Balanço hídrico climatológico para o município de Bom Jesus, Piauí.

O balanço hídrico climatológico é fundamental para se conhecer a disponibilidade de água no solo, e consequentemente, saber a época correta de implantação das culturas em campo, para que as mesmas não sofram déficit hídrico. Assim, com este trabalho objetivou-se apresentar o balanço hídrico climatológico para o município de Bom Jesus, Sul do Estado do Piauí e com isso, identificar e quantificar os meses com deficiência hídrica no solo.

Desempenho de um sistema de irrigação por gotejamento na cultura da soja.

Na agricultura irrigada, a aplicação de água deve ser o mais uniforme possível, visando a otimização da produção final e a preservação dos recursos hídricos. Assim sendo, objetivou-se com o presente estudo avaliar o desempenho de um sistema de irrigação por gotejamento, quanto à uniformidade de distribuição e eficiência de aplicação da água na cultura da soja na região do Vale do Gurguéia, sul do Piauí.

Advances on apple production under semiarid climate: N fertigation

The fertilizing management for apple tree is essential, especially for nitrogen, one of the most important nutrients affecting fruit yield. Thus, an experiment was conducted in 2012 and 2013 to evaluate the fruit production, yield and leaf chlorophyll of ?Princesa? and ?Eva? apples as a function of nitrogen fertigation under Brazilian semiarid conditions. The experimental design consisted of randomised blocks, with treatments distributed in a factorial arrangement 2 x 4, corresponding to apple cultivars (Eva and Princesa); and nitrogen doses (160, 120, 80 and 40 kg of N ha-1), with four replications and three plants. Calcium nitrate was used as nitrogen source (15.5% of N) with applications twice a week during 40 days, reaching 12 fertilizing performances through irrigation water. The following variables were evaluated: i) fruit production per plant (kg plant-1); ii) fruit yield (t ha-1); iii) number of fruits per plant; iv) leaf chlorophyll meter readings (index); and v) leaf nitrogen concentration (g kg-1). Princesa apple cultivar if compared to ?Eva? presents a better fruit production performance under Brazilian semiarid. Furthermore, nitrogen doses fertilized through irrigation water have no effect on fruit production of Eva and Princesa apple cultivars during the first production cycle.

The damage caused by Callosobruchus maculatus on cowpea grains is dependent on the plant genotype.

Beans fromcowpea cultivars fertilized with mineral N or inoculated with various rhizobium strainsmay contain different nitrogen concentrations and nitrogen metabolite composition, which affects the beans? defense mechanisms against pests. In this study, the population growth of Callosobruchus maculatus reared on beans from four cowpea cultivars fertilized with different nitrogen sources was evaluated. The factors tested were beans from four cowpea cultivars and seven different nitrogen sources: mineral N fertilization, inoculation with five strains of symbiotic diazotrophic bacteria, and soil nitrogen (absolute control).

Variação longitudinal do poder calorífico de clones de Eucalyptus sp.

2016