R. Pio, Oscar Misael Peralta Sanchez, Carlos Henrique Milagres Ribeiro, Lucídio Henrique Vote Fazenda, Alexandre Dias da Silva, P. M. Peche
{"title":"Decreased spacing with different numbers of branches to enhance green fig production","authors":"R. Pio, Oscar Misael Peralta Sanchez, Carlos Henrique Milagres Ribeiro, Lucídio Henrique Vote Fazenda, Alexandre Dias da Silva, P. M. Peche","doi":"10.1590/s1678-3921.pab2023.v58.03135","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-3921.pab2023.v58.03135","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of decreased spacing between 'Roxo de Valinhos' fig (Ficus carica) trees with different numbers of fruiting branches on green fig production. Fig trees, with two or four fruiting branches, were distributed in four blocks, at a standard spacing of 2.5 m between rows, three spacing between plants in a row (0.50, 0.75, and 1.00 m), and densities of 8,000, 5,333, and 4,000 plants per hectare. The experiment was conducted during two cycles (2020/2021 and 2021/2022). Green fruits were harvested twice a week, and the total number of fruits per harvest and the total harvest weight per plant were quantified. The average production per plant and the estimated yield were calculated for each evaluation cycle. Decreasing the spacing between fig trees increases their yield. The spacing of 0.50 m decreases production per plant, but increases yield in 73%. There is no difference in the production of green figs between trees with two or four fruiting branches.","PeriodicalId":19826,"journal":{"name":"Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67610522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. C. Alvarenga, R. R. Passos, F. V. Andrade, E. Mendonça, O. Rangel, Lázaro Longue Mosa
{"title":"Chemical attributes of an Oxisol with the addition of conilon coffee straw biochar","authors":"A. C. Alvarenga, R. R. Passos, F. V. Andrade, E. Mendonça, O. Rangel, Lázaro Longue Mosa","doi":"10.1590/s1678-3921.pab2023.v58.03019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-3921.pab2023.v58.03019","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The objective of this work was to evaluate the effects of increasing rates of biochar produced with coffee straw, at two pyrolysis temperatures, on the chemical attributes of an Oxisol cultivated with conilon coffee (Coffea canephora) and on the nutrient content of coffee tree leaves. Treatments consisted of pyrolysis at two temperatures (350 and 600 °C) and of five biochar rates (0, 5, 10, 15, and 20 Mg ha-1). The following soil chemical attributes were evaluated: pH in water; P, K, Ca, Mg, Al, H+Al, Zn, Cu, Fe, and Mn contents; effective and potential cation exchange capacity (CEC); sum of bases (SB); base (V) and aluminium (m) saturation; and N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Zn, Cu, Fe, and Mn contents in the leaves. The biochar produced at 600°C, at rates of 10 and 15 Mg ha-1, promoted a greater K release into the soil. Regardless of temperature, coffee straw biochar increased K and P availability, sum of bases, base saturation, and CEC in the soil, but did not influence macro- and micronutrient contents in the leaves. The addition of increasing rates of coffee straw biochar in the soil increases P, K, Mg, SB, CEC, and V, regardless of pyrolysis temperature.","PeriodicalId":19826,"journal":{"name":"Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67610117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Aquino, A. M. Souza, Edvânia Ramos Barbosa, Erick D. Santos, Adelson de Brito Souza, Michelle Soares da Silva
{"title":"Morphological and yield responses of 'BRS Vitória' grapevines subjected to bio-fertigation with aquaculture wastewater","authors":"C. Aquino, A. M. Souza, Edvânia Ramos Barbosa, Erick D. Santos, Adelson de Brito Souza, Michelle Soares da Silva","doi":"10.1590/s1678-3921.pab2023.v58.02986","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-3921.pab2023.v58.02986","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The objective of this work was to evaluate the agronomic responses of 'BRS Vitória' grapevines under bio-fertigation with and without conventional soil fertilizer. A completely randomized design was used, with three treatments and 18 replicates. The treatments were: CFI, conventional soil fertilizer and irrigation; BF+CF, bio-fertigation and conventional fertilizer; and BF, only bio-fertigation. The following