equal to the gross depth and without conditioner. The following characteristics were evaluated: root length, yield and quality of melon fruits. Root growth was bigger in the plants where soil conditioner was used. Use of soil conditioner provided an increase on melon yield and number of fruits per linear meter. Mean fruit weight and total soluble solids were not influenced by soil conditioner application and irrigation depth reduction.