Produtividade e qualidade de variedades de cana-de-açúcar de terceira soca sob regime hídrico variável.

O presente trabalho teve como objetivo determinar a produtividade agrícola e a qualidade tecnológica do caldo das variedades da cana-de-açúcar, submetidas a diferentes regimes hídricos. O delineamento experimental foi em blocos ao acaso com três repetições em parcelas subdivididas, com três variedades RB855156, RB835486 e RB867515 (parcela), e sete regimes hídricos correspondendo a 0, 7, 17, 36, 46, 75 e 100% da ETc (subparcela). Foram avaliadas as características de produção: comprimento do entrenó (CE), peso do colmo (PC), número de perfilhos por hectare e produtividade; e tecnológicos do caldo: ºBrix do caldo, Pol do caldo (Teor de sacarose), pureza (PZA), AR (teor de açúcares redutores do caldo), ARC (açúcares redutores da cana), fibras, Pol da cana (PCC), açúcares totais recuperáveis (ATR) e o valor da megagrama da cana (VMgC). O máximo de produtividade da cana-de-açúcar foi de 182,31 Mg ha-1 registrado com irrigação equivalente a 69,01% da ETc; A cana-de-açúcar cultivada com irrigação equivalente a 75% da ETc não proporcionou diferença significativa para a qualidade industrial das variedades testadas em relação ao cultivo em sequeiro (0% da ETc). Não houve diferença significativa para os valores do teor de açúcares redutores (AR), açúcares redutores da cana (ARC) e a pureza do caldo (PZA) entre as variedades. ABSTRACT: This work aimed to determine the agricultural productivity and the technological quality of the juice of the sugarcane varieties, which were submitted to different hydrological regimes. The experimental design was made in randomized blocks with three repetitions in subdivided plots, with three varieties: RB855156, RB835486 and RB867515 (plot), and seven hydrological regimes corresponding to 0, 7, 17, 36, 46, 75 and 100% of ETc (subplot). The following production characteristics were evaluated: length of internode (LI), stem weight (SW), number of tillers per hectare and productivity; and technological components of the juice: ºBrix of the juice, Pol of the juice (sucrose levels), purity (PTY), RS (amount of reducing sugars of the juice), RSC (reducing sugars of the sugarcane plant), fibers, Pol of the sugarcane plant (CPP), total retrievable sugars (TRS) and the value of the sugarcane megagram (Mg). The maximum productivity of sugarcane was 182.31 Mg ha-1, which was registered with irrigation equivalent to 69.01% of ETc. The sugarcane cultivated with irrigation equivalent to 75% of ETc did not provide significant difference for the industrial quality of varieties tested in relation to the non-irrigated cultivation (0% of ETc). There was no significant difference for the values of reducing sugars (RS), the reducing sugars of the sugarcane plant (RSC) and the juice purity (PTY) among varieties.

Farm water productivity in broiler production: case studies in Brazil.

2016

Use of swine waste-derived biogas to enhance microalgae productivity.

The effects of swine wastewater-derived biogas on microalgae productivity were determined. Experiments were conducted in a closed photobioreactor containing digestate effluent as culturing media and biogas in the headspaceas source of CO2. Experiments were carried out under mixothrophic and autothrophic conditions. Results showed that autotrophic growth rate (0.6 d-1)was twofoldfaster than mixotrophic. Frequent reinjections of biogas containing up to 2,000 ppm of hydrogen sulfide was not inhibitory to microalgae growth. The rapid removal of H2S in the system suggests photobioreactors can be an interesting alternative to biogas purification. A model to estimate microalgae productivity based on the amount of available CO2, inorganic and organic carbon was developedand showed good data fit correlation (r²= 0.99).