variables were evaluated: graft and rootstock diameters; plant growth; number of lateral buds; root, leaf, petiole, and gem starch contents; bunch number per plant, length, circumference, and fresh weight; berry number per bunch, length, diameter, fresh weight, soluble solid contents, titratable acidity, and pH; yield; and leaf macro- and micronutrient contents. From 100 to 150 days after transplanting (DAT), rootstock and graft diameters were similar, increasing from 250 to 300 DAT in the CFI treatment. The highest root starch content was 7.19% in BF at 150 DAT and 37.35% in BF+CF at 300 DAT. The plants in BF+CF showed the best results for bunch number per plant and fresh weight, resulting in a fruit yield 22% higher than that obtained in the other treatments. 'BRS-Vitória' grapevines show a satisfactory agronomic performance when bio-fertigated.","PeriodicalId":19826,"journal":{"name":"Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67610009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. F. Pacheco, D. S. Machado, J. Restle, Dayana Bernardi Sarzi Sartori, P. T. Costa, R. Z. Vaz
{"title":"Meta-analysis of meat quality of cattle slaughtered with different subcutaneous fat thicknesses","authors":"R. F. Pacheco, D. S. Machado, J. Restle, Dayana Bernardi Sarzi Sartori, P. T. Costa, R. Z. Vaz","doi":"10.1590/s1678-3921.pab2023.v58.03110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-3921.pab2023.v58.03110","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The objective of this work was to evaluate, through meta-analysis, the impact of subcutaneous fat thickness on beef qualitative traits. Combined data from 13 studies were used, comprising 245 carcasses of male bovines slaughtered in Brazil. Effect size for all parameters was calculated as mean difference or standardized mean difference, at 95% probability. The meta-analysis of random and fixed effects was carried out when I2>50% and I2<50%, respectively, for each indicator separately, with means for fat thickness, classified in the “control” (3–6 mm), “low” (<3 mm), and “high” (>6 mm) groups. Carcasses in the “high” group showed greater intramuscular fat deposition, whereas those in the “low” group presented an intramuscular fat deposition similar to that of the control. When the fat thickness was below the recommended threshold of 3 mm, shear force increased. Subcutaneous fat thickness values greater than 6 mm induced a positive change in the perception of tenderness by the panel of evaluators. Beef carcasses with a subcutaneous fat thickness over 6 mm tend to accumulate more intramuscular fat content and are tenderer for consumers’ acceptance. Carcasses with a fat thickness less than 3 mm produce tougher meat.","PeriodicalId":19826,"journal":{"name":"Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67610207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Nogueira, Flávio Perna Junior, R. Tseu, P. H. Rodrigues
{"title":"Dietary effects of cottonseed and vitamin E on greenhouse gas emissions from cattle feces analyzed in biodigesters","authors":"R. Nogueira, Flávio Perna Junior, R. Tseu, P. H. Rodrigues","doi":"10.1590/s1678-3921.pab2023.v58.03037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-3921.pab2023.v58.03037","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of diets with cottonseed and vitamin E on the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of cattle feces analyzed in biodigesters. Animal feces were evaluated in 18 laboratory-scale anaerobic digesters through the following treatments: control, feces from cows fed with a control diet; CS, feces from cows fed with a cottonseed diet; and CSVitE, feces from cows fed with a cottonseed and vitamin E diet. The production of biogas and GHG was measured, and no differences were observed for the emissions of biogas, methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O). The partition of the gross energy of the anaerobic digestion process was similar among treatments. On average, 28% of gross energy fed was released as CH4, 47% during digestion, and 25% as other gases and heat. The addition of cottonseeds to the cattle diet increases the concentration of CH4 and reduces that of CO2, but it does not affect the total production of CH4, CO2, and N2O in the biodigesters. The inclusion of vitamin E in the diet has no effect on GHG production in the biodigesters.","PeriodicalId":19826,"journal":{"name":"Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67609702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. González-Maldonado, Olga Tejeda-Sartorius, Anayansi Ivette Ramírez-Ramírez, J. Gallegos-Sánchez
{"title":"Reproductive performance of hair sheep under different body conditions and feeding levels","authors":"J. González-Maldonado, Olga Tejeda-Sartorius, Anayansi Ivette Ramírez-Ramírez, J. Gallegos-Sánchez","doi":"10.1590/s1678-3921.pab2023.v58.03092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-3921.pab2023.v58.03092","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of the interaction between feeding level (FL) and body condition score (BCS) on the reproductive parameters of Pelibuey hair sheep (Ovis aries). The experimental units (64 ewes) were randomly assigned to one of four treatments: low feeding level and low body condition score; high feeding level and low body condition score; low feeding level and high body condition score; and high feeding level and high body condition score. The effect of sheep body condition score was significant on the pregnancy and lambing rates. The effect of feeding level was significant on the ovulation, estrus returning, pregnancy, and prolificacy rates. The interaction effect between BCS and FL was significant on the ovulation, estrus returning, pregnancy, lambing, and prolificacy rates. The reproductive function is more sensitive to the better nutrition effects in sheep with a low body condition score.","PeriodicalId":19826,"journal":{"name":"Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67610020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cicero Lucas da Silva, Rita de Cássia Alves de Britto Ferreira, J. Alvarez-Pizarro
{"title":"Na+ exclusion and proline accumulation in Urochloa spp. cultivars","authors":"Cicero Lucas da Silva, Rita de Cássia Alves de Britto Ferreira, J. Alvarez-Pizarro","doi":"10.1590/s1678-3921.pab2023.v58.03131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-3921.pab2023.v58.03131","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of salinity on Na+ and K+ distribution and on proline content in Urochloa brizantha and Urochloa decumbens grass cultivars. Plants were grown in nutrient solution and subjected to salt stress for nine days. Shoot and root lengths and proline, total chlorophyll, K+, and Na+ contents were determined. Salt stress reduced the shoot length of cultivar Marandu but not of Xaraés and Basilisk. Total chlorophyll content was not affected by salinity in U. brizantha cultivars, but increased in cultivar Basilisk of U. decumbens. Salt-induced proline accumulation was observed in all cultivars, with a higher increase in Marandu. The K+ content in leaf blades increased in the Marandu and Basilisk cultivars under salinity conditions. 'Basilisk' showed Na+ exclusion in shoot tissues, whereas 'Marandu' and 'Piatã', followed by 'Xaraés', exhibited a higher Na+ in leaf blades. The pattern of ion distribution among cultivars was attributed mainly to differences in the ability to control the ion transport from root to shoot, since the rates of ion uptake were similarly affected by salinity. Tolerance to salt stress in grasses of the Urochloa genus is associated to Na+ exclusion and not to proline accumulation in shoot tissues.","PeriodicalId":19826,"journal":{"name":"Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67610474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Juaci Vitória Malaquias, R. Amabile, Felipe Zorzo, João Victor Pinheiro Melo, M. Fagioli
{"title":"Analysis of variance in augmented block design and Scott-Knott’s test in hybrid corn selection studies","authors":"Juaci Vitória Malaquias, R. Amabile, Felipe Zorzo, João Victor Pinheiro Melo, M. Fagioli","doi":"10.1590/s1678-3921.pab2022.v57.03023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-3921.pab2022.v57.03023","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The objective of this work was to present a methodological alternative for studies of the characterization and selection of corn (Zea mays) genotypes, through the joint analysis of variance of an augmented block design, using Scott-Knott’s test, and to present the hybrids selected from the adopted strategy, to show its efficiency. For the application of the methodology, a case study was used: the selection of superior corn hybrids for the Brazilian Cerrado. In four locations, 70 experimental hybrids were evaluated in an augmented block design without replicates, with three controls replicated once in each block. The analysis of experimental groups applied to the augmented block design, followed by genotype classifications by Scott-Knott’s multiple comparison test, is a viable alternative for studies with a low number of replicates and a large number of genotypes. Based on the tested methodology, the following experimental hybrids are selected for grain yield: HT007, HT008, HT018, HT004, HT024, HT005, and HT071.","PeriodicalId":19826,"journal":{"name":"Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67609541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Murilo Vieira Loro, I. Carvalho, A. Cargnelutti Filho, J. Hoffmann, K. Kehl
{"title":"Wheat grain biofortification for essential amino acids","authors":"Murilo Vieira Loro, I. Carvalho, A. Cargnelutti Filho, J. Hoffmann, K. Kehl","doi":"10.1590/s1678-3921.pab2023.v58.02860","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-3921.pab2023.v58.02860","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The objective of this work was to select wheat genotypes aiming to increase the essential amino acids in their grains. The study was carried out in the 2019 crop year, in a randomized complete block design, organized in a 5x5 factorial arrangement – five environments in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (Cachoeira do Sul, Cruz Alta, Santo Augusto, São Gabriel, and Vacaria), and five wheat genotypes ('BRS Parrudo', 'Marfim', 'Quartzo', 'TBIO Mestre', and 'TBIO Sinuelo') –, with two replicates. Polar metabolites were extracted from the flour of the ground wheat grains, derivatized, and evaluated by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Both variance components and genetic parameters were estimated for the metabolites. To select the genotypes for the traits of interest, the multi-trait index based on factor analysis and ideotype design, the multi-trait genotype-ideotype distance index, and the multi-trait stability index were applied. The wheat genotypes express a high genetic variability and selection possibility for gentiobiose, butyric acid, galactopyranosyl, phenylalanine, tryptophan, leucine, and isoleucine. The 'Marfim' genotype remains stable for essential amino acid levels in the studied environments. The 'Quartzo' genotype stands out in the expression of leucine, isoleucine, phenylalanine, and tryptophan in its grains.","PeriodicalId":19826,"journal":{"name":"Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67609951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mateus Rollemberg Santin, R. Amabile, Juaci Vitória Malaquias, A. Veiga, F. A. A. Brige, P. I. A. Sala
{"title":"Maturation and detachment force for mechanized harvesting of irrigated Conilon coffee in the Brazilian Cerrado","authors":"Mateus Rollemberg Santin, R. Amabile, Juaci Vitória Malaquias, A. Veiga, F. A. A. Brige, P. I. A. Sala","doi":"10.1590/s1678-3921.pab2023.v58.02967","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-3921.pab2023.v58.02967","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The objective of this work was to determine the force required to detach fruits of Conilon coffee (Coffea canephora) genotypes in five maturation stages, to determinate the best stage for mechanized harvest, and to verify the possibility of future selections of genotypes adapted to mechanized harvesting. Harvests were carried out in the 2013/2014 crop season, and the detachment force was determined based for six fruits from each side of the crop row, collected randomly from the middle third of the plants. The detachment force curve was obtained for each cycle through logistic regression, using the R software. According to the duration of their cycle, the genotypes were divided into super early, early, medium, and semilate; the values of the coefficients of the detachment force curve equation were also obtained. There is genetic variability regarding fruit detachment force throughout the maturation cycle, which indicates the possibility of selecting genotypes adapted to mechanized harvesting. Fruit detachment force shows a considerable drop in the final stages of maturation. The raisin stage is the best for the mechanized harvest of irrigated Conilon coffee in the Cerrado.","PeriodicalId":19826,"journal":{"name":"Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67610005","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}